[Sep 04, 97 - 16:43] Ketira of 1:3615/82 wrote to Mark Probert:
K> After all, if *herbal* stimulants were proven clinically to do the same
K> thing as prescription stimulants, think of the children who could be 
elped
K> without all the unwanted side effects....  
At the risk of starting an argument I do not want, I must ask: why do you 
believe that an herbal remedy would have fewer side effects than a chemically 
pure factory-made remedy?
The usual argument I've heard in favor of herbal supplements is that in 
addition to the main ingredient (the vitamin C in rose hips, for example) 
they include other compounds which do things the chemically pure vitamins do 
not.  You seem to be saying that the more complex natural compounds would 
have fewer, rather than more, side effects and I don't understand that.
Jerry Schwartz
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