Re: middle eastern, greeks, meditereaneans prove liver flush
I've taken
Epsom Salts (magnesium) exactly one in my life, about 4 years ago.
When I did Sutter's flush I took no magnesium compound whatsoever. This was the flush that resulted in normalization of bowel movement colour. The colour is back to normal and has stayed so for one year. I don't care if what I discharged were official "gallstones" or "intrahepatic stones" or little marbles somebody threw into the toilet or magic thingies produced by faith.
If people "feeling better" (a pretty broad term) were caused by magnesium salts the good feeling would not last very long. Maybe a few days & that's it.
It is a big, big mistake to think that science, that's YOU, sir, and faith are somehow at the opposite ends of the spectrum. What scientists see is determined by their own faith, a faith they won't own up to. If something must not be, it cannot be, and they cast things aside.
Sorry, but there's quackery in science-based medicine, also. I recall reading that the Dr. who invented lobotomy as a cure of mental illness actually got a Nobel Prize for it - is this true? I think it was a Portuguese Dr...