Naturalistic Treatments (positive)

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Aspirin--prevents cancer and heart attacks, etc.
Testosterone: it boosts quality of life
Natural Estrogen--far better than your doctor has been taught
CHOLESTEROL fighters NIACIN & INOSITOL
CoQ10--clearly the best anti-oxidant
Meta-analysis of niacin on cardiovascular events
Studies suggest that niacin is better than statins

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The issue is health, to make a religion out of nature is to do harm.  Most poison are natural, such as those made by insects, snakes, bacteria, and plants.  For our purpose I am defining naturalistic drug in the widest sense, and including them here if they have very significant health benefits that have been well demonstrated and minimal side effects. Categories for inclusion: 

 Those chemically made in a lab that are identical to what is found in the body. Most notable are the hormones, epinephrine (adrenalin), testosterone, estradiol (one of 4 estrogens found in women and men)..

Those which are found in foods in bioactive amounts, such as the vitamins, glutamic acid, niacin, tryptophan.  Many of them are made in the lab. 

And those which though structurally different but are mimics. They operate like the natural to humans chemical, sometimes better.  .Inositol hexanicotinate is a compound consisting of niacin and inositol, but natural but combine work better than niacin at preventing cardiovascular disease without the flushing side effect.  Morphine works better at relieving pain than endorphins and opium (one natural to the body, the other to plants).     

Another grouping would be of compounds found in nature that have been modified to improve absorption, bio-activity, or reduce side effects. Aspirin is superior to salicylic acid derived from the bark of the willow tree.  It is too corrosive to be used long-term.  The body convert aspirin to salicylic acid.  Some are poorly absorbed, like most carotenoids, of which there are over 600;. 

Listed are articles on those which fit this broad criterion and have proven benefits. 

Some natural alternatives, such as plant estrogen mimics fail to be effective.   Others such as estrogen derived from mare urine are not natural for women. Moreover, their action and side effects haven't been properly studied. The same can be said of plant estrogen mimics. Given the damage caused by bisphonels (another estrogen mimic class of chemicals) there is good reason to also avoid other unnatural to human estrogens from plants. There is no science behind their use as to side effects. 

 



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