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	<title>Comments on: Freshman chemistry takes on homeopathy</title>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Ignoring the obvious error, if the bonds got stronger, wouldnâ€™t it make it harder for the body to break them down to actually use them? Sounds counterproductive to me.
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In the case of homeopathic remedies like arsenic ("Arsenicum Album"), I wouldn't want them interacting with my body in the first place.  So perhaps this, too, is a good thing. :)

Coming up in a few weeks, my freshmen are doing an experiment that will show them that for acids, the fraction of acid that breaks down in water goes up as the concentration of the acid goes down.  I'll have to remind them about that homeopath claim about stronger bonds again then.</description>
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Ignoring the obvious error, if the bonds got stronger, wouldnâ€™t it make it harder for the body to break them down to actually use them? Sounds counterproductive to me.
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<p>In the case of homeopathic remedies like arsenic (&#8221;Arsenicum Album&#8221;), I wouldn&#8217;t want them interacting with my body in the first place.  So perhaps this, too, is a good thing. <img src='http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Coming up in a few weeks, my freshmen are doing an experiment that will show them that for acids, the fraction of acid that breaks down in water goes up as the concentration of the acid goes down.  I&#8217;ll have to remind them about that homeopath claim about stronger bonds again then.</p>
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		<title>By: enrico</title>
		<link>http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2006/02/21/freshman-chemistry-takes-on-homeopathy/#comment-17</link>
		<dc:creator>enrico</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"somehow energizes the remedy and adds â€œNecessary Energyâ€ to the solution."

Yes, kinetic energy transferred to heat energy.  Wow.  Drink it while it's hot.

"Experiments have been done with hard physical measurements that have proven that the chemical bonds between the molecules actually get stronger."

Ignoring the obvious error, if the bonds got stronger, wouldn't it make it harder for the body to break them down to actually use them?  Sounds counterproductive to me.

Just found your site today...look forward to more!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;somehow energizes the remedy and adds â€œNecessary Energyâ€ to the solution.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, kinetic energy transferred to heat energy.  Wow.  Drink it while it&#8217;s hot.</p>
<p>&#8220;Experiments have been done with hard physical measurements that have proven that the chemical bonds between the molecules actually get stronger.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ignoring the obvious error, if the bonds got stronger, wouldn&#8217;t it make it harder for the body to break them down to actually use them?  Sounds counterproductive to me.</p>
<p>Just found your site today&#8230;look forward to more!</p>
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		<title>By: Abel PharmBoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Abel PharmBoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a beautiful demonstration that &lt;a href="http://terrasig.blogspot.com/2006/02/another-southerner-takes-on-homeopathy.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;I had to link&lt;/a&gt; to because of my frustration with homeopathy being lumped in with natural products and botanical medicines.

Just be careful - a homeopath might claim that you have created a remedy for burns caused by sulfuric acid.

Don't know how I missed y'all previously but I'm a scientist who is a huge fan of shrimp and grits.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a beautiful demonstration that <a href="http://terrasig.blogspot.com/2006/02/another-southerner-takes-on-homeopathy.html" rel="nofollow">I had to link</a> to because of my frustration with homeopathy being lumped in with natural products and botanical medicines.</p>
<p>Just be careful - a homeopath might claim that you have created a remedy for burns caused by sulfuric acid.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t know how I missed y&#8217;all previously but I&#8217;m a scientist who is a huge fan of shrimp and grits.</p>
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