Topic summary contributed by volunteer(s): Randy
The accuracy of medical advice given by staff at natural food stores is compared to that given by staff at community pharmacies, based on the balance of available scientific evidence.
Employees in natural food stores have been caught giving advice that is not only scientifically baseless, but also risky and downright dangerous.
Most health food store supplement aisle employees have little or no training and make wildly dissimilar recommendations. Even when they’re consistent, the levels of active ingredients in supplements may not be. We should not assume the multibillion dollar supplement industry has our best interests any closer to heart than the pharmaceutical industry.
Studies in the U.S. and Canada focus on what advice and supplements natural food store employees would offer a woman suffering from breast cancer.
Growing your own broccoli sprouts is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve your diet.
Case reports of people ending up in a coma after drinking kombucha tea.
La potencial neurotoxicidad de los suplementos de espirulina es otra preocupación.
El hecho de que las algas verdeazules tengan efectos potencialmente neurotóxicos sigue siendo motivo de preocupación.
Chlorella does not have the toxins that may be present in blue-green algae supplements and spirulina.
Concerns about spirulina supplements extend to liver toxicity.
Moler el trigo entero en harina blanca puede causar tanto como una disminución de 300 veces el contenido de fitonutrientes.
Los riesgos asociados con estos suplementos pueden superar los beneficios.
