The example I gave, Trikafta, is a treatment for cystic fibrosis. Without drugs like this you would not be remotely healthy and are all but guaranteed to die young.
You're entitled to your beliefs about "poisonous foods," but I think people may not be receptive to what you're saying because it seems a bit like you're throwing out the baby with the bathwater here. Yes, eating well should be our ultimate goal. Yes, using drugs to mitigate the effects of a poor diet is a band-aid solution. (Although band-aid solutions are still a net good—that's why we have, you know, band-aids. Sometimes it's not possible or easy to fix root causes and the best you can do is stop the bleeding.)
But framing long-term medication use as a bad thing in itself is generally not convincing to anyone but the crunchiest of hippies or anti-establishment types. Prescription drugs restore a lot of people to normal functioning that they otherwise wouldn't achieve.
I agree that it would be better if we could prevent people from developing autoimmune diseases, or cancer, or unhealthy eating habits in the first place, but in the meantime we have... drugs. Which is better than not having drugs at all.
> The example I gave, Trikafta, is a treatment for cystic fibrosis. Without drugs like this you would not be remotely healthy and are all but guaranteed to die young.
Oh, c'mon, why don't you add colon, pancreatic and lung cancer to your list.
What a fucking ridiculous non-argument. Of course there are afflictions that have a requirement for drugs and serious medical intervention. Do you think I told my mother to eat better food while she was dyeing from pancreatic cancer last year? Don't fucking insult me. Grow the fuck up and learn to have an adult discussion!
The example I gave, Trikafta, is a treatment for cystic fibrosis. Without drugs like this you would not be remotely healthy and are all but guaranteed to die young.
You're entitled to your beliefs about "poisonous foods," but I think people may not be receptive to what you're saying because it seems a bit like you're throwing out the baby with the bathwater here. Yes, eating well should be our ultimate goal. Yes, using drugs to mitigate the effects of a poor diet is a band-aid solution. (Although band-aid solutions are still a net good—that's why we have, you know, band-aids. Sometimes it's not possible or easy to fix root causes and the best you can do is stop the bleeding.)
But framing long-term medication use as a bad thing in itself is generally not convincing to anyone but the crunchiest of hippies or anti-establishment types. Prescription drugs restore a lot of people to normal functioning that they otherwise wouldn't achieve.
I agree that it would be better if we could prevent people from developing autoimmune diseases, or cancer, or unhealthy eating habits in the first place, but in the meantime we have... drugs. Which is better than not having drugs at all.