http://www.dementedworld.com/ When did we start living in a demented world? When did it become possible to advertise a product that "brings health and life to your hair" when, in fact, hair consists of dead skin cells and lifeless keratin? How can something that HAS no life be healthy or unhealthy? When did it become possible to advertise that Echinacea is good for colds and flu, when The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol 353: 341-348, July 2005) in an article by R.B. Turner et al, it was concluded that the happy little plant has absolutely no effect at all? I'm ready to begin my crusade. Welcome to Demented World en Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:58:00 GMT Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:58:00 GMT info@dementedworld.com info@dementedworld.com http://www.dementedworld.com/images/bannerdw.JPG http://www.dementedworld.com/ http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part-3-the-shinier-the-better-light-bed-therapy/ Ahhh, Crystal Light Bed Healing. It combines the best of both quackeries: colour therapy (looking at disco lights) and crystal therapy (holding pointy rocks). Advocates of "Crystal Bed Healing" Really... http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part-3-the-shinier-the-better-light-bed-therapy/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part-3-the-shinier-the-better-light-bed-therapy/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:58:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part2/ Quartz makes lovely jewellery and it comes in handy in the industrial world. Quartz crystals, beautiful and symmetrical six-sided prisms, can split white light into the full spectrum of colours... http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part2/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part2/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:48:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part-1/ Crazy Crystal People Part 1: Using Scientific Jargon To Pretend It's All Legitimate Everyone likes to think that crystals are magical. They're shiny. They come in lots of different colours... http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part-1/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/crazy-crystal-people-part-1/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:51:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/spend-precious-time-with-the-grandchildren-only-kids-arent-allowed/ Over-55 living. Is it really all it's cracked up to be? Leafing through the local paper, I couldn't help but notice the children featuring prominently in ads for Greenleaf Retirement... http://www.dementedworld.com/spend-precious-time-with-the-grandchildren-only-kids-arent-allowed/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/spend-precious-time-with-the-grandchildren-only-kids-arent-allowed/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:40:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/frankenstein-bacteria-antivaccination-folks-think-dead-whooping-cough-can-come-back-to-life/ Some diseases out there are nasty enough that it's well worth taking a minuscule side-effect risk to vaccinate against. Whooping cough, or pertussis, starts off as an ordinary cold, but... http://www.dementedworld.com/frankenstein-bacteria-antivaccination-folks-think-dead-whooping-cough-can-come-back-to-life/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/frankenstein-bacteria-antivaccination-folks-think-dead-whooping-cough-can-come-back-to-life/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:42:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/does-aspartame-give-you-alzheimers/ Aspartame, like many artificial sweeteners, had an evil reputation when I was growing up. Just like many other well-meaning children, I would hide any cans I found with the Nutra-Sweet... http://www.dementedworld.com/does-aspartame-give-you-alzheimers/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/does-aspartame-give-you-alzheimers/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:39:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/why-you-cant-convert-your-car-to-run-on-water/ Had enough of skyrocketing petrol prices? Desperate for a way out of this fossil fuel hole we've dug for ourselves? Everyone's heard about this or that conspiracy theory where the... http://www.dementedworld.com/why-you-cant-convert-your-car-to-run-on-water/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/why-you-cant-convert-your-car-to-run-on-water/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:53:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/underachiever-you-should-have-started-earlier-prenatal-education-part-2-babyplus/ If you didn't get the marks you wanted in your final high school exams, maybe you should sue your mother for not using BabyPlus when she was pregnant with you... http://www.dementedworld.com/underachiever-you-should-have-started-earlier-prenatal-education-part-2-babyplus/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/underachiever-you-should-have-started-earlier-prenatal-education-part-2-babyplus/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:52:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/underachiever-you-should-have-started-earlier-prenatal-education-part-1/ Austega ( Really Long Link ) defines gifted children as: "...those children who possess an untrained and spontaneously expressed natural ability in at least one ability domain significantly beyond that... http://www.dementedworld.com/underachiever-you-should-have-started-earlier-prenatal-education-part-1/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/underachiever-you-should-have-started-earlier-prenatal-education-part-1/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:40:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/eating-liver-and-kidney-would-you-eat-a-sink-strainer-or-the-air-filter-from-your-car/ Bricklayers eat steak and kidney pie. Lamb's fry (liver) is listed as a traditional Australian recipe by Women's Weekly. In third world countries, people have to eat offal because they... http://www.dementedworld.com/eating-liver-and-kidney-would-you-eat-a-sink-strainer-or-the-air-filter-from-your-car/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/eating-liver-and-kidney-would-you-eat-a-sink-strainer-or-the-air-filter-from-your-car/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:30:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/little-miss-muffet-eats-curds-and-whey-gets-ultra-ripped/ Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Pretty soon, she was feeling trim and buff. In fact, she realised she had the ultimate lean, ripped... http://www.dementedworld.com/little-miss-muffet-eats-curds-and-whey-gets-ultra-ripped/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/little-miss-muffet-eats-curds-and-whey-gets-ultra-ripped/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:50:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/choosing-the-spa-capsule-thats-right-for-you/ When I saw the ad in the paper for a Time Capsule Treatment, I got excited for a minute. See, I'm currently reading a science fiction book called "Hyperion", by... http://www.dementedworld.com/choosing-the-spa-capsule-thats-right-for-you/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/choosing-the-spa-capsule-thats-right-for-you/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:34:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/fucoslim-and-hoodia-xpf-the-miracle-of-interchangeable-donothing-diet-pills/ Hands up who thinks that Japanese Miracle Sheds Belly Fat. Nobody? Not even one? Yeah, that's what I thought. You'd think the DICTS (Desperate Idiots with Crap To Sell) would... http://www.dementedworld.com/fucoslim-and-hoodia-xpf-the-miracle-of-interchangeable-donothing-diet-pills/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/fucoslim-and-hoodia-xpf-the-miracle-of-interchangeable-donothing-diet-pills/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:01:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/pest-free-ii-ultrasonic-repellent-drive-rodents-away-by-laughing-at-them/ The Pest Free II Ultrasonic Rat and Mouse Repellent flashed across my humble TV screen the other day, and it got me to thinking. If ultrasound really was effective at... http://www.dementedworld.com/pest-free-ii-ultrasonic-repellent-drive-rodents-away-by-laughing-at-them/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/pest-free-ii-ultrasonic-repellent-drive-rodents-away-by-laughing-at-them/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:50:00 GMT http://www.dementedworld.com/the-mceurope-burger-even-less-european-than-a-toyota/ Get into the spirit of the Olympics at McDonalds. Buy a McEurope burger, the first in a series of international burgers. A totally authentic example of Italian cuisine. You'll be... http://www.dementedworld.com/the-mceurope-burger-even-less-european-than-a-toyota/#comments http://www.dementedworld.com/the-mceurope-burger-even-less-european-than-a-toyota/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:07:00 GMT