Getting to know the untruths
Health research and politics (and health research politics…)
It emerged today that Sir Patrick Vallance, who took over as Chief Scientific Adviser to the government following a six-year tenure at the helm of multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has shares valued at £600 in GSK, who is contracted to the government to develop a Covid vaccine.
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Though high dose IV vitamin C is currently being tested to see if it can improve lung function in people with COVID-19, no evidence suggests that high doses of oral vitamin C supplements can help with the disease. In fact, they can cause complications like diarrhea.
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Plant-based foods provide more antioxidants, largest study yet shows Nutr J. 2010 Jan 22;9:3. (Just a big page; didn’t display fully) The total antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide. Carlsen MH, Halvorsen BL, Holte K, Bøhn SK, Dragland S, Sampson L, Willey C, Senoo H, Umezono Y, Sanada C, Barikmo I, Berhe N, Willett WC, Phillips KM, Jacobs DR Jr, Blomhoff R. SourceDepartment of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Abstract BACKGROUND: A plant-based diet protects against…
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