Guest guest Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Hi Elizabeth I may be hard-nosed, and this may sound irrational, but I tend not to trust products that sound or look too " trendy " . It usually implies to me that they're jumping on some sort of bandwagon, looking to " cash in " , without regard to whether or not their products actually work. The sad part is, we fall for this, because we've been (de-)educated into gobbling up products because of some promise the company has made. That's my own opinion, and while I'm not right 100% of the time, I'm pretty close. I think back to Metabolife, Atkins, and a few others. There are plenty of formulae out there, for example, that cram a whole slew of ingredients together because they're part of some trend (think ephedra + caffeine for " weight loss " ). Many companies use natural herbs, but for totally the wrong reasons. Ephedra, for example, is given in small amounts to asthma sufferers to open airways and clear congestion. They say specifically to AVOID caffeine when taking ephedra. So what do the opportunistic American companies go and do? They take ephedra and strip it of all of its cofactors and phytonutrients that, when taken together, MINIMIZE the less desirable effects/risk in taking ephedra; they take the active ingredient only and concentrate the hell out of it, and throw it in with a bunch of unregulated stimulants, including caffeine, and market it as an " herbal, all-natural weight-loss formula " . It's not even SUPPOSED to be used for weight-loss. I know that asthma and fertility remedies are like apples and potatoes, but the agendas and profit-maximizing formulae of many of these companies is exactly the same. I also don't trust testimonials. Don't be misled by them. Would you ask the barber whether or not you need a haircut? When I was cocktail waitressing, buzzed people would ask me, " what do you think? should I have another? " Keep in mind that my income depended on people drinking. Am I going to say " no, you're fine " ????? So why do we trust these testimonials coming from the COMPANIES' LITERATURE? How do we know they're real? This reeks of Metabolife, Body Solutions, Ginsana, Ginkoba, Garlique, and every other crazy herbal scam out there. However, this is just MY OPINION. I'm not normally this fiery, but I needed to rant, and well, having dealt with these companies and paid attention to these kinds of products for a long time gives me plenty of material! And remember: any time we try to drastically change nature, we have left the " natural " viewpoint and anything we use, herbal or not, no longer fits in with the genuine, real, " natural " or " holistic " school of thought. Blessings, --Jyoti/Jeni-Laura herbal remedies , " Elizabeth Elliott " <eliz3378@e...> wrote: > Hey there, > I am trying to figure out if this is a natural product? This doesn't look like a prescription from the reviews online and what I read -- does anyone know how safe it is? or how it works? Thanks. > > Elizabeth > eliz3378@e... > > - > joy wilson > herbal remedies > Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:02 AM > Re: Herbal Remedies - infertility (Ovulex Reviews) > > > __________________ > OVULEX REVIEWS > -5- Real Success Stories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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