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No scientific evidence supports claims that plant-based food supplements reduce blood sugar to normal levels and cure type 2 diabetes
Claim:
Food supplements get “perfect sugar levels restored” and “help with type 2 [diabetes]”
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Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-06-02 -
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UnsupportedNo scientific evidence supports the claim that consuming apple cider vinegar is a rapid and effective long-term weight control approach
Claim:
Apple cider vinegar and thermogenic supplements are effective for rapid weight loss
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-05-01 -
IncorrectExcess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
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“Mucus is the cause of all diseases”; “Soursop [is] 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy for cancer”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2021-08-18 -
There is no evidence that eating cucumbers reduces the risk of cancer; cucumbers contain cucurbitacin B, which could be a candidate for developing new anti-cancer drugs
Claim:
“Cucumber kills lung cancer cells”; “cucurbitacin B suppressed growth of human lung cancer cells by 90%, reduced their ability to invade surrounding tissues by 75% and reduced migration ability by 88%”
Source: The Eden Prescription, Ethan Evers, 2021-04-26 -
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IncorrectThere is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
Claim:
AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2019-04-01 -
No evidence that the milk protein casein causes cancer; claim is based on animal studies involving other well-known risk factors for liver cancer like hepatitis B virus infection
Claim:
“Milk from cows 'has the most relevant carcinogen ever identified’ and ‘turns on cancer'“
Source: Collective Evolution, Arjun Walia, 2019-01-30 -
IncorrectBananas may be healthy, but consuming them won’t treat gastrointestinal diseases nor limit the replication of HIV
Claim:
“Bananas are a powerful antiviral food—so powerful that they have the capacity to repel growth of the retrovirus HIV“
Source: Medical Medium, Anthony William, 2021-02-21 -
Mostly accurateMore evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
Claim:
“Habitual use of vitamin D supplements was associated with a 34% lower risk of COVID-19 infection”; “This is an observational study so causation cannot be established”
Source: Instagram, Rhonda Patrick, 2021-02-04
