Archive for January, 2013
From the December, 2012 Canadian Pharmacist’s Letter (paywalled, sorry), a subscription-funded, completely independent resource for pharmacists, comes a warning about the Hemocode food intolerance test:
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Tags: food intolerance, hemocode, IgG
Weekend Reading
Links, posts, and articles of interest to SBP readers:
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Tags: detox, health fraud, homeopathy, naturopathy, quackery, vaccines
If there is an antithesis to the principles of science-based medicine, it’s probably the Dr. Oz show. In this daytime television parallel universe, anecdotes are evidence. There are no incremental advances in knowledge — only medical miracles. And every episode neatly offers up three or four takeaway health nuggets that, more often than not, seem […]
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Tags: antoxidants, bryce wylde, dr. oz, nutrition, palm oil, red palm oil, the dr. oz show
Weekend Reading
Winter has now fully descended across most of Canada, giving views like the the one above. Here are some links of interest to SBP readers:
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Tags: gmo, oil of oregano
The Detox Delusion
It’s January which means it’s detox season. Not surprisingly, the scientific evidence supporting “detox” and “cleansing” hasn’t changed since this post was originally written in January 2009: How ineffective products treat non-existent conditions They may line the shelves of your local pharmacy. Boxes or bottles, with some combination of “detox”, “cleanse” or “flush” in the […]
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Tags: cleansing, detoxification
“One of the most important discoveries I believe we’ve made that will help you burn fat – green coffee bean extract” – Dr. Oz, September 10, 2012, Episode “The Fat Burner that Works” Dr. Mehmet Oz may be biggest purveyor of health pseudoscience on television today. How he came to earn this title is a […]
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Tags: chlorogenic acid, dr. oz, green coffee bean, green coffee weight loss, obesity, the dr. oz show
