Trick #6: “Weird” tips and tricks to sell overpriced supplements Ever click on one of those “One Weird Trick” or “One Weird Old Tip” ads? The simple sketch or odd…
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Trick #1: Phony testimonials Here’s “Amy,” gushing about the “secret anti-aging product” Garcinia cambogia on some fake news site. Amy shows up on hundreds of other websites, admitting that she…
Can probiotics—the good-for-you bacteria and yeast in some foods and supplements—relieve GI distress, replenish your intestinal flora when you take antibiotics, and keep you from catching a cold? It all…
“Medical journal: ‘Case closed’ against vitamin pills,” ran the headline in USA Today in 2013. But is it really? Two studies led to the headline. In the first, doctors who…
It’s “the most important discovery in human history,” according to physician and supplement salesman Al Sears on alsearsmd.com. The discovery? When telomeres shorten, cells age. Telomeres are snippets of DNA…
“We know that even people who make a concerted effort to add more nutrient-dense foods to their diets still might not be meeting their nutrient requirements,” says Diane McKay, an…
“Men taking a multivitamin were 8 percent less likely than men taking a placebo to be diagnosed with a cancer,” says Harvard epidemiologist Howard Sesso who helped run the study…
If you have asthma and low vitamin D, taking the vitamin may not help your lungs. U.S. scientists randomly assigned 408 adults with persistent asthma and low vitamin D blood…
Taking calcium carbonate or eating calcium-rich foods may make processed meats (like ham, sausage, bacon, and hot dogs) less likely to raise the risk of colorectal cancer. [VS] Scientists told…