once you have infected a group of people with this information, it s very, very difficult to then get them to stop thinking about that. and part of this, and part of this, arthur, speaks to me about the way we think about medical authority, and i think there s a fine line between healthy distrust of medical authority, healthy distrust of necessarily what, for instance, the pharmaceutical industry wants you to believe about, for instance, restless leg syndrome or whatever new malady they made up to sell drugs and full-out quackery. the line between healthy distrust and full-out quackery is not that clear a line, because frankly i m not a doctor. i have to go into this, you know, this medical marketplace and try to make these decisions and all i ve got is the internet and that doesn t help things at all. there s not much of a line on the internet, that s for sure. everybody seems to be treated equally, and as seth pointed out, once you cry fire in that theater, it s really hard to
right. once you have infected a group of people with this information, it s very, very difficult to then get them to stop thinking about that. and part of this, and part of this, arthur, speaks to me about the way we think about medical authority, and i think there s a fine line between healthy distrust of medical authority, healthy distrust of necessarily what, for instance, the pharmaceutical industry wants you to believe about, for instance, restless leg syndrome or whatever new malady they made up to sell drugs and full-out quackery. the line between healthy distrust and full-out quackery is not that clear a line, because frankly i m not a doctor. i have to go into this, you know, this medical marketplace and try to make these decisions and all i ve got is the internet and that doesn t help things at all. there s not much of a line on the internet, that s for sure. everybody seems to be treated equally, and as seth pointed out, once you cry fire in that
favorite things, a picture of geraldo and fresh roll of toilet paper. every one of the audience members gets this. by the way, the only thing i have a problem with with oprah, i think she s great, love her, it is the health stuff on her show, the fact she in dull jes jenny mccarthy on the vaccination nation stuff, she has to she should protect her audience. her audience are women that come and are looking for positive things. they look for things that help them, longevity, to look better. should have somebody that acts as a filter against the quackery. oprah would be better served to be that filter, protect her audience from i would be hypocrite if i didn t point this out. oprah winfrey talks about when she was a victim of racism. now, eric holder did it, called him out. president obama did it, called
now feels like he s 40. that comes with a hefty price tag. all this can cost up to $15,000 a year. cash only. my health restored. whatever it costs me, it s worth it. reporter: if you think this is too good to be true, you re not alone. many doctors agree. saying, sure, there may be short-term gain but there will be long-term cost. it s a fallacy to say that even in low doses that these drugs are not harmful. reporter: this doctor, a professor of medicine at boston university school of medicine would not talk specifically about the company but is a vocal critic of the anticipate aging movement. giving growth hormone in particular for anti-aging is quackery. reporter: he there s there are no reputable studies saying hormones don t age, and it could cause high blood pressure and even trigger cancer. what do you say to the medical community who says
it s a fallacy to say that even in low doses that these drugs are not harmful. reporter: this doctor, a professor of medicine at boston university school of medicine would not talk specifically about the company but is a vocal critic of the anticipate aging movement. giving growth hormone in particular for anti-aging is quackery. reporter: he there s there are no reputable studies saying hormones don t age, and it could cause high blood pressure and even trigger cancer. what do you say to the medical community who says you re just selling a bunch of view dew and this is dangerous because it s so untested. we do not know what the long-term consequences are going to be with testosterone and hgh replacement therapy. reporter: what s wrong with just getting old? an argument a lot of doctors use. who wants to get old if you don t have to? reporter: if next year for some reason you get cancer, will you plame the supplements?