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Journal Article
The era of echinacea
2010
Overview
Argues that the popularity of alternative medicine is unscientific and even dangerous. Consumers' obsession with vitamins and antioxidants is misguided; the vitamin industry is booming, but vitamins make little or no difference to health, and while a diet rich in antioxidants is associated with lower chronic disease rates, there is no evidence that supplements containing them are effective. Folic acid supplements, while of value for pregnant women, have been shown to increase the risk of prostate cancer in men; finally, ayurvedic medicine and other alternative medicines like homeopathy have not been shown to work, and in fact contain dangerous levels of toxins.
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