Supplement marketing claims and their actual meaning 1/n Claim: this MAY do [x] Meaning: this PROBABLY DOESN'T do [x]
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4/n Claim: fights inflammation Meaning: improved a blood marker of inflammation in a study once
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5/n Claim: may assist in fighting inflammation Meaning: the study was done IN MICE
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7/n Claim: improves organ (liver, lung, heart) function Meaning: one study has shown a statistically significant impact on some biomarker of this organ twenty years ago
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8/n Claim: may assist with organ (liver, lung, heart) function Meaning: doesn't assist with function
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9/n Claim: reduces tiredness Meaning: reduces tiredness IN PEOPLE WITH A SEVERE DEFICIENCY (n=8)
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10/n Claim: relieves symptoms of [x] Meaning: uncontrolled studies have found that people self-report improvement when taking this supplement
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11/n Claim: contributes to the maintenance of Meaning: lab-bench studies show that this is important, but there's no evidence that taking a supplement does anything at all
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12/n Claim: helps regulate [x] Meaning: see 11/n
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13/n Claim: easily absorbed Meaning: it's a pill
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14/n Claim: scientifically formulated Meaning: IT'S. A. PILL
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15/n Claim: used in traditional medicine Meaning: has no evidence for efficacy, but we want to sell it to you anyway
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