How supplements are born:
Scientist: I wonder if this will cure disease
*tests*
Scientist: Ah well, guess not
Supplement manufacturer: Yeh but what if it does?
Scientist: No
SM: *sells it anyway*
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Nothing confusing about it at all. The point is that manufacturers and purveyors of supplements are not the only ones selling or promoting products of dubious benefit. Supplements are the softer target. Which is the bigger target? https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/9/e016408 …
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The difference being that most drugs are, to a greater or lesser extent, effective. Virtually no supplements have any evidence for efficacy
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