When it comes to exploring alternative or holistic health practices, consumers should engage in extensive due diligence guided by a qualified healthcare professional. Health is an intensely personal matter. But what happens if the online platforms prevent that due diligence?
Tag: nutritional supplements
An Op-Ed published by two M.D.s in the Journal of the American Medical Association essentially calls for on- and off-line censorship of what the authors decry as health or medical misinformation. The latter apparently mean quashing any discussion of approaches outside the conventional Big Pharma paradigm or surgical interventions.
When they’re not taking cheap shots at U.S. President Donald Trump, the mainstream media loves to publicize studies that purport to discredit dietary supplements. When it comes to nutritional supplements, let’s stipulate that here are some products on the market that contain substandard ingredients and/or don’t live up to the hype. Other such products have turned out to be effective and safe according to proponents, including complimentary doctors.