Unfortunately the public just reinforces their behavior because they are just as delusional about their "idols."

Mel Gibson behaves badly and everyone is shocked as if they know the guy personally. No people he is not Mad Max, He is not Braveheart. He is just some guy that acts and you dont know squat about him personally.

We need to stop calling them "stars" too. They are overpaid adults playing 'make-believe" for the big-screen and often not very well.

I hate celebs. They've taken the art out of movie making. >:(

I think that we should all listen to the celebrities and do what they say because of how beautiful and smart they all are. If you think about it, they didn't get to be so beautiful and intelligent by accident; they are attractive and smart because they are doing all the right things in life and that's how they got that way. If more of us followed the leadership and examples of celebrities, our society would be better off and the world would be such a wonderful place.

I wouldn't take nutritional advice from an MD. They don't know jack about nutrition, that's the problem.

They do know how to push drugs though, I will give them credit where credit is due.

Yes, "highly intelligent" people some of these things; critical thinkers don't. In this society, we erroneously equate the two. This is the reason our country is collapsing.

Peace in whatever time we have left!

Without reading the SAS article, I can only assume they didn't address Jenny McCarthy and her cult of anti-vaxxers. Either that, or MSNBC is afraid to put that part in their take on it.

Honestly, the placebo effect can be harmful if it is treating the symptoms of a deadly disease, such as tricking the mind into thinking the pain is gone, but not treating the disease. Placebos work great for things like colds (which there is no known cure, or even a slowdown, other than massive doses of antiviral drugs), but not on curable diseases, no matter what the patient thinks. Placebos can work on allergies, but not cancer.

But the anti-vaxxers? They should definitely be put on an island by themselves, then given rubella, pertussis, tetanus, mumps, and measles. I have no sympathy for them, I have no words to describe my feelings of disgust and hatred towards them. Putting innocent children at risk because some quack made up a study, was debunked, but is still out there promoting homeopathy as a suitable defense against germs. Homeopathy itself is bad enough, but actively attempting to discredit science so you can increase your celebrity status, sell more juju "medicine," and appear all hip and new-agey... I honestly hope they do contract a horrible disease that could easily have been prevented with a vaccine and suffer immense pain and anguish for it.

Yeah, you know those unscrupulous Maple-syrup swindlers, fooling us into thinking it tastes good on pancakes for all these years!! Liars!

Bill, garlic necklaces do ward off the common cold, because anyone with a cold stays away from you because of the garlic odor.

RAS: That's true, unfortunately it doesn't prevent colds caused by malicious spirits - ectoplasma leaking from your nostrils - yuck!

Bill: Nasal rinse with Holy Water helps cure colds caused by spirits. Just be sure to start slowly because the nasal ectoplasma burns when contacted with holy water.

Read it again dumbass. It didn't say EAT your sperm. The point is that he has sex and doesn't ejaculate. I don't know why he's calling it "reabsorb", but he's not talking about eating it. In fact, this is a well-established Tantric practice of hundreds to thousands of years. Whether it has any of the claimed effects is probably left to those who practice it to answer. But anyone claiming it does not or cannot, unless they have tried it or directly observed those who have tried it, is just speculating. Last I checked, speculation isn't science, and these doctors who comment on things they don't know anything about are just as much quacks as people who say things work when there is absolutely no evidence that they do.

carles - If you don't ejaculate then there would be nothing to reabsorb. The whole notion is baseless and ridiculous. It would be like saying I unzipped my pants, stood at the urinal, and didn't pee because I wanted the health benefits of reabsorbing my urine.

RU Kidding carles? I have this detox system for $19.95....but wait...... if you call now you'll get two detox systems (just pay separate S&H)

...and these doctors who comment on things they don't know anything about are just as much quacks as people who say things work when there is absolutely no evidence that they do.

Yea, What does some quack "reproductive research scientist at the University of Manchester" know about REPRODUCTIVE RESEARCH? I'll pick that quack over a cage fighter anyday.

I didn't think he ate it. I posted that I was reading it while I was eating lunch and found that bit unappetizing.
Now who's the dumbass? Hmmm? I don't want to know what he does with his ejaculate.

Or lack thereof.

Lord. There is no ejaculate. he doesn't do anything with it because he doesn't ejaculate.

I think you are backpedaling because you misread it, but whatever.

I did not misread it Sally. I understood the article perfectly.

He would be better off eating it. That is not my cup of tea, but if he wants to get the nutritional value back into his body, he needs to just gobble it up.

Oh my god. Tar ropes?? That is a very disturbing mental image. I'm not surprised you'd want to do a cleanse if you were eating, what, bitumen sandwiches? Har har. No, seriously, if you have photos, don't be shy.

You need to stop eating tar ropes....its lunacy.

I repeat...

josh-588351 - There are no scientifically proven medical benefits known to be obtained by 'cleansing' be it of the 'detox' type or the pure colon cleansing type. In fact, it is terribly unhealthy and as someone who claims to have health training you should definitely know your sources and shouldn't be recommending pure quackery of this sort. Do you also recommend ear-candling?

http://www.livescience.com/health/060808_bad_colon.html

josh-588351 - I forgot to ask you if you also use those foot pads that turn black?!

of course, there's always nose picking. you'd be surprise how much bitter u can breath after your nose has been detocked.

Judd-2749800 - I stand corrected and amend my statement to include the text "with the exception of detox methods involving orifice picking (to include but not be limited to nose, ear, butt, and belly-button)"

Didn't General Jack Ripper (played by Sterling Hayden) in "How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb" state that he denied women his precious bodily fluids? Just before he started WWIII and committed suicide...

It might just explain why I've never seen you in a movie. :-D

Not having sex before an athletic competition is a pretty common practice. In case, he might be having sex, but just not ejaculating. It's different, and maybe he's just looking for a loophole (pun if you will), but it's not any more crazy than any of the other superstitions that most pro athletes have. And you know what, they can do things you can't, so who are you to say you know what works and what doesn't?

Have you ever played any contact sports?

Have you ever played any contact sports? No!

But I haven't ever produced sperm either to know that the "Mensa" cage fighter is wrong.

Have you ever jumped off a 300 foot cliff without a rope?

I don't need to do it to know it's; (1) going to hurt like heck (if I survive) or (2) die! Probably the latter.

JMO, but it sounds to me more like he's using his "theory" as an excuse to have unprotected sex.

"I don't wanna use a condom. You want to see me win this match, don't you? I need you to do this for me so I can reabsorb my sperm, please, baby?"

Can't you see it? And if the bimbo is dumb enough...

carles, as many coaches have repeatedly said, it's not the sex that's the problem (the night before a game, competition, etc) - it's the staying up all night looking for it!

There was a long-time (he passed away a few years ago) sports reporter in Toronto who always asked both head coaches, the day before the CFL's championship game, whether or not they wanted their players to indulge or abstain. Most gave the usual answers, but one simply said "if you usually don't, then please abstain. But if you usually do, and it works for you, then PLEASE indulge." His team won the game.

No, there is more unproven crap coming out of the Western medical establishment. Recalls on Big Pharma, laser-surgery radiation machines that aren't being checked and calibrated before treatment, antidepression medicine that INCREASES the risk of suicide... Meanwhile insurance, pharma, medical device companies are experiencing record profits.

"Holistic health" might be a false concept - "health" is sufficient - but when most people think of the Western medical approach as the sole authority on their bodies, can you really blame people for looking for an alternative given the abuses mentioned above?

Notice, who are the ones instituting recalls, finding out that routine calibration of certain machines are necessary, and finding the side effects in those anti-depression meds? Doctors. Scientists. The FDA. For every highly publicized "Big Pharma" drug that gets recalled, there are hundreds that treat and cure terrible diseases that work great. Certain anti-depression meds do increase suicidal thoughts in young patients, but they also make life livable for those suffering and their families (ever have a family member with clinical depression? Not fun).

There is no such thing as "Western" Medicine, there is only medicine. You show a research team something that works and how it works and they'll jump on the profit bandwagon. Do you have any idea how much scratch Homeopathy and Magic Wristbands alone make? Any business that didn't give a @!$%# about their product actually working would get behind those in a second.

Did you know that the foundation of accupuncture of the ear is based on the fact that an ear "looks like" a fetus. The ear is seen as representative of the whole body so the accupuncturist can access "chi" (or "xi") more easily. Essentially, this practice, as well as all acupuncture is no more than sympathetic magic made to look scientific.

Further, the "fluxions" that chiropractors claim cause health problems are non-existent. This myth has been debunked numerous times in double blind studies.

They know they don't care, because they have more interesting and enjoyables lives than you do.

carles...perhaps they do, but apparently you don't...

Youhave the wrong emphasis there. Celebrities don't sign away their rights to free speech, etc simply because they are celebrities. However, thinking people don't pay attention to them.

The problem isn't in what any given individual is saying but the lack of critical thought of those who pay attention to them. Unfortunately, critical thought simply isn't being taught in too many places, and is anathema to organized religions. That's why so many people are so very gullible.

Pardon the typos...read "books" for "nooks".

They are more con men first. Actors can be just as stupid as the next guy. Money and fame draws the quacks and loons at the speed of sound. Read about the Beatles and Magic Alex. Mail order ministers/doctors for their basement born religions and concoctions.

1. More unverified claims for herbal remedies than prescription drugs.

2. More scientific evidence for effectiveness of prescription drugs.

What harm if it makes you feel/act better?

- That same argument can be made for narcotics and alcohol.

Cheapster, of course there are recalls of actual real medicines. Would you think that cars are recalled more often than boxes of magical air? Of course, cars actually do things. Medicine has actual effects. If the medicine is produced incorrectly, or if scientists (doctors) find a problem with the safety or efficacy (which are periodically checked by actual science) then recalls are performed.

Holistic protocols, ie., boxes of magical air, do nothing -- so who'd know if it broke, failed to work, etc...

What's the harm? Dunno -- why is cocaine illegal? Could be because the detriments outweigh the benefits. Check out WHATSTHEHARM.NET

Maybe due to the fact that "holistic" products aren't regulated? If they're sold as "supplements", they aren't regulated by the FDA as actual medications or medical devices. That's why it took so long to get ephedra off the market, even though there were documented cases of deaths even at the manufacturer's recommended dose.

Are you high? The scientific side of the argument is all about posting their data! Use a search engine or read a scientific journal, "the experts" are literally exploding with evidence and would love to show you, but nobody bothers to do the least bit of looking beyond newspaper quotes.

Check out Dr. Barrett's excellent site at http://www.quackwatch.org/. Dr Barrett freely presents good scientific evidence that debunks many claims of the huckters and quacks out there who would rob you of your money and health for their profit.

I disagree. Too many people are willfully deluding themselves, and pay no mind to evidence. Show them evidence that a conventional medication works better than an herbal concoction, and they will tell you the study must have been funded by a pharmaceuticals company. Tell them that vaccines have only very rare side effects and prevent terrible diseases, and they will tell you there is a government conspiracy to kill Americans and that your data comes from a corrupt government agency. Check out comments pages attached to articles about vaccination vs. nonvaccination.

C'mon, if it was that good you would be selling it in 1 oz. bottles for the same price -- costs less to ship. Oh, and make the price $29.99 -- looks better to the consumer. Marketing! ;)

Of course, isn't marketing a form of acting?

Sounds like Holy Water. I was raised Catholic and my mom had a little bottle of it around. Plastic bottle with a gold cross on it. I doubt the bottle was free.

This reminds me of a girlfriend I had. I would tell her that her hair looked a little dull and she needed some protein. She always knew just what I meant and proceeeded accordingly. No joke!

Trucker....so she washed her hair with a raw egg? (my guess not) My guess is an outtake of "There's Something About Mary".