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January 12, 2004

At 12:43 PM 1/12/2004 -0000, Martin wrote:

>With the exeption of

>lemon tea tree, none of those oils have anything to offer that our

>existing oils don't, indeed some smell dreadful. We do not need them

>so why are they produced? For nothing other than commercial reasons,

>often from Government sponsored projects to increase exports. In

>other words, the oils are produced first and then the market for them

>among aromatherapists in particular is invented.

Anya here:

Oh, this is too synchronous! Moments after reading the above (which I agree

with 100%), I dipped into the herbs newsgroup, a place I usually avoid

nowadays due to trolls. This funny post make me LOL because it is saying

exactly what Martin stated above:

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TAsher wrote:

> Hi. Maybe I am a late bloomer, but I just now read articles about the

> overall benefits of Risotriene, soluble stabilized rice bran. What are

> your thoughts? Is it a snake oil?

reply:

Snake oil is marginally better for most conditions.

Actually, I have no idea but picture this: a bright young entreprenuer

gazes upon all the rice bran left over from making " white rice " . She

thinks to herself, there must be a way to put this stuff to good use.

" I know, I'll solublize it, stabilize it, get marketing to come up with

a scientific sounding name and sell it at huge profits to all those

suckers out there. "

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