07/09/2026
FOLLOW THE MONEY AND ASK WHO FUNDS THE “TRUTH” IN MEDICINE?
Here's the uncomfortable question...when the company that stands to make billions from a drug also funds the trials used to prove that drug works… how independent is the evidence?
Pharmaceutical companies fund a substantial amount of drug research.
They fund clinical trials, employ researchers and medical writers.
They submit the evidence used to seek regulatory approval.
AND they market the finished product.
And when billions of dollars are potentially sitting at the end of that pipeline, we should be willing to talk openly about conflicts of interest, selective reporting, publication bias and how risks and benefits are communicated.
This doesn't mean every pharmaceutical drug is bad or every trial is corrupt, but it does mean published shouldn't automatically mean unquestionable.
I always follow the funding & read beyond the abstract.
Look at absolute risk, not just impressive relative-risk headlines.
Look at the adverse events, who designed and funded the study.
I look at what WASNT measured, and then ask another uncomfortable question:
Who spends hundreds of millions investigating a plant, food or naturally occurring compound when there may be far less opportunity to own and profit from the end product?
Natural medicine shouldn't get a free pass, but it should be investigated just as rigorously.
The absence of a billion-dollar pharmaceutical trial doesn't automatically prove absence of biological potential.
I'm not interested in blindly trusting Big Pharma OR the natural-health industry either, there are so many scams, products loaded with nasty synthetics also.
I'm interested in the truth. and to be able to research and ask questions without fear, all while being able to obtain transparency around funding.
I want full disclosure of risks, and then us as the public being given enough information to make genuinely informed choices.
Because when health and billions of dollars collide, questions aren't dangerous, and its your adverse reaction and healing on the line, not asking them is.
Always do your own due diligence is my best advice PRIOR to following the latest trend product or advice.