Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

dan123 — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:18:00 GMT

It is irresponsible of you to state that this study offers any indication that ginkgo may promote longer lives in seniors. This is bad science at its worst. First, epidemiological studies never show cause and effect & are proof of nothing. Second, the group that took nothing had the same mortality rate as the group that took ginkgo; actually it was "about half" and 47 percent respectively, which in statistical terms is insignificant and due to chance. Only the group taking prescribed memory drugs -- those who were very likely diagnosed previously with Alzheimer's and other life-threatening illnesses or they wouldn't be on prescription meds in the first place -- who had a higher mortality rate. So there is no proof here of anything, and certainly the results show no difference between death rates among ginkgo users and those who saved their money & didn't take ginkgo. To suggest otherwise is a scam.

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

Ehous10 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:43:11 GMT

I really am glad that sites like Mercola.com exist, however, they are confusing. Everyone is pushing thier own thing. You must drink water but only this water, you must take this supplement but only this certain one etc...etc... I think it's time all these Docotor's preaching natural health start trying to get some organization to all this so they can come to some sort of compromise on what they are pushing/selling. It's starting to look, to the average person, much like Big Pharma. Confuse and over complicate things for the consumer.

Also, this way of living is extremly time consuming and expensive. Health insurance dosn't cover any of it. You can come back all you want with what is your life worth or pay now or later, whatever. My life is worth all the money in the world and then some - being realistic though it is not possible to obtain it. In other words, it's extremly diffcult for the average consumer to maintain a healthy lifestyle period. It's made even more difficult with all the natural health confusion. I do what I can do and that's all I can do.

I have written email to Dr. Mercola, Kevin Truedeau and countless other natural health practitioners and have yet to get a response. All these doctors make big claims against the health care industry, much of it downright illeagle. Well why don't they get together and file a class action suit with all thier proof. Do they really care about others health or are they playing on people's hopes and fears in pursuit of the almighty dollar.

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

Russ Bianchi — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:30:20 GMT

Grow it yourself, eat it fresh (salads - it is an acquired taste that takes some getting use to) or dry and use in tea as fresh as possible. There are sites in the internet where you can buy starter plants or seeds.

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

olddad — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:28:32 GMT

Why is Dr.guzza allowed to sell products on this blog ???.

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

The Herb Doc — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:49:27 GMT

As a clinical herbalist for over 20 years I can say, “Standardizing can be good and bad!”(But usually bad)

Some products are simply concentrated whole herbs containing at least (Key Word, “At Least”) a stated amount of particular ingredients such as “AT LEAST 24% ginkolosides in our Ginko Extract- THIS IS GOOD!

Others state EXACT AMOUNTS of constituents by molecular weight. To arrive at an isolated constituents molecular weight means that dangerous chemicals like methyl alcohol, hexane, acetone, mercury and others were possable used along with a centrifuge to alter the whole plant – THIS IS VERY VERY BAD!

If we are not careful Big Pharma companies like “BAYER” are going to pull off exactly what they did in 1906 with the “Food and Drug Act” and apply it to herbs and get away with this crime WITH OUR APPROVIL!

WE MUST ALWAYS KEEP THIS IN MIND: “NOTHING UN-NATURAL SHOULD EVER GO INTO OUR BODIES!"

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

The Herb Doc — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:19:13 GMT

Ginko truly is better than any Pharma-drugs for dementia and comes with very good long lasting over-all health benefits! It helps get your blood to the smaller capillaries reaching out to benefit better cell growth.

There are other great herbs that can do so much for dementia! At our clinic we use a formula of four herbs. These herbs are: Ci Wu Jia, (Siberian Ginseng) Gota Kola, Yuan Zhi, and American Prickly Ash Bark.

This amazing group of herbs works together to

A: help supply oxygen to the brain (Ci Wu Jia) while
B: stimulating the brain with better blood flow. (Prickly Ash Bark)
C: It also helps the kidney and liver systems produce the balanced chemistry necessary to have good memory function. (Gota Kola) and
D: Clears the mind of distorted thought (Yuan Zhi).

Students studying for and taking exams also use this with very good success.

We call this formula “Think Clear”

re: Can Ginkgo Biloba Help You Live Longer?

Russ Bianchi — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:17:51 GMT

One footnote of caution folks....YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!

Beware MANY snake oil artists in the natural health food and dietary supplement pill and capsule and gel cap game, arguing they have JUST the right dosage for YOU!!!

As with any botanical regiment, you want a honest and credentialed provider of HIGH QUALITY, FRESH, preferably standardized, and truly bio available, Gingko Biloba.

Quality is long REMEMBERED, after price is long forgotten.

PS - Said another way, buy cheap ginko biloba, and you get to hide you own Easter Eggs...