For what it's worth, I didn't take Bill's inquiry, or the mention of pomegranate juice, to be advocating that *anyone* use these products in place of traditional medical treatments. And of course, no clinical trial would do that either. As is mentioned in the header, this is an area to discuss *adjunctive*, not *alternative*, therapies (Wayne, it sounds like your family members used whatever they used as an alternaitve therapy and those stories distress me as much as they do you).

There are certainly lot of bogus claims out there one has to beware of, but it is also possible that some of these used as adjunctive therapy do have real benefits.

Nelie