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Published Tuesday 26 November 2013 | By Edzard
... not surprising that pyruvate is used in all sorts of slimming aids; and if the advertising for ‘fat burners’ is to be believed, ...
Published Friday 20 September 2013 | By Edzard
... Bach flower remedies, aromatherapy-oils or useless herbal slimming aids, to mention just 4 of the many different bogus treatments on offer. If you ...
Posted in alternative medicine, doctors, medical ethics, midwives, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, quackery | Tagged alternative medicine, bias, bogus claims, ethics, evidence, medical ethics, misleading consumers, unreason
Published Saturday 13 August 2016 | By Edzard
... that these findings apply only to the US, however, I am afraid, you would be mistaken. People buy such bogus supplements on the Internet ...
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