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Old 02-20-2007, 12:18 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by joepole
A suspected cause of rising autism rates was the use of thiomersal (a mercury-containing preservative) in vaccinations, especially vaccinations that were packaged together into one shot. Study after study showed that there was no link between thiomersal and autism, but the FDA had manufacturers stop using it. Most did in 1999, all did by 2002. Its removal from the market caused no change in the autism rate.
I don't dispute what you are saying, but you fail to note that even the CDC feels there isn't enough evidence to dismiss the hypothesis either.....and I have to agree that it's better to err on the side of safety.

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>Medicine fights disease, they doesn't improve health.

Incorrect, medical knowledge improves health. My wife took prenatal vitamins that were unknown and unavailable in 1940. We now know not to smoke or drink alcohol during pregnancy, something our great-grandmothers did without a second thought. Pregnant women used to be told to sleep on their backs. now we know this is bad advice.
If I am incorrect then why change the key term away from medicine and into medical knowledge? I mean if the medicine makes you healthier as oppose to lifestyle, then why stop smoking and drinking when you could just take a pill "to make you healthier"?


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>Pills aren't better than vegetables.

Depends on the pill and the vegetable. To get the recommended about of prenatal folic acid that comes in a pill my wife would have had to eat 4 or 5 pounds of spinach a day.
And if spinach were the only available source of folic acid then you might have a point, but it's found in just about all of the leafy vegetables AND liver.
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>Dieting isn't better than exercise.

Dieting is MUCH better than exercise. That's true in general, but especially true when referring to prenatal health. Although are important, what you do doesn't affect your baby nearly as much as what you consume. Once baseline activity levels are met (so you don't have high blood pressure, anemia, etc.) exercise doesn't really help the baby much.
If baseline activity levels are being met then additional exercise isn't even required. My example was an A or B example, not a combination of both.
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