Another extremely dangerous health-food fad known as the soy sauce cleanse has left a woman brain dead.
EC: “A friend of mine is spending a lot of money on 'Dr' Eric Berg stuff, could you please shed light on him. I've seen that he is not a medical doctor online. Any help is greatly appreciated.”
(Image courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Camogoemz, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)AR asks: "Could you briefly describe what biofeedback is and why it is considered New Age?"
SS writes: “I recently found out about daith piercing to help migraine sufferers. I get migraines quite often and am interested in getting a daith piercing, but want to know if it would be anything anti-Catholic. So far I haven’t found much info on it. I . . . would appreciate your input!”
BB asks: “I keep hearing about all the health benefits of apple cider vinegar. Is any of this true? Even more important, is this some kind of New Age fad?”
Although they are still refusing to admit it, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop blog paid a settlement of $145,000 after be sued for making unscientific claims about some of its products.
A 14-year-old girl from Ohio, whose parents insisted on using natural means to treat a brain tumor, died just days before court-ordered chemotherapy could begin.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about cesium chloride (CsCl), a mineral salt that is sometimes administered to cancer patients by mouth or by injection at the hands of naturopaths and other alternative practitioners in spite of the fact that there is no evidence of its safety or efficacy in the treatment of cancer.
