Natural is not necessary Safe

November 4, 2008 | By User Image bokjae | In Useful Information

The rise of health consciousness among the general population creates a huge demand for healthy food. People tend to buy organic stuff as well as go natural meaning no addition of artificial elements into the creation process of such food. Even the use of chemical fertilizers are frowned upon. However, what is natural does not necessarily mean that it is good for our bodies or safe. My father was a case in point. He was a diabetic and an adherent to the Chinese Herbal Medication. I guess more of upbringing than anything else. I do believe in our traditional Chinese Medicines but in the same breath I have got to say that we must be careful. When my father was admitted to the hospital with kidney failure, the doctors told me about the traditional medicine he was taking all these while contain high content of mercury and lead which eventually lead to kidney failure! I believe what I really want to say, without running down traditional herbal treatments is that many times we just do not know the dangerous elements in such medication. While it does help to treat our illnesses but at the same time contain poisonous elements that cause other problems too! Nowadays, many people buy online for their supply of natural or organic supplements from all sorts of online stores. Many of these are just like you and I promoting affiliate products which we trust or believe are good and harmless! It seems that many such websites are being shut-down by health authorities in UK, Canada and the US for selling products that contain dangerous elements! For this reason alone, I will never go into selling Vitamins, Organic or Natural Supplements online simply because I personally do not know what is behind these products and there is no way for me to find out. I gather some of the dangerous elements and I list here for your own caution!

Ephedrine - cause lead poisoning, cause high BP, even heart attack or stroke. Aristolochia - linked to kidney failure, containing steroids, arsenic and mercury. Fenluramine - poisonous to the liver and cause heart irregularities. Other things such as Nutmegs, Fly Agaric Mushroom, San Pedro Cacti and Salvia, all contain the hallucinogen Mescaline which, in sufficient quantities can cause a range of psychiatric disturbances from anxiety to panic attacks to psychosis.