Many of the health guidelines preached to us have
no scientific bases.
"According to Dr. Kendrick, the linear model for blood pressure—which states the higher your blood pressure is, in a linear fashion, the greater your risk of dying—was also made up.
Ditto for recommended cholesterol levels,
and healthy versus unhealthy obesity levels. Believe it or not, none of
these are based on real data. The recommendation to eat five portions
of fruit and vegetables is equally made up, yet recommendations such as
these become set in stone."
Same with alcohol. They're made up.
"Other common tactics of misdirection
include the non-disclosure of negative studies and good old-fashioned
conflicts of interest. As noted by Dr. Kendrick: “In the States,
they have the non-disclosure of negative data on antidepressants. They
only publish positive studies, and the negative ones aren’t published.
You then have a bias of infinity. There are hundreds of these things
that go on.” "
Mammograms do more harm than good.
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