Linn4days said:

Prince was not a vegan...Nor is his friend Erykah Badu...He eats eggs.. He probably feared B-vitamin deficiency, and continued to eat eggs. (So, over-eating eggs puts a lot fo cholesterol in your blodd vessels...Eh...)

That whole egg/cholesterol/blood vessels thing has been pretty well debunked, from what I understand. It's more often now seen as bad advice that helped spark the substantial rise in diabetes.

FunkiestOne said:

Very interesting and this guy doesn't have a big reason to lie now.

If not out of loyalty, how about for his own protection? Can you imagine the heat he'd get if he admitted that he knew about a possible addiction and did absolutely nothing to help? You think he'd want to be labelled as an enabler?

I'm not saying the guy is right or wrong, all I'm saying is IF there was an addiction and IF he knew about it, he has PLENTY of reason to lie about it. Saying he knew nothing about an addiction is what anybody in his position would do to cover their ass.

SexFiendNikki said:

"I packed this man's bag on the daily. I have been on tour with him for months. So if anybody had an addiction that would be something you would see. That would be something that you would know,"

With all the so-called friends or acquaintances leaking information to the tabloids about Prince's alleged drug addiction, I am so glad that he still has people in his corner speaking positively about him.

Exactly.

Pokeno4Money said:

FunkiestOne said:

Very interesting and this guy doesn't have a big reason to lie now.

If not out of loyalty, how about for his own protection? Can you imagine the heat he'd get if he admitted that he knew about a possible addiction and did absolutely nothing to help? You think he'd want to be labelled as an enabler?

I'm not saying the guy is right or wrong, all I'm saying is IF there was an addiction and IF he knew about it, he has PLENTY of reason to lie about it. Saying he knew nothing about an addiction is what anybody in his position would do to cover their ass.

That's a good point. However, it seems more likely that had he seen things he would simply not answer questions or say "no comment".

h4rm0ny said:

Thing is we don't know so we can assume anything at this point that we want too. Health, the Flu, anything. I mean a few years back there was a keyoard player for a band from the late 80's "Saraya" that died from the flu and he was mid 40's. Also alot of what I am hearing sounds a lot like Glenn Frey's death. Especially the Flu, Glenn had gone in and out of hospitals and was dealing with a lot of health issues and his rheumatoid athritis which he battled for years. We just don't know, Prince could have had this also and just been taking pain medication to deal with it because he did not want to go other routes with it, developed a bad flu and sickness and died, that is very similar to Glenn. The point is we just do not know, and as many doctors interviewed NOT connected with this case have said, if it was something very simple and natural like a heart attack, theyd know that Friday what it was, and even if it was an OD, they would have known awhile ago. The fact that it's been this long is that they are searching for more in his system possibly.

Eileen said:

Linn4days said:

Prince was not a vegan...Nor is his friend Erykah Badu...He eats eggs.. He probably feared B-vitamin deficiency, and continued to eat eggs. (So, over-eating eggs puts a lot fo cholesterol in your blodd vessels...Eh...)

That whole egg/cholesterol/blood vessels thing has been pretty well debunked, from what I understand. It's more often now seen as bad advice that helped spark the substantial rise in diabetes.

Eggs are great for us, as is cholesterol.

Anyone recommending low fat diets is an ignoramus.

Robbajobba said:

But people have B12 shots all the time, as a kind of energy booster. Doesn't have to be to treat an underlying condition.

Indeed. As long as you use an active form there are no issues with toxicity.

B12 is wonderful and everyone should take it. Big Pharma is threatened by it.

I use MEGA doses for neuropathy. It helps with every symptom.

Vegans DO have issues with low B12 BTW.

SoulAlive said:

I was thinking the same thing.Plus,several of Prince's friends have already confirmed that he had chronic pain (hip problems) and was taking painkillers to deal with it.This bodyguard seems like an honest guy,but perhaps there are things that he doesn't know regarding Prince's use of painkillers.

Trickology said:

He doesn't have a reason to lie, but Prince could've been hiding his personal habits and over time figured out a way so none of his inner circle could be able to detect his issue.

[Edited 5/16/16 14:10pm]

One thing that I noticed, the sunglasses were constant almost. His reasoning was, "Ive been in the studio all night" His weight fluctuation was serious at times.

There is just a lot of stuff not adding up.

Another thing I found curious was that Prince allegedly visited Mancow (a popular shock dj) and mentioned how he liked his work and Alex Jones. (Mancow could've lied) but to say Prince visited you and your studio and was interested in coming forward. It sort of veers into Prince's interests. Mancow treated Prince horribly after he passed, some of these dj's are sociopaths.

And if you really want to go think about all the conspiracies that Prince was mentioning on Tavis,his JFK mention in other interviews, if he was listening to Alex Jones, it would explain why he didn't go to the doctors regularly. He might think the illuminati was going to kill him. A LLOOOT of celebrities who are "Eccentric" listen to Alex Jones on the dl.

Many listeners who are into Alex Jones are on drugs & that make you ultra-paranoid if you continue listening to this toxic neverending conspiracy theory theater. If Prince was listening to Info Wars (which is pretty goddamn crazy to think about) and this was his regular morning routine to check out youtube clips of Alex Jones? That drove Charlie Sheen to his breaking point, I believe. Imagine Prince listening in Private to Info Wars. He wouldn't tell anyone, Alex has a habit of being more than a kook, a fraud and a heavy

djThunderfunk said:

Trickology said:

He doesn't have a reason to lie, but Prince could've been hiding his personal habits and over time figured out a way so none of his inner circle could be able to detect his issue. I tell you, it didn't surprise me when the rumors came out that prince was on various substances. Usually when a high profile scolds you for doing drugs in a particular forceful tone, its because that person is suffering as well. Its easier to preach from the pulpit rather than looking in the mirror.

No, I don't think Prince was clean at all, I wouldnt be surprised if he was on speed to keep up with his productivity or something of that nature.

I've heard the painkiller rumors for years, it isn't adding up that he was living a clean lifestyle.

I think people were fooling themselves in the past year or so that Prince was healthy. Whatever it was, (I doubt very much that someone that deep in religious cult philosophies) it wasn't just a "Vegan lifestyle" It doesn't take anything away from his genius or legacy, but it does point to a obvious point: Maybe certain drugs are needed to keep going at the pace these artists are living life at.

There is no way Prince could have an ongoing substance abuse problem and this man not be aware of it.

If you are leveling with different substances, it isn't hard to imagine with Prince's intelligence & his desire to keep going. This shit happens all the time to people who want to constantly operate on "higher level" as you age.

Who is going to watch after him, Thunderfunk? You got a whole camp of yes men & a few sycophants lurking in the building as well. That shit is toxic.

Genesia said:

morningsong said:

I remembered about Prince getting B shots and looked it up. There is a genetic deficiency that has nothing to do with being a vegan or vegetarian also.

It also can be a matter of normal aging. I have never, in my entire life, been a vegetarian - and my B12 levels were low enough at my physical last year that I had to take sublingual methylated B12 for months to get it up where it should be. My doctor told me that even if you get enough B12 in your diet, you might not absorb adequate amounts of it in the ileum. And if Prince was a vegetarian for a long time, he might not have gotten enough B12 in his diet or had the co-factors necessary for assimilation.

The B 12 thing is likely due to performing on stage at optimal level. This was a regular thing for entertainers like James Brown. It is likely why James was able to scoot across the stage still in his fifties/sixties. It never gets easier to perform on that level.

He has been doing pills since 2000. We have to face it.

He also paid you off asshat.

ludwig said:

farnorth said:

He mentions B12 injections; B12 deficiency (a problem for vegans) is related to low red blood cell count, which was reported by KSTP.

But he wasn't a vegan anymore for a very lont time period.

The problems generated by a B12 deficiency never go away entirely if they are severe enough. Not saying Prince had a deficiency of that kind, but I'm just stating it as someone with personal experience on it. Taking B-vitamins can also lead to all kinds of nasty side effects, like respiratory problems.

missfee said:

SexFiendNikki said:

With all the so-called friends or acquaintances leaking information to the tabloids about Prince's alleged drug addiction, I am so glad that he still has people in his corner speaking positively about him.

Exactly.

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No. It's this moral equation - that to speak of drug addiction = negative, and to deny it = positive, that's the problem. It's shame and denial of addiction that keeps addicts from getting the help they need. In Prince's case, that could have been to wait a few hours - while the nation's leading opiod specialist raced to be at his side - before using.

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Morally, if Prince went out due of addiction or heart disease, it's the same: a disease got the best of him.

Sharon Osbourne said there are non addictive ways to deal with pain. Too bad.

2freaky4church1 said:

lastdecember said:

lastdecember said:

Thing is we don't know so we can assume anything at this point that we want too. Health, the Flu, anything. I mean a few years back there was a keyoard player for a band from the late 80's "Saraya" that died from the flu and he was mid 40's. Also alot of what I am hearing sounds a lot like Glenn Frey's death. Especially the Flu, Glenn had gone in and out of hospitals and was dealing with a lot of health issues and his rheumatoid athritis which he battled for years. We just don't know, Prince could have had this also and just been taking pain medication to deal with it because he did not want to go other routes with it, developed a bad flu and sickness and died, that is very similar to Glenn. The point is we just do not know, and as many doctors interviewed NOT connected with this case have said, if it was something very simple and natural like a heart attack, theyd know that Friday what it was, and even if it was an OD, they would have known awhile ago. The fact that it's been this long is that they are searching for more in his system possibly.

great band by the way....SARAYA

avajane said:

lastdecember said:

Thing is we don't know so we can assume anything at this point that we want too. Health, the Flu, anything. I mean a few years back there was a keyoard player for a band from the late 80's "Saraya" that died from the flu and he was mid 40's. Also alot of what I am hearing sounds a lot like Glenn Frey's death. Especially the Flu, Glenn had gone in and out of hospitals and was dealing with a lot of health issues and his rheumatoid athritis which he battled for years. We just don't know, Prince could have had this also and just been taking pain medication to deal with it because he did not want to go other routes with it, developed a bad flu and sickness and died, that is very similar to Glenn. The point is we just do not know, and as many doctors interviewed NOT connected with this case have said, if it was something very simple and natural like a heart attack, theyd know that Friday what it was, and even if it was an OD, they would have known awhile ago. The fact that it's been this long is that they are searching for more in his system possibly.

Perhaps he kept the pain to himself. But what I found odd is how come he visited Kirk J.'s docotor? Didn't Prince have his own doctor? If he didn't, then how come?

I am little troubled by what I have read about Kirk recently, I had really lost track of him and didn't realize how close he still was and possibly the closest. Kirk is also a fitness instructor too and that is troubling because he possibly could have been the one getting things prescribed if he "knew" doctors like that. Anyway its all just again, thoughts we still do not know, but at some point IF Prince was addicted or asking for this medication excessively and cut off, he might have had someone getting it for him, I really HOPE it does not turn out like that where Kirk was getting it for him through his own doctor saying it was for him, mainly because that then turns into a murder trial, and that would be beyond sadder than it is now.

Mintchip said:

2freaky4church1 said:

His bodyguard could easily be right... or at least think he's right.

Prince could have just been taking the painkillers when he came off stage, if he was hurting, or at night to help him sleep.

Totally normal use... except maybe he took too much recently. Or, tried to stop and realised he was getting withdrawl symptoms.

Don't care what anyone says. The only ones that knew what was going on is Prince and his doctors.

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Waiting for the autopsy results.

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Why? Well, let's say your Mom died. Suddenly there were all of these rumors about drug use -- but for sure you knew your Mom and she wasn't a drug addict. But how could you know for sure?

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All of these stupid hypotheticals mean nothing. The autopsy results will lead the investigation where it needs to go. Until then, folks around here continue to speculate and give energy to rumors.

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Would you do the same with your own mother? I'm guessing not. You'd show some respect and wait for the autopsy results.

ERINAMONDO said:

I don't know how long lived him being a vegan was as I can't find many references supporting a vegan lifestyle. For at least this year, he was just a vegetarian. But yes, coupled with the "dangerously low red blood cell count," makes me wonder if there was an underlying condition.

I've heard Prince say several times that he eats eggs, so he was not a vegan. During one interview (I think it was with Arsenio Hall) he said that the only thing he could cook was omlettes and that all his friends have high cholestrol.

look at west hollywood aftershow footage from 2011 ..and tell me he had hip problems...

suomynona said:

Don't care what anyone says. The only ones that knew what was going on is Prince and his doctors.

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Waiting for the autopsy results.

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Why? Well, let's say your Mom died. Suddenly there were all of these rumors about drug use -- but for sure you knew your Mom and she wasn't a drug addict. But how could you know for sure?

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All of these stupid hypotheticals mean nothing. The autopsy results will lead the investigation where it needs to go. Until then, folks around here continue to speculate and give energy to rumors.

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Would you do the same with your own mother? I'm guessing not. You'd show some respect and wait for the autopsy results.

Thank you for saying this!!!

missfee said:

suomynona said:

Don't care what anyone says. The only ones that knew what was going on is Prince and his doctors.

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Waiting for the autopsy results.

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Why? Well, let's say your Mom died. Suddenly there were all of these rumors about drug use -- but for sure you knew your Mom and she wasn't a drug addict. But how could you know for sure?

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All of these stupid hypotheticals mean nothing. The autopsy results will lead the investigation where it needs to go. Until then, folks around here continue to speculate and give energy to rumors.

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Would you do the same with your own mother? I'm guessing not. You'd show some respect and wait for the autopsy results.

Thank you for saying this!!!

well, if my mama was on a planbe 4 days earlier that had to be fuckign diverted then me and my mama woudl have had a talk,,if mama died 4 days later then ,,,,,