I think all Linz was saying was this: a lot of people come to the boards to try to better understand the diet and to get tips on how to work with it. When you post advice that says to do things that are against the diet, people can get really confused. That doesn't by any means mean that you shouldn't post and discuss alternate treatments and such, just maybe to specify that what you're suggesting are not part of the diet recommendations from this site and may not work for those trying to diligently follow them. We just don't want to have people in the diet forum saying "i thought I could eat lettuce...!"