More importantly, those health claims on the front? THEY AREN'T ACTUALLY HEALTH CLAIMShttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878814432154886144 …
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More importantly, those health claims on the front? THEY AREN'T ACTUALLY HEALTH CLAIMShttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878814432154886144 …
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If you look closely, it doesn't say that this product actually does these things, just that it's "formulated for"https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878814432154886144 …
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A sneaky and underhanded way of selling dodgy pills, if you ask mehttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878815564583510016 …
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Next up: blurry biotin. This one doesn't even really make health claims but that doesn't mean they won't charge $30 for it!pic.twitter.com/rmM53luwFg
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$30 to maybe help your fingernails. What a complete crockhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878863604698595328 …
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There's an asterisk on those dodgy claims on the front. Wonder what it means?https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878864335941935105 …
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...and, the evidence. Sorry, 'evidence'. The support for the dodgy claims is that they're used in Ayurveda and traditional western medicinepic.twitter.com/MsvjCBvW8k
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Notably, this is not actually evidence. What a fucking surprise.https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/878864980426186753 …
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And thus ends this week's foray into the nonsense forest. Tune in next week for some more fun!
Depends on the application, but mostly not really. I wrote a bit about it here:https://medium.com/the-method/supplements-dont-work-bf4dd91e85a7 …
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