Had some fun in the nonsense aisle today!pic.twitter.com/4HA9rlV1Sr
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Unlike the others, this one has the backing of a decent meta-analysis of 6 good RCTs. It's not an enormous effect, but actually may be worthwhile Makes the other nonsense seem that much worse by comparison, reallypic.twitter.com/29Fq2EQCQ7
Last but certainly not least, some sleep tablets Lavender, hops, oats, and passion flower None have any well demonstrated efficacy at improving sleeppic.twitter.com/ngJkTHe255
Lavender, for example, has been studied in a variety of forms (I.e. oils, tablets, powders), and the best I can find is that lavender+sleep hygiene works about as well as sleep hygiene alone Not a great effect therepic.twitter.com/hsh57ZkIDL
I should also make it clear - this is not a diatribe against Blackmores. They are simply one of many companies that profit off of our collective interest in spending money on ineffective herbal pills
We are all at fault for buying into the myth that untested/unproven/DISproven supplements can do anything for our health
That's actually good for talking to people about these things. It shows that we are dismissing the others for very good reasons, not just saying it's garbage for no reason (or because we are big pharma shills).
Agreed! I'm always happy to say if things work-what I want is evidence that they do!
Would this aid cystic fibrosis?
No idea. My guess would be no, because the evidence is all about acute bronchitis, but not sure
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