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“No Proof Probiotics Work”: The Confusion Caused by Evidence-Based Medicine’s Futile Hunt for the One True Effect

I was recently asked for my comments on a Daily Mail article that made a claim that probiotics may not actually work. They did so on the basis of a recently published study in the Journal of Gastroenterology, which took a deep dive into all

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Fluoride in UK Tap Water: Arguments For/Against Fluoridation and Missing Data on Dental Decay

What is fluoride? Fluoride is a mineral complex, whereby the mineral is combined with fluorine. Fluorine is a halogen, belonging to the same family as bromine, chlorine and iodine. Its simultaneous listing as an industrial pollutant and an additive to municipal water supplies has fuelled

A Response: Why Do I Consider Diet Advice from COP26 as Propaganda?

BACKGROUND: I recently made a presentation to professionals on nutritional options to modulate testosterone in men. During the presentation, I touched on the role of soy/plant-based/low fat diets and research that shows them to adversely affect testosterone status, adding that such data should be considered

Telling People What the Evidence Says vs Showing Them the Evidence

Everyone is inundated with claims of 'what the evidence says', but how about we actually take a look?