I’m staying on the ‘behavior of drug companies’ theme today. So, here’s another story that will probably make you shake your head in disgust.
I’m sure you’ve already heard the stories!
Drug companies authorizing and training their sales reps to ‘take care’ of doctors and nurture the relationship so that in return the doctors will gratefully prescribe the companies drugs to their patients.
A few days ago I was scanning down a ‘Readers Comments’ thread on a popular health website when one reader’s response caught my eye.
This person made 3 comments in his post, all of which I have seen quite regularly on health sites around the web and ALL 3 represent common misconceptions with regard to nutritional supplements!
These particular misconceptions are proof of the popular saying “If you throw enough mud for long enough some of it will stick!”
And the Internet only serves to exacerbate this problem!
Your nutritional vitamin supplement contains Folic acid, right?
Well it very well may cause you cancer - according to a recently released article!
That’s exactly what Harvard Medical School researchers have said in the March 2008 edition of their Harvard Men’s Health Watch newsletter.
They also cited studies to say that other multivitamin ingredients, namely antioxidants, vitamins B6, B12 and Folic acid don’t prevent disease (cancer and heart disease).
Question: From Tricia
“I would like to know if you have evaluated Dr Ben Kim’s Greens powder”.
Thank you
Response from Brett:
Hi again Tricia
I’ve looked through Dr Ben Kim’s website and I’m sorry to say it’s just another example of a ‘doctor’ taking advantage of consumers lack of knowledge about supplement quality and nutrition.
