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Dear Group,

 

Since we have many new people let me cover what this group is about and how it

works.

 

I started this group 4 years ago when I was very sick and could not

find a group to my liking on the web. Most of the groups at that time

were a hodgepodge of information most of it somewhat spurious.

 

Most of the information was posted by people who had a level of understanding

that they had aquired by reading messages from groups like mentioned above or

had aquired their knowledge of alternative health by reading websites of

commercial products, but most were not able to discern the wheat from the chaff.

So even though some people were well meaning most messages were a mix of truth,

fiction, misinformation, etc. Others posted stuff that promoted some product

which which they had some commercial interest or information that they had

picked up from some commercial interest.

 

 

My original plan was to have a small group of well informed people to trade

indepth information with. I wanted a group that mainly focused on things that

worked on a biological/cellular level, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fats,

etc. or things that affected them like herbs, homeopahty, etc but were natural

substances with little or no bad side effects and that is still our main focus.

 

Since so many things are lumped under the broad heading of

" alternative medicine " to keep it on target and not let the group

become the same as what we were trying to get away from we came up

with certain guidlines.

 

I don't know if I can remember them all right now to include them here

but bascially we do not cover or allow postings on:

 

Religion

Distance healing

Essential Oils

Hulda Clarke

Coconut Oils

Liver / Kidney Cleanses

From most Commercial Sites

Healing Machines

 

There must be more but I don't remember them sometimes until someone posts one.

 

We do not usually take a public position about them. It is just that

we do not cover them in this group. All of them do have groups if

anyone is interested in those areas.

 

We try to post real answers to questions and try to make theanswers somewhat

comprehensive. We try to give an indepth answer using research or written by an

alternative source that is considered to be reliable, etc. We try to shy away

from short subjective answers given by others like, " Take this pill " .

 

Understanding is key to natural health. We are not doctors or even if

some are we are not here to practice medicine. You can say what has

worked for you or post some research on an area but we do not put

ourselves into a doctor/patient relationship here. While we want to

help each other and to also trade information we do not have the right

to tinker with someone else's health, especially when it is done over

the internet without even seeing the person.

 

Everyone is different and what is causing a symtopm in one person may

be a different cause creating the same or a similar symptom in someone

else. So none of us can say with certaintude blah, blah, blah, this is

your problem and this is your solution, but we can say read and learn

about this, here is some information that I am posting, here are

somethings that have worked for me or others, etc. Education not

medication is our goal.

 

If you have indepth knowledge in some area share it with us. If you

are doing research into something for your own education and find it

good, share that with us. Try and help each other with good material

so that others will have a good understanding also. Try and keep in

mind that although we want to help someone the best thing that we can

do is help them to learn the things that they need to know to save

themselves and those around them rather that just try and tell them

what to do ie. " take this pill " . They will need to be educated and be able to

make sound health decisions to obtain health.

 

We have almost 3000 members and a lot of posts. Not all messages make

it to the group. If you want your message shown please try and post

within the guidlines discussed above. All posts are expected to be

edited and cleaned up prior to posting. That means take off all the

unwanted junk and especially the signature lines added by groups or

computers at the bottom of many postings. If it is messy it will be held back to

be edited by a moderator if they have time. Some get too old and go into the

trash.

 

Try to make this a community with standards that are helpful, can be

trusted, and that we can be proud of,

 

thanks,

 

Frank