I don't ask you to accept the source
I ask you to run the numbers and address the concerns.
But you aren't going to because you don't care about this issue, you don't believe in the matter at hand, you just feel it is worthwhile to play Devil's advocate in any issues concerning the AMA.
And you certainly are right on the transfat issue.
But whether or not a profit motivated guild/monopoly was right on the transfat issue has nothing to do with this one.
"To be accepted homeopathy must explain how it works in terms acceptable to us."
Where's that quote from?
Here's a decent quote that pretty much encompasses all you need to know about this scam.
Oscillococcinum, a 200C product "for the relief of colds and flu-like symptoms," involves "dilutions" that are even more far-fetched. Its "active ingredient" is prepared by incubating small amounts of a freshly killed duck's liver and heart for 40 days. The resultant solution is then filtered, freeze-dried, rehydrated, repeatedly diluted, and impregnated into sugar granules. If a single molecule of the duck's heart or liver were to survive the dilution, its concentration would be 1 in 100200. This huge number, which has 400 zeroes, is vastly greater than the estimated number of molecules in the universe (about one googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes). In its February 17, 1997, issue, U.S. News & World Report noted that only one duck per year is needed to manufacture the product, which had total sales of $20 million in 1996. The magazine dubbed that unlucky bird "the $20-million duck."
Actually, the laws of chemistry state that there is a limit to the dilution that can be made without losing the original substance altogether. This limit, which is related to Avogadro's number, corresponds to homeopathic potencies of 12C or 24X (1 part in 1024). Hahnemann himself realized that there is virtually no chance that even one molecule of original substance would remain after extreme dilutions. But he believed that the vigorous shaking or pulverizing with each step of dilution leaves behind a "spirit-like" essence\ufffd"no longer perceptible to the senses"\ufffdwhich cures by reviving the body's "vital force." Modern proponents assert that even when the last molecule is gone, a "memory" of the substance is retained. This notion is unsubstantiated. Moreover, if it were true, every substance encountered by a molecule of water might imprint an "essence" that could exert powerful (and unpredictable) medicinal effects when ingested by a person.
And don't bother telling me it's the AMA's fault it'll never be tested. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. It fails the smell test, no point in shoving some down your throat as well.
