Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD on Nostr: Supplement makers and other purveyors of snake oil like to add the phrase ...

Supplement makers and other purveyors of snake oil like to add the phrase “clinically proven” to their advertisements.

I’ve read the studies. They are usually:

1. Tiny studies of less than 50 people that examine 100 or more endpoints

2. Studies of actual food falsely conflated with supplements