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Quackery Exposed: Methyl-B12 Injections

What is Methyl-B12 It is warned to never give B12 without medical advice.  Side effects nausea vomiting diarrhea headache neurotoxicity mercury poisoning Contraindicated in: People with Leber's Disease or other form of optic nerve damage People with an iron or folic acid deficiency People with low levels of potassium in their blood Interacts with: chloramphenicol… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Methyl-B12 Injections

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Quack Diet: Specific Carbohydrate Diet

What is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? According to Sanford University, the specific carbohydrate diet is a nutritional therapy in pediatric Crohn's disease. It is a well established and effective treatment to induce remission of active inflammation. SCD was developed from the work of Dr. Sydney Haas, a biologist an scientist who helped her daughter with… Continue reading Quack Diet: Specific Carbohydrate Diet

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Quack Exposed: Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical/ Pharmaceuticals

Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical Incorporation was founded in 2016 by Huu Tieu who is 58 years old. They claim their products were in development for 30 years. They produce "alternative herbal(botanical)" products by creating "gene rejuvenation. " The Conditions Golden Sunrise Nutraceuticals Claim to Treat Alzheimers disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Autism  autoimmune disorders (which ones? All… Continue reading Quack Exposed: Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical/ Pharmaceuticals

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Quackery Exposed: Functional Medicine

  Functional medicine is a form of alternative medicine (sometimes called integrative medicine) that includes a large number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments of different diseases, illnesses and disabilities. They claim that they focus on the "root causes" of different conditions based on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune… Continue reading Quackery Exposed: Functional Medicine

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Quack Myth Exposed: Candida and Autism

What is Candida? According to the CDC, candida is a common yeast, a type of fungus, that normally lives on the skin and inside the body. It can be found in the mouth, throat, gut and vagina without causing any problems. It can cause infections, called candiasis,  if it grows out of control or if… Continue reading Quack Myth Exposed: Candida and Autism