First up: milk thistle. Some, limited, evidence that it helps prevent liver damage in rodents and for people with acute hepatitis The claims here? Total rubbishpic.twitter.com/pUffwmUSAt
Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him
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First up: milk thistle. Some, limited, evidence that it helps prevent liver damage in rodents and for people with acute hepatitis The claims here? Total rubbishpic.twitter.com/pUffwmUSAt
I mean, seriously, what does "may aid normal liver function" even mean??? IF YOU'RE HEALTHY, YOUR LIVER IS FUNCTIONING FINEpic.twitter.com/qYHhHjG8rz
Next up in the Line Of Total Bullshit, sinus relief formulapic.twitter.com/uhAjQQuYns
Horseradish has been investigated as a possible treatment for UTIs, but is totally without evidence for sinuses. Garlic ~may~ provide symptomatic benefit for the common cold, but again not sinuses. Vit C reduces the length of colds by a tiny bit, but not sinus issues...pic.twitter.com/Zwsp7wXvUR
See the pattern? If you read the fine print, the only claim with any scientific backing is that Vitamin C helps for the common cold. And they don't mention it's of ~very~ minor benefitpic.twitter.com/S3QMfyLyCf
Here's an interesting one: Kaloba is an extract that actually does have some decent clinical evidence! Large doses may reduce the severity of acute bronchitis by ~10% more over the course of a weekpic.twitter.com/Rmw4Ayj2wJ
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
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