Jenny McCarthy is an idiot
Posted
October 1, 2008 at
5:23 pm by
Jessica
Since we look to Hollywood to shape our political views, why not our medical ones as well? Actresses Jenny McCarthy and Amanda Peet are having a bit of a spat over the subject of vaccinations. See, McCarthy, who thinks showing off your surgically enhanced tits makes you an expert in human anatomy, has been very vocal about the MMR vaccine being the cause of her son’s autism — a link that has not been scientifically proven — while Peet is champion of vaccinations, calling anti-vac parents “parasites” in a recent interview. But what really takes the cake is that McCarthy claims to know not only caused her son Evan’s autism, but says she has also found a “cure” for the disease as well. McCarthy has been giving her son vitamin B-12 shots, as well as keeping him on a strict diet, methods she says helped him “recover”. When asked about the science behind all these notions, she stated, “My science is Evan, and he’s at home. That’s my science.” To quote her famous live-in boyfriend, “Well, alrighty then!!”
McCarthy has been making the TV rounds for a while now, on such think tank shows like Larry King (who loves to give publicity to crackpot psychics) and Oprah Winfrey (recently known for her endorsement of the giant hoax The Secret) — basically anywhere that will let her share her “wisdom” unchallenged. Even though the general consensus amongst medical scientists around the world are that such claims remain unproven and possibly dangerous and nothing more than gossip/rumor, some parents look up to the protruding boobs of Jenny McCarthy and take in the information as if they were listening to somebody who actually knew what they were talking about and had some kind of medical or clinical expertise to back it up.
Honestly, if supplements were the cure for Autism, don’t you think that somebody other than Jenny McCarthy would have figured that out? Don’t you think that scientists and doctors would have latched onto such “cures” and capitalized on it?
Many forms of autism are still being diagnosed rather subjectively, so certain behaviors can foster such a diagnosis which can lead to nothing more than a label. A child labeled with austim might not truly have autism to begin with, but his/her behaviors cannot be explained under any other label. I know this firsthand. My son was diagnosed with Aspergers a year and half ago which is part of the autism spectrum, and just as soon as one of the top pediatric neurologists gave him the diagnosis, a year later, it was taken away. Turns out, he was given that diagnosis because they didn’t know how to label his developmental delays and wanted to give us a path to receive services. This neurologist, at a well known University, gave him an IQ test and said, “Well there you have it. His brain is over-developing in the areas of processing information and analyzing subjects and as a result, his emotional and physical development is lagging behind. Here’s a book. You’ll need this in order to navigate a school system that has very little to offer gifted children. Good luck… oh, and his development? Don’t worry about that. He’ll catch up. No need to schedule a follow up.”
Yes, I realize this is anecdotal, but no more so than the “expert” Playmate… but, my son really loves chocolate and eats more than he should. If I follow McCarthy’s logic, perhaps it’s chocolate that “cured” him! Await my appearance on Oprah next month.
Tags: aspergers, Autism, B-12 shots, celebrity fools, Celiac disease, cure for Autism, Jenny McCarthy, vitamins |
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31. TheYoungMother said:
October 2, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
Marie:
I agree with you 100%. Prescott was comparing Religion to a wheat free diet lol. I mean come on, If anyone thinks that ALL Doctors are there to help, and that the ALL the Medical companies are there to keep people healthy are just living in a box. It has nothing to do with conspiracy theories lol. It has do with the facts. The more people sick, the more money doctors make. Plain and simple.
32. TheYoungMother said:
October 2, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Jessica, you do realize that all herbal supplements have that written on there right? lol.
33. Chag said:
October 2, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
What is not mentioned in this article and lots of other press regarding Jenny McCarthy and her son is that he received intensive ABA therapy as well. Headlines scream, “The Diet That Cured My Son,” but that was simply not all that was in play here. The simple fact is that most people cannot afford the ABA therapy that contributed to her son’s improvement. They can, however, afford the special diets and supplements. And that’s what gets the press.
My son has autism. We have had him on the gf/cf diet for six months. And while we did not see the MIRACULOUS RECOVERY others claim while on the diet, out son’s concentration improved greatly and his skin rashes cleared up almost immediately.
We have recently begun giving our son supplements. Through blood tests, we discovered that he was severely deficient in a certain mineral. We started giving him this mineral a month ago. He has gone from a child who rarely spoke to one that now says two to three words a day. He is also doing much, much better at school/therapy. Now this could all be one big coincidence, but we don’t think so.
Some children with autism have immunological and gastrointestinal problems. I feel that the special diets and supplements help these children become more “healthy” and that makes any therapies the child is receiving more beneficial and worthwhile.
So do I think a gf/cf diet and supplements “cure” Autism? No. But I do believe they make the child healthier which, in turn, makes any therapies more valuable.
34. TheYoungMother said:
October 2, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
Thank you for bringing this up. I’m glad to hear a parent who is actually going through this, be able to give honest input. Its nice to hear that I’m not the only “crazy” parent for believing there may be other remedies to help the situtaion. It boggles me that after hearing stories like this people are still ignorant enough to judge parents for loooking into other options to help their children. Good For you.
35. GrandmafrmKs. said:
October 3, 2008 @ 1:30 am
Dang Jessica, you are gonna be on Oprah next month???????? I wanna go, You are so lucky, LOL
Have a good one !
36. Mary Beth said:
October 3, 2008 @ 9:56 am
I was one of those moms that got her children vaccinated and my youngest son still got whooping cough in the 4th grade. He basically missed about a month of school because he could not stop coughing. Literally coughed until he threw up. He was misdiagnosed at first with walking pneumonia but when he didn’t respond to meds, they knew it was whooping cough. The doctor said it is a lousy vaccine and it only lasts about 10 years and my son was 10 years old. I believe they are giving a booster shot for it now but it made me realize that these vaccinations are not the end all for diseases and illnesses. My son was a healthy athletic and smart kid and to see him brought down by something he had been vaccinated was hard to watch. It took him a few months to recover and then he went through asthmatic symptoms for about a year before he was totally restored to health.
So his vaccination didn’t do much to protect him and I wonder how the others rate as well.
37. Jessica said:
October 3, 2008 @ 10:45 am
Yeah, especially the Polio vaccine. That vaccine is totally worthless.
(Oh, the days of Polio, those were good times. Good times.)
38. Jessica said:
October 3, 2008 @ 11:00 am
Yes, but I’d just like to point out dietary improvements can benefit any child. All children can benefit from better/proper nutrition and certain supplements.
I would also like to point out, that if a child is allergic to wheat, and they exhibit certain behaviors as a result, of course they’re going to benefit drastically from eliminating the allergen, but allergies are not the same thing as autism, although they often mimic autistic behaviors. Sometimes these are comorbid issues and other times it’s the cause of the behavior to begin with. And, not all ADD or austistic children have food allergies or sensitivies, so these diets aren’t necessarily a panacea.
39. Cin said:
October 3, 2008 @ 10:48 pm
Well funny that I just got here and this is the first post I read, since I just got done watching my DVR of Ellen with Jenny McCarthy! I thought she was great in the interview and now I’m all questioning my judgment!
She made a point to say she is not against vaccinations but she thinks it is time to re-evaluate the ingredients. She also clarified that it is not possible to be “cured” of autism, only for degrees of recovery. I am becoming more and more involved in the benefits of diet and was all drinking her kool aid, but I am disappointed to hear that she left out the part about the expensive therapy.
How’d I do?
40. Ben Dover said:
October 14, 2008 @ 9:28 am
Jenny McCarthy is one dumbest bimbos in hollywood or anywhere else for that matter. She is a helicopter mother living with another freak, Jim Carrey, as it that will help her situation.
41. Jennifer said:
October 19, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
Actually, everything McCarthy is speaking about is widely known and used by many doctors. She is the only celebrity who has had the guts to come forward. But, I guess she can’t know anything because she has fake breasts? Isn’t that a bit sexist? Anyway, I digress..
I have heard so many anecdotal reports talking about the methods that McCarthy uses with her son as I have a daughter on the spectrum. It’s very convenient to decide that if a child recovers then they can’t have had TRUE autism in the first place… convenient.
The patients always know and test the latest treatments… working or not because they are the ones who really need it and aren’t in it for profit or fame. They want to help their children.
I’m sorry you are having such an issue with boobs. I hope you get help with that.