WTF, @cnn? @ronselig and @magzihn portray the @goop summit as "dominated by common-sense health and wellness advice, such as eating fruits and vegetables, getting enough sleep and following your intuition," but their very article strongly suggests otherwise. 1/https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1114594233837469696 …
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For example: Attendees could "try ear seeds: vaccaria plant seeds stuck to pressure points on the ear for "a therapeutic effect on the body," even though"
@goop could not provide any science to support this claim." This practice is, of course, utter nonsense. 2/1 reply 3 retweets 18 likesShow this thread -
Also, attendees "could also get B12 shots, which are good for blood and nerve cells, although experts say there is little benefit to these supplements unless someone has a deficiency." Exactly. There's no medical reason to get a B12 shot, period, in the absence of deficiency. 3/
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People had no idea why they were getting B12 shots, yet a "registered nurse who works in oncology, a health policy expert and even
@CNN political commentator@sallykohn all got their shots." I love it. Unnecessary shots, and they don't even know why they're getting them! 4/
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It gets even worse. Quoth
@sallykohn: "If it was some dude doing B12 shots on the street, I wouldn't have been like, 'all right.' But I trust that it's somewhat fairly well-vetted of a concept if it's here." Um no. This is a friggin'@goop summit! Nothing's well-vetted! 5/
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Seriously, is she not familiar with
@goop? Selling quackery and New Age bullshit is how@GwynethPaltrow makes her money now! It might as well have been some dude on the street! 6/

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Then there was a credulous discussion of placebo effects.
@DrJenGunter tried to bring some science to the proceedings, but it was clear that she was interviewed for a modicum of "balance" and that the reporters were buying the woo-filled placebo narrative so familiar to me. 7/1 reply 1 retweet 14 likesShow this thread -
Placebo effects tend to be more of an artifact of randomized clinical trials more than anything else. Also, as
@david_colquhoun explained, regression to the man is another explanation for such effects. 8/ http://www.dcscience.net/2015/12/11/placebo-effects-are-weak-regression-to-the-mean-is-the-main-reason-ineffective-treatments-appear-to-work/ …5 replies 4 retweets 18 likesShow this thread -
As I've explained, as more and more studies show alternative medicine modalities to be ineffective, more and more quacks are justifying their quackery by claiming it "works" through placebo effects. 9/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/12/19/the-placebo-narrative-justifying-integrative-medicine-through-exaggeration/ …
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In addition, no matter how much quacks try to argue and show otherwise, there are no placebo effects without deception. Relying on placebo effects alone is not only ineffective but it's also unethical. 10/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/12/20/does-thinking-make-it-so-the-placebo-myth-rears-its-ugly-head-again/ …
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Yet
@cnn fell for@goop's narrative, with very little skepticism, as@CaulfieldTim pointed out. I'm sure@GwynethPaltrow was pleased with the coverage. 11/113 replies 3 retweets 39 likesShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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