re info colonics and purification in article rjn einnnqn minerva cis yale edu wiesel elisha yale edu elisha wiesel writes recently i ve come upon a body of literature which promotes colon cleansing as a vital aid to preventive medicine through nutrition no doubt the sci med folks are getting out their flamethrowers i m rather certain that the information you got was not medical literature in the accepted academic scientific journals so the righteous among them will no doubt jump on that also insofar as it doesn t conform to the accepted medical presumption that it just doesn t matter what you eat and that we can think of the gi tract as a black box in which nothing ever goes wrong except for maybe cancer and ulcers the righteous will no doubt jump on that too then there ll be the ones who call your doctor a raving quack even though he like linus pauling is lucid and robust well into his nineties but nevermind about that he shouldn t charge for his equipment and supplies since they re no doubt not approved by the fda of course with fda approval an md or pharmaceutical company can charge whatever they can get for such safe and effective treatments as thalidomide but nevermind about that either unfortunately you dared to step into the sacred turf of net medical discussion without a credential and without understanding that the righteous among them will make certain that you are suitably denounced before dismissing you as a fool but maybe somebody without such a huge chip on their shoulder will send you some reasonable responses by e mail oh yes i did have a point a few years ago an md with a thriving practice in a very wealthy part of silicon valley once recommended that i take such treatments to clear up a skin condition not through his office i might add although i m sure that s not conclusive it was sure an unusual prescription r
