The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Voltaire
Nobody Likes The Truth
Having recently read a book that will not be to everyone's taste, it becomes clear that the inability/unwillingness of the human race to accept often basic truths can be quite astounding. The book is entitled 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldacre and debunks many of the claims made by the medical and alternative therapy worlds. I have had many positive experiences of natural remedies, so whilst I do not share his view of them in entirety, I am still stunned how we as a race so often buy into nonsensical claims which always share the same lie.
You can't handle the truth !
Whether it be pharmaceutical, cosmetic, or nutritional advice we are sold the idea that without patience, discipline, commitment or hard work we can instantaneously cure our ills. Our need for instant gratification is fed by marketing teams keen to exploit this most common of human flaws.
The world of dieting sees the very worst of this excess. Every five minutes a new fad diet comes along and presents itself to the public. Promising rapid weight loss, as painlessly as possible, whilst including a woolly justification for its success. The success of any diet is predicated on one basic factor, calorie deficit. It does not matter how you lose weight, low carb, high carb, medium carb, high protein etc, it does not matter what constitutes the diet, the human body will shed fat when fewer calories than are required enter the system.
The best way is and has always been a healthy diet, with exercise. It has always been so, from the moment the human body was conceived, it has been so. Sadly many of us choose not to listen to that advice and instead are sold by the next beautifully marketed campaign. (For an alternative approach to dieting - www.Fadfree-diet.com is worth a look as it works on exactly those principles). I must add apologies to those who have worked this out, however I myself used to make that same mistake, I have learned the hard way that patience and hard work cure most of our issues.
It's everywhere !
Spurious nonsense, such as the dieting claims are hard to avoid. Face creams, cough medicine, healing creams, magic foods, the list is endless. We at IBS-Health.com feel the need to vent this frustration as barely a day goes by without nonsense appearing.
Its also getting worse. The internet, as wonderful as it is, frequently presents fiction as fact. There is information out there to back up any belief or theory to suit your argument. We type in a search and will readily accept the results as verbatim.
A Different Approach
At IBS-Health.com, we take a different approach. The truth is for most of us, overcoming IBS may take time. If you've had it a long time, then sadly it won'y go but may be managed. To treat IBS takes patience, it also takes a great deal of sacrifice and a willingness to face facts.
We are the antithesis of those that promise much but repeatedly fail to deliver, we offer truth and hope, not lies and deceit. So you choose, our way or theirs.
The 15 Biggest Wikipedia Blunders
1. Robbie Williams eats domestic pets in pubs for money.
To be fair, we can't disprove this statement, which popped up on the singer's Wikipedia page in 2006. But we'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
2. David Beckham was a Chinese goalkeeper in the 18th century.
And you thought scoring Posh Spice was impressive.
3. Paul Reiser's dead.
If you fell for this 2008 Wikipedia hoax, well -- let's just say I'm not so mad about you.
4. Sinbad's dead.
Couldn't tell ya what he's actually doing these days, but contrary to a 2007 Wikipedia claim, Sinbad is still around.
5. Sergey Brin's sexy, dating Jimmy Wales, and dead.
The Google god's Wikipedia page has seen more changes than his company's seen betas. Remarks on Sergey Brin's bio have claimed he's gay and dating Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales; he's dead, having ended his life in Moscow; and he's "sexy."
(I'll leave the judgment on the last one up to you.)
6. Tony Blair worships Hitler.
The former British prime minister was a regular target for Wikipedia tampering. That's what we read on Wikipedia, anyway.
7. The Duchess of Cornwall's Christian name is Cow-miller.
Anyone else suddenly have a hankering for a hamburger?
8. The University of Cincinnati's former president is a whore.
Former University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher was listed as a "prostitute" and a "witch" on her Wikipedia page. Good thing it wasn't true, as that would make for one dangerous combination.
9. Robert Byrd's dead.
United States Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia was pronounced dead by Wikipedia in January of this year. The senator was resurrected by a Wikipedia correction a short time later.
10. Ted Kennedy died in January.
Months before this week's news that Ted Kennedy had passed away, his Wikipedia page reported his death. The entry said Kennedy had died following his seizure at January's presidential inauguration.
11. John Seigenthaler helped assassinate John and Robert Kennedy.
The retired journalist wrote a full editorial about his Wikipedia ordeal, in which he was accused of being somehow involved in the assassinations of both John and Robert Kennedy. The errant info, Seigenthaler says, was on the site for four and a half months.
12. A yacht killed British TV presenter Vernon Kay.
That's a rough way to go. Especially when it never happened.
13. Conan O'Brien assaults sea turtles while canoeing.
Stephen Colbert was to blame for this hoax. I can't decide which is more unbelievable: that Conan assaulted a sea turtle, or that he went canoeing.
14. British TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh published a new version of the Kama Sutra.
He did, however, slap stickers on a bikini model for ratings.
15. Sienna Miller has modeled nude.
I don't care if it's not true -- I'm still going to require proof on this one.
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