The Science Is Irrelevant: Nutrionists Will Recommend Supplements Whether They Work Or Not
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 22:10
in Health & Medicine
In a letter to the Annals of Internal Medicine, a group of nutritionists object to all of the studies finding supplements are well-marketed but unnecessary costs for most Americans. Their rebuttal: they don't harm anyone, they are relatively cheap and science can't prove they don't work. Hardly a great endorsement, but the nutritionists from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University and three other institutions can't really argue for the benefits of supplements, so they instead argue that the case is not 'closed', as an editorial in the same publication last year argued. read more