I certainly don't have any disagreement with the vigilance this site uses to sniff out scam artists. I think it is clear from all the other posts I've made here that I'm not a shill for Edney or "Even Better Now".
When I first was diagnosed with
ALS and began investigating, I too noticed that Edney and "Even Better Now" popped up on just about every variant of search I made under "
ALS". This of course was very suspicious. However my brother bought the Edney book for me upon hearing of my diagnosis. I read the book and came away with very mixed feelings. On the one hand Edney comes off as a sincere fellow who has succeeded in reversing some of his
ALS symptoms. On the other hand some of his ideas seem farfetched, to say the least.
We cannot know if Edney's regimen actually helped him or if he is just in that small category of fortunate PALS whose disease process stops (the scientific literature shows there are some cases like that, which medical science cannot explain). Then there is that "Even Better Now" website, which clearly is a scam; it isn't clear if Edney owns the website or just recommends it (the website identifies "Andrea Nichols, M.S.W. (Community Health),Natural Health Consultant" as "Founder and Co-owner" and gives an Arizona address-is Edney the other "co-owner"? It doesn't say).
Bottom line, I'm just not sure that all alternative healing is a "scam", even though there certainly are alternative healing scams out there.
As for the foot baths, which started this discussion, so far I've taken three of them and noticed no benefit. I'd suggest anyone who might be interested in trying them not buy them from "Even Better Now" where they are clearly overpriced. In fact, I'd avoid that site on general principles because of the "snake oil" sales pitches contained therein.