Who do you believe? How do you tell fact from fiction? Here's what I do, and why (also known as doing my research so I can make informed decisions based on facts, and definitely not on media reports):
1. I look for the motives in what the media reports. For example, because pharmaceutical companies advertise with TV, magazines, etc., which brings in millions (billions?) of dollars for these media, would it make sense for them to tell you in the news that the drugs might be bad for you? How about vitamins and supplements that compete with drugs? Most stories will be negative about those because they compete with drugs. The drug studies they report tell you how amazing the drugs are. The facts are that prescription drugs kill over 100,000 a year (possibly much higher), plus probably millions of adverse events, and many times these side effects are worse than what you're taking the drug for. Vitamins - no deaths reported in the past few years. There were thousands of studies showing the benefits and safety of vitamin C. There was one negative study which contradicted all the positive studies and guess what? That was the one that made the news. (Note: Vitamin C has been extremely beneficial for me.)
2. Research, research, research (aka due diligence). Eliminate the variables - money, flawed studies (unfortunately, that's about 90% of them), etc. When the person reporting has little or no monetary gain to be made, or is not selling the product they are studying, it will more likely be an honest study.
3. I go to certain websites to start my research - mercola.com, HSIonline.com, www.orthomolecular.org, Life Extension Foundation, and others. If they provide links to CDC, VAERS, etc., I check those. It was in these two links I found that measles killed either zero or 4 people in the last 10 years, but the measles vaccine killed 108.
4. Beware of scare tactics. For example, about vaccinations - things to think about - if 90% of people get vaccinated, why would anyone worry if you didn't, unless the vaccine didn't always work, and if that's the case.... Keep in mind, if you do get vaccinated for measles, for several days after vaccination, you can pass the measles on. So someone who can't get the vaccine for medical reasons should not be exposed to a person who just got vaccinated for a period of several days. Also ask why vaccine makers are not liable if something should happen to the person vaccinated. You take all the risk, the drug company takes all the money and no risk. They have no liability for vaccinations. They don't have to worry about what might happen to you if they mess up. Why? Please go to this site for more information and the truth about the measles vaccine: National Vaccine Information Center, Informative article with 34 references and several other links where you can verify what is written. When you read this and then hear what the media reports, you'll understand why you should NEVER believe the media without reading the actual facts.
5. After I started taking supplements that they say don't work, my health improved dramatically. Of course, they'll say it's the "Placebo effect." Even if that was the case, I wouldn't care, but I know it's only that on occasion. In the Feb-Mar 2015 of AARP, there is an article written about heart disease, which says, "Don't take dietary supplements," written by a doctor, of course. He tells you to take drugs instead. Further he says, "There's no way to know what's in them....and there's little scientific evidence of any benefits." If you do your research, you'll find these statements are false, with a few exceptions (for fly by night off brand brands). He said to avoid coenzyme Q10, Vitamin E, and fish oil (all excellent supplements for heart support)! Must be because you might not need the drugs if you take those supplements. He mentioned a new drug called LCZ696 for heart disease (not yet approved). Before you decide on whether to take it, read this article about what it may do: LCZ696. About the coenzyme Q10 he said to avoid - read this article, also written by an M.D. - Co-enzyme Q10 (BTW, I've been taking it for over 10 years).
In the same magazine there are at least 6 full pages of drug ads. The doctor who wrote the article is on the AARP advisory board.
In my 20 years of working in and owning retail vitamins stores, I've talked with over 30,000 people. I can say without a doubt that vitamins and supplements work. They are not a replacement for a healthy diet, but a supplement to one, which I've talked about in other posts. One of the best sites you'll find about what a health diet consists of? Go to foodbabe.com. Or follow the diet of the Hunza (all natural, organic, fresh whole foods with no chemicals).
Is the Media Effective?
Unfortunately, too many believe what they see, read, or hear on TV, radio, magazines, etc. Since 1990, there have been 329 deaths, and 6,962 serious adverse events related to vaccines - go to link above for what some of those events have been.
Some other things I've read relating to vaccines - if you've been vaccinated for a particular disease, and then get the disease anyway, it may be worse than had you not been vaccinated. Getting a disease, such as measles, gives you life long immunity to that disease. Getting vaccinated does not. And some disease are worse (more dangerous) if you get them as an adult.
An example of Media Speak - Unvaccinated children put vaccinated children at great risk because vaccines work so well they make vaccinated children immune...unless there are unvaccinated children around in which case the unvaccinated children cause the vaccinated children to revert to unvaccinated status which is bad. And that's where measles comes from.
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