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Don't Be Fooled by the Omega 3 Scam |
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The headlines in the newspapers read ‘Experts cast doubts on Omega 3’ - BBC.., ‘The benefits of fish and linseed oils as elixir of life are another health myth’- The Times…, ‘The Benefits of Omega 3 Seem Fishy’ - CBS News. This is due to a ‘systematic review’ of studies on omega 3 and it’s effects on cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality, published on Friday in the British Medical Journal. This is not a new study, but a study of studies. The authors conclude that "omega 3 fats don’t have a clear effect on total mortality, combined cardiovascular events or cancer." |
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Answering The Nutrition Critics - Patrick Holford |
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When you tread a path that's not yet mainstream, people will often criticise you for it. This year has kicked off with a flurry of attacks on 'media nutritionists', vitamin C and HIV, food intolerance testing, supplements for children, and also the Food for the Brain schools campaign. We must be ruffling some conservative feathers to attract so much attention! For those of us who are committed to pursuing better health naturally and harmlessly, sometimes it's necessary to answer our critics and correct the misinformation they quote. |
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AntiOxidant Review is a Stitch Up |
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Today's review of trials on antioxidants in the Journal of the American Medical Association fails the four key tests of 'publication bias'. For the following reasons I suspect it's an attempt to demote vitamin therapy so we keep taking the drugs. |
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Taming The Drug Monster |
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A
major shake down is brewing for the pharmaceutical industry following
increasing reports of manipulating drug trial data, doctors and the
government to increase sales and profits. A recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine published a correction on a study it published on Rofecoxib (Vioxx)
– the now withdrawn pain-killer that is estimated to have damaged or
killed up to 140,000 Americans – stating that increased cardiovascular
risks were visible as early as four months into treatment, rather than
the 18 months that Merck had claimed.
By Parick Holford, author of the Optimum Nutrition Boble
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Drugs on Tap? How Prescription Drugs and Medications End Up in Our Drinking Water |
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 How Prescription Drugs End Up In Our Drinking Water What happens to the hundreds of millions
of prescription drugs and the over-the-counter medications that are
swallowed daily?
Well, they eventually return as a chemical cocktail flowing out of your kitchen
tap!
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