For example: there is some evidence that CINNAMALDEHYDE, a chemical found in relatively small amounts, can improve blood sugars in high concentrations THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS SAYING THAT CINNAMON CAN IMPROVE BLOOD SUGARpic.twitter.com/hPm7s9sLyU
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For example: there is some evidence that CINNAMALDEHYDE, a chemical found in relatively small amounts, can improve blood sugars in high concentrations THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS SAYING THAT CINNAMON CAN IMPROVE BLOOD SUGARpic.twitter.com/hPm7s9sLyU
If you're willing to chow down on 6 grams of cinnamon a day to see a clinically insignificant benefit to your blood sugars, go for it. That's not what the supplements sell at allpic.twitter.com/Mq6e1mv9pr
Another example: curcumin, a chemical found in turmeric, may be helpful in reducing inflammation in a wide variety of ways That is entirely different to saying that turmeric supplements can do ANYTHING AT ALL for your healthpic.twitter.com/zzPleRv1nh
Here's another one: pomegranate extract was a plausible in vivo (cells in a dish) treatment for some issues That is so far from an actual health claim that it makes this statement almost comical in its inaccuracypic.twitter.com/eoIEQWUbCT
Pomegranate is even worse because further clinical trials have not found actual benefits associated with taking the supplements, so it's probably useless anyway! Doesn't stop people making ~millions~ selling it as a panacea for "DNA protection"pic.twitter.com/P7El4QRYAa
And then you've got products like these. The idea is that healthy people having trouble sleeping might want to take them The ingredients have never been tested in healthy people. Only people with insomnia AND THEY WERE FOUND INEFFECTIVEpic.twitter.com/IZgJ08cjyv
OMG yes! Plus, very few supp companies even test their own products with their specific formulations. They look at random studies, put together a product, & promote off-label use based on those random studies. #supplements
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