Dr. Bryan Abasolo - Bachelorette 13 - *Sleuthing Spoilers* - #2

MiaHawk wrote:Thank you for providing the link. I am probably going way off topic here, so delete this if I go too far...

Like @Kashathediva said, the issue of health practitioners selling products is a common one today and is complicated.  I work in the health care field myself and find that I am very torn on this issue.  Very torn. Which leads me to come to the conclusion that as long as a product in my (personal professional) opinion 'appears to be safe' in its ingredients list and won't under typical circumstances in the average person 'do harm', then whether the product should be purchased or used is up to the discretion of the consumer.  In other words, safety is caveat to me. Whether it works is secondary.

Just so that it's clear, here is the USA vitamins and herbal products do not undergo the same testing (for purity/strength/contamination/safety/efficacy) that prescription drugs do.  Therefore, anytime you buy and consume any OTC vitamin/herbal/nutritional product, you are believing on face value what the company is touting (what ingredients and strength it advertises on its label are actually inside the package and the health claims).

Most of the time, the claims are based on some previous data that a certain vitamin has been observed to do this or that in our bodies and therefore would be useful for condition A or B.  So, proprietary blends of certain vitamins/minerals/nutraceuticals are developed and marketed and sold and consumed for their believed health benefits. There are no FDA clinical trials for nutritional supplements. Not with the tea and not with any of the similar products sold across the globe.  You either believe in the previous data/claims and feel you would like to use these products because the benefit to you outweighs the risks, or you forego them. It is a personal decision.

I took a very, very quick look at what is sold in the TLC product line. I am absolutely NOT giving any of it my personal stamp of approval, but from the very very quick peak I took, it seems like typical herbal, nutritional supplements.  The tea is advertised for its many theoretical health benefits. Many, many, many supposed health benefits. Are they true? IDK. Herbal products are not held to the same strict testing and efficacy standards as pharmaceuticals are. Herbal products are not regulated by the FDA like pharmaceuticals are.
So, with this, as with all other similar products, it is up to the consumer to do their research, ask questions, be informed, and make their own decision.

As for why a chiropractor would sell such products: IMO it fits with their ideals and career goals---natural, wholistic, health and wellness first.  I personally know chiropractors and know many people who are patients of chiropractors. In my experience, they do tend towards natural, wholistic, non-drug solutions to health problems. That's what they've studied and that is what they practice. It's the same thing for other health specialists. Surgeons may feel surgery is the best answer (or not), Physical therapists may think that therapy is the best answer (or not), Pharmacists may think that prescription medications are good therapies (or not). It all depends on where you come from and where you comfort zone is.

The thing about being a health professional is that it is never about just throwing a procedure/product at a patient as the end-all-be-all answer. It's knowing that your particular piece of the healthcare pie is just that-one piece. Everything needs to be individualized and supervised and reassessed. Personally, I'm more disheartened and disappointed in the casual opioid prescribing that many physicians have done over the last couple of decades which has contributed greatly to the current heroin epidemic than I would be about chiropractors over-promising results from a cleansing tea. JMHOAA.

brownravens wrote:Here's Bryan with a TLC video - unsure if it's been posted before...

It's tad snake oil vibes though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPxrwwkxuI&t=6s