Pointless pills

[mummymonkey]

Link to BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3144157.stm)
Another nail in the coffin for the 'traditional medicine' brigade. I seem to remember St John's Wort got a similar kicking a while back. There is an African cactus or some such thing that made the news the other day as an appetite suppressant. If only....

[Goshawk]

"Guggul"?? I had to go look it up. It's myrrh.

http://www.scents-of-earth.com/guggul.html

[Eos of the Eons]

They have suggested that guggul may actually increase cholesterol rather than lower it. :roll:



In 1994, researchers in India reported that 50mg of guggulipid twice daily for 24 weeks cut cholesterol levels by almost 12%.

Earlier this year, a study by researchers in the United States found that the herb can help people with osteoporosis.




Yeah, I know a few quacks that call themselves 'researchers'. Are these researchers the ones marketing the dang pill too? How come their names aren't printed?
Dr Philippe Szapary is named in the study that shows it raises cholesterol.