It's like my own personal episonde of Penn & Teller

Ahahahahaha, Echinacea doesn't work. (well, ok, they could not detect effects in one study, that's not conclusive proof that it doesn't work. I know this, but I'm going to crow anyway)

Of all the herbal remedies and naturapathic tonics my parents shoved down my throat when I was younger, the only one that seems to do anything is garlic and horseradish tablets, which seem to speed recovery of sinus infections. Still waiting for a study though... But as for all their daily tonics (honey and cider vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, meal replacement shakes for breakfast, shark oil tablets), they seemed like crap at the time and they still do now, with tertiary biochem and physiology behind me. Snake oil men, comment and I'll send you their address ;-0

They've bought in to

• HerbalLife diet


• The grape diet


• Hydrogen peroxide in water drink


• Vitamin E capsules


• Echinacea tablets


• Squaaline (shark oil extract) tablets - ever stop to wonder where that might come from?


• Meal replacement shakes


• Herbal tonic - to cure teenage lethargy, gads it was vile!


• the AbRoller...

No change in diet or lifestyle = still overweight and unhappy

I wonder how much money it's cost over the years? =(

But now, onto more serious news, yet another good article by Michael Costello.