How protein powders fake their numbers
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Body Fat Percentage Beats BMI at Predicting Early Death
A 15-year study looked how different fitness measurements predict health outcomes. Here's what to measure, and how you know if you're at risk.
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Today’s Health Upgrade
Analyzing the “Japanese cocktail” claim
Beware of misleading protein supplements
The regrets that last
Trending up/trending down: BMI vs. Body fat
Beyond the Headline
There's No "Japanese Cocktail" That Cures Neuropathy (And How To Catch Other False Claims)
Living with neuropathy can mean months of appointments, treatments, and questions that still don’t have clear answers. An ad promising a permanent fix is designed to find people at exactly that point of frustration.
Peripheral neuropathy means damage to nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. Estimates of how many Americans have it vary, but run into the tens of millions.
There is no single treatment for every kind of neuropathy, which means if you’re reading about a cocktail that solves neuropathy, it’s bogus.
Diabetes is a leading cause of neuropathy in the U.S. And vitamin deficiencies, certain medications, thyroid problems, autoimmune disease, infections, and heavy alcohol use can also damage nerves.
A popular ad floating around the internet claims a “Japanese cocktail” is scientifically proven to cure neuropathy. It borrows the Nobel Prize name and invokes Yoshinori Ohsumi, who won for research on autophagy, a process cells use to break down and recycle their contents.
However, his prize has nothing to do with any supplement that reverses neuropathy because no such supplement exists. And the scientist isn’t involved with the alleged cure.
Chalk that up to smoke and mirrors, but that doesn’t mean treating neuropathy is a lost cause. If you can identify the cause (often the hardest part), then there are potential treatments.
Correcting a B12 deficiency or changing a medication that’s damaging nerves may help; managing diabetes can help prevent further damage. Improvement depends on the cause and how much damage has occurred.
So if you have neuropathy, a complete medical workup offers your best chance to find what’s treatable.
More importantly, whether it’s neuropathy or another frustrating medical condition, we don’t want you to fall for more fake headlines, supplements, and cures.
Here’s a quick checklist to double-check what you’re being sold.
Check the address, not the logo: A Nobel Prize logo on “ushealth.fun” doesn’t make it a Nobel Prize website.
Verify the endorsement: A real scientist’s name can be attached to words they never said. Look for the claim on their own site or a credible institution’s.
Watch for guarantees: “Reverses neuropathy for good” skips the question any legitimate treatment has to answer: Which kind, caused by what?
Be wary of the hidden-secret story: An “ancient ritual doctors don’t want you to know about” offers an excuse for the lack of credible evidence.
Ignore the countdown: A price that supposedly jumps at midnight doesn't affect whether a treatment works.
If an ad makes those claims, save your money and bring it to the clinician helping you investigate the neuropathy.
Together With Momentous
Are You Really Getting the Protein You Paid For?
Flip over your tub of whey, and there's a number you trust without thinking. The label says 25 grams, but you might not be getting 25 grams of protein.
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