What is the worst ‘new age’ advice that you have heard? I am not ridiculing anyone’s beliefs but some practices are ridiculous.

NeedHelpWithMom, our doctors have told us to use specific supplements, as they review the med list which includes supplements every time we visited. I can't remember off hand now what Dad was told to take, but I've been told to take iron and B-12 as I presented with deficiencies with my appendix ruptured.

In fact the surgeon wanted to give me a B-12 injection when I had my stroke, but I was only kept overnight and wasn't admitted, and I didn't want to pay the $25 cost or whatever it was since I could just take B-12 and eat more B vitamin foods when I was released.

I've also been told to take calcium supplements.

This kind of advice is one of the reasons I'm particular about which doctors I see.

I looked online at the Goop candle. I don’t want or need a candle that smells like a vagina.

Bridger,

Crazy, right? 😂 LOL

Polar,

Yes, mint is therapeutic. I like mint tea too.

Interesting about asthma. I have asthma. I use an inhaler. I have been hospitalized with attacks of asthma. I was on oxygen and the breathing machine.

Plus they sent me home with a nebulizer to help me breathe.

GA,

My mom takes B12 too. Plus calcium and cod liver oil. The last time she had a bone density test she had great results.

With all of the falls she never once broke a bone. Lots of bruises and scrapes though.

I have never been a big milk drinker so I have crappy bones. I have steel rods holding my arm together after an open compound fracture with bones in my arm due to a bicycle accident that I had years ago.

There was debris in the road. I didn’t see it. Down I went. Thankfully a man driving behind me stopped his car, called 911 and waited with me until the ambulance arrived.

I was in complete shock and told him that I was fine! He said, “I saw the whole thing. You are in shock. You’re not fine.”

Well, the shock wore off in the ambulance and I told the driver to stop driving so fast because my arm was killing me and I was screaming when he hit bumps in the road. New Orleans has crappy roads with pot holes.

The driver said, I am trying to get you to the hospital, lady! Sorry about the potholes. LOL

I had surgery and later on I did months of aggressive physical therapy. My orthopedic surgeon told me to incorporate dairy in my diet so my bones would heal.

I asked my surgeon about supplements because I don’t like milk all that much. He told me he preferred that I have any dairy even if wasn’t milk, such as cheese, yogurt, etc. or even chocolate milk.

I think a modest amount of supplements are fine but some people take a ton of all kinds of stuff.

Yeah, some doctors do support certain supplements for specific reasons.

There’s a kerjillion. My partner is in the advanced stages of Parkinson’s disease. Had a good 8-9 year run after diagnosis, but 2 years ago things started happening at a much faster rate. We had been invited to a round table group for patients and caregivers (about 15-20 couples) the patients at varying stages. Parkinson’s disease is still a vast unknown and so everyone is experiencing it at different rates and symptoms and advice on home treatment was flying around the room, vitamins, supplements, oils, marijuana and high colonics. The facilitator never once suggested that they should consult with their physician first. The meds PD patients take are some serious stuff and it drives me crazy that people just say “try marijuana” like it’s a glass of orange juice - it is mind altering chemical people and you add that to the heavy doses of Dopamine and Serotonins patients are on the results could be dangerous. For god’s sake, I think that the next person that suggests pot as a medical treatment I will say to them, “I could stand with a full night sleep and getting away from it all for a bit love, you think I should give heroine a try? I hear it’s quite the ticket !”

I had to add one other thing because of a recent experience. Won’t bother you with details but it was my response to caring advice and I know that they mean well, but it would be at a cost. I simply said that there’s 2 things that caregivers have very little of ... time and money!

Polarbear

Thanks for this information. I have been wondering about peppermint oil. Now that you say it does work, I am going to get some.

Hold up. I have been wanting to buy peppermint oil for allergies, cough, asthma, etc. etc.

I just looked it up online at Walmart.

It says it contains chemicals that can cause cancer. Whew, scary.

Hailey: if you do want to try peppermint oil, find a good herbalist and buy from her/him. The WalMart source might not be from an organic supplier. I don't have time right now, but do research Nature's Truth. I have a few bottles of pure oil processed by them.

I'll check my 2 herbal suppliers later and let you know later if they offer pure peppermint oil.

GardenArtist

Thank you so much. I will look it up.

There’s a women’s magazine that I used to read and it was pages of what to eat or take this supplement for all these health issues a person could have.
A person would need a Spreadsheet to keep all those supplements organized.

Lisa,

That’s what I don’t like. If it is an excessive amount.

caringforken,

We always have to check with the doctor about anything to take. My mom has Parkinson’s disease. Its can be difficult to treat.

When you say marijuana, do you mean CBD? The CBD products don’t get you high. I haven’t researched any of it for a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

I know what you mean though. Lots of people feel that it cures everything!

NHWM.. We used to think you just peed out the excess vitamins, but these days many feel a good mulivit will do the job if your diet is poor. And since so many "seem" to have a Vit D issue with people being in the house more,, it can be a cheap fix. I personally take several supplements right now,, probably don't need to but with my job and stress I figure it can't hurt,, yep,, I am probably peeing it out.. LOL. I do agree the infomertials play into peoples fears.. so far I have resisted getting her the stuff! And don't get me started on "high colonics".. LOL

Pam,

So true about infomercials! It’s a lot of bunk.

I can see where we can have a Vitamin D deficiency. So many of us spend a lot of time indoors.

Do you find things run in cycles? As soon as one things fades away, another trend pops up. Then sooner or later it all gets recycled!

The Two worst chunks of advice are:
1.essential oils which have induced anaphylaxes, and other adverse allergic reactions.
2. CBD oil, which kills the effects of drugs that are metabolized through the P450 system. In short, CBD messes with the effectiveness (efficacy) of all medications that are processed through the Cytochrome p450 system.

The worst cases we've seen are patients who families have forced them to breathe diffused essential oils, Simultaneously while using CBD products.
Those patients mostly experienced repeated allergic reactions that they were told were just the body "detoxing." Benadryl would resolve the allergic reactions, but wouldn't work as normally, if CBD was in the body's system.

We had a family that refused to understand they were harming their mother by forcing her to breathe diffused "essential oils." The mother would become agitated every time after her family visited, because the family would bring her essential oils that they told her to hide and use within a diffuser. Every time that diffuser was running, the mother couldn't breathe and she would experience adverse neurological reactions. The family refused to stop, and refused to understand that allergic reactions grow worse with every encounter with whatever is inducing the allergic reactions. Their mother ended up with severely damaged lungs but, the family continued to insist the "essential oils" were helping her.

Screen,

Great points!
This is why we do have to speak to the doctor about our individual circumstances. Just because something is right for one person doesn’t make it right for another.

Thanks for responding to the post!