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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Archae

(46,832 posts) Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:52 AM Aug 2017

"Health" crap sold on TV and the Internet...

Notice something missing from most (if not all) of these?
Real science.

http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_2454_absurd-logic-health-gimmick-companies-expect-you-to-believe/

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"Health" crap sold on TV and the Internet... (Original Post) Archae Aug 2017 OP

It's a profitable racket. Nitram Aug 2017 #1

Nitram

(24,625 posts)

1. It's a profitable racket.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:06 PM

Aug 2017

1. Cow milk is bad for you. Drink our goat milk.

2. Wheat gluten is bad for you. Eat our non-gluten whatever.

3. You need more magnesium. Take our Mg capsules.

4. You are fat. Take our supplement.

5. You have diabetes. Take our supplement.

6. You might get cancer. Take our supplement.

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