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Is there any food or beverage that leads to a 鈥渘egative" calorie balance?

20 Mar 2017

Easy answer. No. There is nothing that can be consumed that causes a greater expenditure of calories than it provides. But advertisers have given the idea a shot. But it wasn鈥檛 long before the idea...

Are Foam Puzzle Mats Toxic for Children?

20 Mar 2017

There was a question about the possible toxicity of the popular foam puzzle mats that children play with and on. The concern is about exposure to formamide being released. This chemical is used in...

Creams Deliver More Hype than Evidence

20 Mar 2017

In the 1980s, Dr. Albert Kligman, an American dermatologist听 made an interesting observation.听 Patients being treated for acne with retinoic acid saw an improvement in their wrinkles, an...

Can ASEA Improve Health as Advertised?

20 Mar 2017

When I first came across a 鈥渨onder鈥 product called ASEA on the web, I thought someone had come up with a clever parody.听 The Internet of course is full of of ads for supplements, drinks and...

VegeGreens Products' Unfounded Claims Hide Behind Great Marketing

20 Mar 2017

I opened the door to pick up my morning Gazette and found a package with an anonymous note. 鈥淐an you please discuss in a column whether this is good to take?鈥 Inside was a bottle of 鈥淰egeGreens.鈥...

Cancer Quackery Costs Lives

20 Mar 2017

鈥淲e've had more people reverse cancer than any institute in the history of health care, so when 黑料不打烊 fails, or Toronto hospitals fail, they come to us. It can be stage 4 cancer and we reverse it....

Antioxidants Disappoint Again

20 Mar 2017

Science is based on evidence, and evidence changes. Heart attack victims used to be put on prolonged bed rest until evidence indicated that this was not the way to go. If a baby was born by C...

What is Gerson therapy?

20 Mar 2017

What sort of treatment do you think cancer patients would receive at the Gerson Institute in San Diego? Actually, they would receive no treatment at all, because the 鈥淕erson Therapy鈥 is not...

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