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« on: March 08, 2010, 05:51:37 pm »
Three researchers scoured over 1500 studies found at PubMed to put together this image that represents how much scientific evidence supplements have supporting them, and their popularity. The results are interesting, and since we all like science here, I thought you all would be interested in seeing it.

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-supplements/

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http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/snakeoil-scientific-evidence-for-health-supplements/
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2010, 07:34:46 pm »
What a great online tool - love the interactive version!
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 01:29:41 am »
That's indeed cool.. thought it was once again one of those 'dumb' things which disregard the multi-facetorial aspects of a supplement.
A few novelties for me (now I know what to add to our webshop): beta glucan!
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 07:39:29 am »
Very Cool ... see lots of my favs on here  - in the worth it or above Wink

LOL just tried out the "play" button ...
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2010, 01:35:38 pm »
Quote from: Espi on March 09, 2010, 01:29:41 am
That's indeed cool.. thought it was once again one of those 'dumb' things which disregard the multi-facetorial aspects of a supplement.
A few novelties for me (now I know what to add to our webshop): beta glucan!
Yeah, I hadn't heard of beta glucan, either.  I'm going to have to see if I can find some locally.
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2010, 01:38:03 pm »
Quote from: Built on March 08, 2010, 07:34:46 pm
What a great online tool - love the interactive version!
Oh yeah!  Very cool.  Hadn't seen that before!
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 02:22:01 pm »
Beta glucan has been available for a while, we just overlooked it.. if not mistaken it's a mushroom-based supplement.
Not exactly mushroom but close : "extract of the Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cell walls."

We were equally surprised when cordyceps as well as rhodiola were so much more popular than expected.
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2010, 08:23:01 pm »
Very nifty. 
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