The topic of our site is natural health, wellness, holistic medicine, prevention, healthy living, and healthy lifestyles.

Contents of Important Information:

  • Disclaimers are on the TOP.
  • Frequently Asked Questions about the Ethical Principles of this site are on the BOTTOM.

Disclaimers:

  1. Medical Advice Disclaimer
    1. Visitors to this site take full legal responsibility for whatever decisions they make regarding their own health care.
    2. What is offered on this site is for informational purposes only and should NOT be interpreted as a recommendation for a specific treatment plan, product, or course of action.
    3. The whole point of this site is to get people to start thinking clearly for themselves so that they can make better health decisions; with the participation of a licensed health professional of their choice.
    4. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider:
      • Before starting any new treatment;
      • On any questions regarding a medical condition; and
      • For specific advice tailored to your situation.
    5. This site does NOT offer medical advice.
    6. Nothing contained in this site is intended to be professional advice for medical diagnosis or treatment.
  2. Nutritional Supplements Disclaimer
    1. This site advocates supplementation with low to moderate dosages of nutritional supplements.
    2. This site recommends against mega-dosages of nutritional supplements.
    3. Comments made regarding nutritional supplements are intended ONLY for the NORMAL healthy mature adult population. They NEVER apply to any Pregnant Female, Infant, Child, or Teenager. They may NOT apply to any individual who has some type of serious ABNORMAL condition, such as Celiac Disease or Diabetes.
    4. Any dosages given are regarding a NORMAL individual weighing 150 pounds, 68 kilograms, or 11 stone.
    5. WARNING: When taking a new supplement for the first time, you should ALWAYS monitor your blood pressure for at least one month.
    6. Pregnant females and individuals with known health conditions should always get the advice of their physician regarding which nutritional supplements are safe to take during pregnancy, or for their health condition.
  3. Exercise Disclaimer
    1. This site advocates only a moderate amount of exercise.
    2. This site recommends against all extreme forms of exercise, such as running four or more miles a day, or running in a 26-mile marathon.
    3. Overall, all individuals should go very slow when first starting an exercise program. There is no need to rush into exercise, just to burn out in a few weeks. Walking short distances is a good place to start for most individuals, in good health.
    4. Comments made regarding Exercise are intended ONLY for the NORMAL healthy mature adult population. They NEVER apply to any Pregnant Female, Infant, Child, or Teenager. They may NOT apply to any individual who has some type of serious ABNORMAL condition, such as a heart condition.
    5. ALL adults over the age of 40, pregnant females, and individuals with any known health or heart condition should always get the advice of their physician regarding whether or not it would be safe for them to start an exercise program.
  4. Links and Advertisement Disclaimer
    1. This site contains links to, or advertisements for, web sites operated by other third parties.
      1. Clinking on a hyperlink to a third party web site should start a new HMTL window.
      2. Whereas most of the web pages that are a part of this web site:
        1. will open in the same HMTL window (with a few exceptions),
        2. will have the same identical web page format, and
        3. if you do not see the Vitruvian Man logo on top of a web page, then you are no longer on this website.
    2. This site does NOT control these third party web sites.
    3. This site is NOT responsible for the content and performance of these third party web sites, or for your transactions with them.
    4. The inclusion of these links to, or advertisements for, such web sites do not imply any endorsement of the material on such third party web sites or any association with their operators.
    5. This site does not in any way operate, control or endorse any information, products or services provided by these third parties.
    6. Your use of these third party web sites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of the respective web sites.
  5. Goods / Services Purchased Disclaimer
    1. No warranty regarding goods or services purchased or obtained through this web site is made. Any purchases made by visitors are done at their own discretion and risk.
  6. Warranty Disclaimer
    1. You are using this site at your own risk.
    2. This site assumes no responsibility for how you use the information provided through this site.
    3. The information available on this site is provided "as is," and the site provider and its affiliates with this expressly disclaim any warranties, express and implied, including but NOT limited to any warranties of accuracy, reliability, title, merchantability, noninfringement, fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, condition, guarantee or representation, whether oral, in writing or in electronic form, including but NOT limited to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained therein or provided by this site.

Contents of Important Information:

  • Disclaimers are on the TOP.
  • Frequently Asked Questions about the Ethical Principles of this site are on the BOTTOM.

Frequently Asked Questions: about the Ethical Principles of this site[1],[2]

  1. What are the credentials of the provider of information and advice on this site?
    1. All information on this site is offered by a non-medically trained individual.
    2. This information, plus other additional information, is also available on each page of this site by clicking on the About Us hyperlink. This additional information is shown on the bottom of the respective page.
  2. What is the agenda of this web site?
    1. The explicitly expressed mission of this site is available in the left margin on most web pages, by clicking on the Agenda hyperlink.
      1. The information provided on this web site is designed to support, rather than replace, the relationship that exists between a patient and their physician.
  3. What is the Privacy Policy of this site?
    1. Consumer Information
      1. This site, itself, currently does not use "cookies" to collect information.
        1. However, any Banners Ads displayed on this site by other third parties might be using "cookies" to enhance your viewing experience on the web. They cannot use these cookies to personally identify you in any way.
        2. You can instruct your web browser not to use cookies or to prompt you each time a site wants to use cookies. Please consult your web browser's help menu to learn how to use this feature. You can also use cookie management software that will automatically delete cookies or alert you before cookies are placed on your system.
      2. This site, itself, currently does not collect any personally identifiable information about visitors such as name, address, phone number, or email address.
      3. HostMySite, the company paid to provide web site hosting services for this site, collects various web site hit statistics. They do not collect any personally identifiable information.
        1. web site and individual web page hit statistics
        2. web browser statistics
        3. referrer statistics: URLs where the hits are coming from
        4. search engine query statistics
        5. Periodically, the results of this information are updated in the Agenda web page. We use this information to count the number of visitors to the different sections of our site. And, is used to make our site more useful to its visitors.
    2. Personal Privacy -- This is how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our web site. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.
      1. This site, itself, currently does not collect any personally identifiable information about visitors such as name, address, phone number, or email address.
      2. The names and email addresses of individuals sending private email to this site, via the Contact hyperlink are never publicly disclosed or sold.
  4. Attribution
    1. Are source data references provided?
      1. Yes, it is the policy of this site, whenever possible, to cite sources of information with footnotes to citations of scientific research papers available at the bottom of each respective page.
      2. However, many comments reference information that is too well known or general in nature to warrant citing source information.
      3. Whenever possible any health claims made are supported by footnotes to citations, other references, or hyperlinks to web pages of other third parties. More than half of the pages on this site contain references.
    2. Is the last modification date of the Web Site's pages clearly displayed?
      1. Yes, on the last line of each page.
      2. However, since most changes are cosmetic in nature, an additional 'Informational Content finalization' line is provided above. This line shows the last month in which major information changes were made in the page.
  5. Does this site make a claim relating to the benefits or performance of a specific medical treatment, commercial product or service?
    1. Yes, a claim is being made that the Natural Health Perspective Health, Wellness, and Longevity programs work when followed completely over a long enough time period.
      1. These claims are general in nature, rather than specific, and consist of little more than stating that following a 'sensible nutritional and exercise program' will improve health and longevity over the long run.
        1. This site provides the details of what is a 'sensible nutritional and exercise program.'
        2. This site expands the scope of a 'sensible nutritional and exercise program' to include several other Natural Health areas.
        3. All general claims made are supported by common sense and a logical argument presentation of suggested health principles and guidelines; rather than asking visitors of this site to rely on the health credentials of the provider of information and advice on this site.
          1. In other words, this site presents a top-down approach, called holism, to the subject of health; rather than the reductionist approach, or bottom-up approach, of biochemistry.
      2. These general claims are available in the top margin and footer of most pages of this site by clicking on the Wellness Progam (which contains the Introduction, Essentials links) and FAQ hyperlinks.
    2. Specific health claims made on specific pages, whenever possible, are supported by footnotes to references available at the bottom of the respective pages.
    3. No product or service is being sold directly by this site.
    4. The Natural Health Perspective web site can be divided into two separate sections. The primary section exists to make health claims. The secondary section of this site exists to attract visitors to our web site, and makes no health claims. Increased hits to our site along with more web pages is expected to raise our page rank in the various web search engines. And, will ultimately increase the probability that people searching for our health information will actually find it with a search engine. In short, the no health claims section of our site is expected to make our health claims section more visible to the public at large.
      1. The Health Claims Section - uses the original look.
        1. Original Look
          1. Graphic background on each web page.
          2. Extensive formatting that primarily uses the Comic Sans MS font.
          3. Articles contain a left column, or margin, of key web page hyperlinks.
            • However, some upper level web pages do NOT have a left margin. These pages serve to add structure to the web site, as navigational aids. In addition, they focus the visitors attention on only one topic at a time. And, are designed to fit in approximately only one full size screen.
      2. The No Health Claims Section - has a different look to it.
        1. New Look
          1. The Site Logo displays the following Alternate Text: "No health claims are being made on this portion of the web site." Which is best seen in text mode only viewing.
          2. The upper left column, or margin, of key web page hyperlinks is missing.
          3. The text background is pure white.
          4. Minimal formatting that usually defaults to the Times New Roman font.
          5. Each of these web pages explicitly states on the bottom in red letters: "No health claims are being made on this web page."
        2. Consists of the following web pages:
          1. Administrative web pages - The Agenda Info, and FAQ web pages are the only administrative web page that make a strong health claim. But, a few of these pages are especially not associated with any health claims.
            1. Best Viewed By - This article explains to users how they might improve their viewing pleasure of this site by making a few changes in their software and/or hardware settings on their computer.
            2. Copyright - This article explains our proprietary rights as well as recaps the operating history of our site.
            3. Search - It is beyond the scope of this web site to claim that any web page published by another organization or web site is conclusively or definitively correct. (See the above Links and Advertisement Disclaimer.)
          2. Dictionary of Alternative Medicine - This dictionary defines terms in common usage, without advocacy.
          3. Directory of Natural Health Web Sites - This directory is designed to:
            1. Promote the definition of natural health that our site has developed.
            2. Provides another gateway to our site. Our site naturally complements web sites listed on our directory because we provide information that is often missing on natural health sites.
            3. Deals with the reality that natural health has a lot to do with web sites on the Internet.
            4. Will provide in the future a funding source to insure the indefinite operation of our web site.
            5. It is beyond the scope of this web site to claim that any web page published by another organization or web site is conclusively or definitively correct. (See the above Links and Advertisement Disclaimer.)
          4. The histroy series of articles in the Tutorial section, where information is being presented only as factual history.
          5. Glossary of Health Terms - This glossary defines terms in common usage from a natural health context, without advocacy.
          6. Health Blog - It is beyond the scope of this web site to claim that any single research study or health related news article published by another organization or web site is conclusively or definitively correct. (See the above Links and Advertisement Disclaimer.)
  6. Do all the pages of this site display the contact email address of the webmaster or a link to it?
    1. Yes, it is available either in the left or top margin of each page of this site by clicking on the Contact Us hyperlink.
  7. What are the sources of funding for this site?
    1. This information is available in the left or top margin of each page of this site by clicking on the About Us hyperlink. This information is shown on the bottom of the respective page.
  8. What is the advertising policy of this site?
    1. This site may contain advertisements by third parties. This site does NOT endorse any product or make any representation regarding the content or accuracy of any materials contained in, or linked to, any advertisements on this site.
    2. Any advertisement, from any source, that physically appears on any web page of this site is clearly identified as an advertisement by use of the word "ADVERTISEMENT" which appears directly below it.

Contents of Important Information:

  • Disclaimers are on the TOP.
  • Frequently Asked Questions about the Ethical Principles of this site are on the BOTTOM.

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References:

1. Criteria for evaluation of health related web sites by criteria groups. [PMC Online]
2. Published criteria for evaluating health related web sites: review. BMJ. 1999 March 6; 318 (7184): 647-649. [PMC Online]