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- From: altar@beaufort.sfu.ca (Ted Wayn Altar)
- Subject: Re: Calcium/Magnesium
- Message-ID: <altar.725705494@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <altar.725581448@sfu.ca> <1992Dec28.234854.16347@pixel.kodak.com> <altar.725666594@sfu.ca> <1992Dec29.235244.7619@spdcc.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:51:34 GMT
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- >Ted Wayn Altar writes:
- >>Nothing I've seen substantiates that Professor
- >>Moon is a "crank". To successfully publish in medical journals like
- >>ATHEROSCLEROSIS, JOURNAL OF THE AMERCIAN COLLEGE OF NUTRITION, CANADIAN
- >>MEDICAL REVIEW, etc., is not something that a mere "crank" can likely
- >>achieve. It is one thing to debunk an article published in, say,
- >>a disreputable "pop" magazine like the EASTWEST JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC HEALTH,
- >>it is quite another to vilify an accomplished researcher and published
- >>expert on calciferol.
-
- Steve Dyer replies:
-
- >It depends on what he's saying. Ted conveniently forgot to saythat
- >this latest paper of Moon's is listed in the journal's index as a
- >hypothesis, and was published as such. It is not a rigorous study, and
- >its conclusions are suspect.
-
- Moon's article is rigorous review and its conclusions are backed
- with empirical evidence and hard theory. What is "suspect" is
- this unsupported and prejudical vilification of Professor Moon.
- No evidence for this vilification of Dr. Moon as a "crank" was
- provided, only Mr Dyer's `ex cathedra' pronoucements.
-
-
- >There were any number of methodological
- >issues raised regarding Moon's assertions in the past 9 months since
- >Ted first started regurgitating this stuff. It would be a mistake to
- >consider Moon's opinions on vitamin D and its use as a supplement as
- >reflecting current nutritional practice. Rather, it's a polemic against
- >the use of vitamin D supplementation. But his ideas are controversial
- >to say the least. Ted would have people think that they're received wisdom.
- >They're not.
-
- Well, of course they are NOT received wisdom! What do think gets
- published in primary scientific journals? Yes, that's right,
- NEW knowledge claims, not old.
-
- Second, I believe this is "net NEWS", in which case it is
- perfectly appropriate to report upon new findings or published
- ideas for people's interest. Odd that the second-hand report
- about the epidemiological study of iron and heart disease among
- men was duly and respectfully considered as interesting news, but
- the Dr. Moon et al. theorectical review should be so slandered, even
- before people have bothered to read it.
-
- For the more opened-minded and intellectually curious, I've
- posted the reference to the Dr. Moon et al. paper in question,
- as well as some of the conclusions from that paper under the
- thread, "Vitamin" D
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