And how many real cures are currently relegated to health food stores and derided as 'snake oil' or 'placebo' because they are so cheap no one can make money selling them.
Example stevia leaf -- not that it cures anything, but it's a safe no-carb substitute for sugar. So the manufactuers of Splenda etc try to keep it from being approved. It's a plant, non-patentable, so no one can make much money from it.
Xylitol DOES prevent tooth decay; similarly not widely used.
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Date: 2010-03-09 04:40 pm (UTC)Example stevia leaf -- not that it cures anything, but it's a safe no-carb substitute for sugar. So the manufactuers of Splenda etc try to keep it from being approved. It's a plant, non-patentable, so no one can make much money from it.
Xylitol DOES prevent tooth decay; similarly not widely used.