Pharmaceutical industry
225 sourcesRay Peat was a persistent critic of the pharmaceutical industry's influence on medical science and public health policy. He documented numerous cases where industry interests shaped scientific 'consensus,' suppressed inconvenient findings, and promoted harmful products. He saw the promotion of estrogen therapy, statins, SSRIs, PUFAs, and the demonization of thyroid, progesterone, aspirin, and saturated fat as products of this influence.
Peat emphasized the importance of understanding the economic incentives behind medical recommendations and conducting one's own research rather than accepting authority uncritically. He noted that many effective, inexpensive treatments (aspirin, thyroid, progesterone, vitamin E) were marginalized precisely because they couldn't be patented for large profits.
Key Positions
- Industry funding shapes medical research priorities and conclusions
- Effective, inexpensive treatments are marginalized in favor of patentable drugs
- The estrogen therapy scandal demonstrates how industry can drive harmful practice for decades
- Statins were promoted despite failing to reduce total mortality in most populations
- FDA regulatory capture allows industry to influence safety standards
- Independent research and critical thinking are essential for health decisions
- Generic drugs (aspirin, thyroid, progesterone) are underused because of low profit margins
Sources
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Cataracts: water, energy, light, and aging
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Cholesterol, longevity, intelligence, and health.
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Coconut Oil.
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Comparison of Progesterone and Estrogen
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Diabetes, scleroderma, oils and hormones.
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El problema de la enfermedad de Alzheimer como una pista para la inmortalidad
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Epilepsy and Progesterone.
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Essays on nutrition, health, etc... - Vladimir Heiskanen (Valtsu)
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Estriol, DES, DDT, etc.
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Estrogen - Age Stress Hormone.
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Estrogen Receptors - what do they explain?
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Estrogen, memory and heredity: Imprinting and the stress response
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Estrogen, progesterone, and cancer: Conflicts of interest in regulation and product promotion
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Fatigue, aging, and recuperation
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Fats and degeneration.
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Fats, functions & malfunctions
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Food-junk and some mystery ailments: Fatigue, Alzheimer's, Colitis, Immunodeficiency.
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Functional Performance Systems Blog - Rob Turner
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Gelatin, stress, longevity
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Glucose and sucrose for diabetes
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Glycemia, starch, and sugar in context
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Heart and hormones
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Herb Doctors: Hot flashes, Night Sweats, the Relationship to Stress, Aging, PMS, Sugar Metabolism TRANSCRIPTION
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Herb Doctors: Serotonin, Endotoxins, Stress TRANSCRIPTION
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Hot flashes, energy, and aging