Talk:Emu oil
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Despite the lengthy and numerous citations given, this really reads as a promotional exercise and needs some radical attention. Where to begin? --cjllw | TALK 07:19, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't think it is overtly promotional. At least here what is being said is backed up by the research that has so far been carried out. My gripe is that this document was obviously written by an American and is relevant to American Emu Oil & American consumers. Could somebody add a guide to buying the original Australian Emu Oil?
Among other things, the article claims that lidocaine was not available as a spray, when in fact it has been for some years. It also states, possibly due to a typo, that emu oil is a food group. I'm no doctor, but... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.212.169.132 (talk • contribs) 2 April 2006
- Indeed. It seems to be more "snake oil" than "emu oil", if you take my meaning...--cjllw | TALK 14:02, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
It seems all very similar to the Crocodile Oil entry which has just as much cut-and-paste science - and which claims that Crocodile Oil is vastly superior to Emu Oil... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.44.176 (talk) 15:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
According to explorepub.com, there are questions that need to be answered about the oil prior to purchase. One is "Has the oil been refined by use of degummers (to remove stickiness from the oil) or a corrosive base material such as sodium hydroxide used to remove phospholipids and other protein like substances which can cloud the oil? These steps are not desirable because the degummers also remove calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, chlorophyll, lecithin and other phospholipids which enable the oil to penetrate the skin." Why would anyone who receives radiation want to put something on their skin that contains metal?
[edit] second type?
Article says, "There are two different types of emu oil, with different origins. The first type is made by rendering down the fat of the emu."
What's the second type?
I can't figure it out:
Corn oil is made from from corn.
Motor oil is made from motors.
Body oil is made from bodies.
Baby oil is made babies.
How's the second type of emu oil made? DyslexicEditor 00:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Heh! Who knows, the entire article is dubious, plethora of supposed supporting research cited notwithstanding. It's as if someone in the marketing department of Emu oils-R-Us thought that it would be a good wheeze to treat wikipedia as free advertising space. The more egrarious promotional passages need deleting, if not the entire present content.--cjllw | TALK 01:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copyvio
The long text being added to the article by anons is a copyvio from several web sources. Feel free to revert it if it pops up again.--Peta 07:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
