Comments on: Celebrity Endorsements or Why I Love/Hate the Bert Show http://www.atlantaskeptics.com/2010/01/16/celebrity-endorsements-or-why-i-lovehate-the-bert-show/ Atlanta Skeptics: Y'all got evidence? Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Severin http://www.atlantaskeptics.com/2010/01/16/celebrity-endorsements-or-why-i-lovehate-the-bert-show/comment-page-1/#comment-408 James Severin Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:55:59 +0000 http://www.atlantaskeptics.com/?p=327#comment-408 I did a quick google search on it and found some quick info, nothing that pointed to any effects for the claim of helping to lose weightthough. Since it was included in a supplement for weight loss I figured that should be the focus of criticism. I did a quick google search on it and found some quick info, nothing that pointed to any effects for the claim of helping to lose weightthough. Since it was included in a supplement for weight loss I figured that should be the focus of criticism.

]]> By: BubbaRich http://www.atlantaskeptics.com/2010/01/16/celebrity-endorsements-or-why-i-lovehate-the-bert-show/comment-page-1/#comment-407 BubbaRich Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:58:29 +0000 http://www.atlantaskeptics.com/?p=327#comment-407 I agree with your complaint in general, but I picked "poria cocos" from the ingredient list at random and found a TON of research on it. Nothing from the abstracts that made it sound TOO useful to me, but I didn't have time to read even the subject line too deeply. I don't see how to link to the search right off, so just look at pubmed.com and search for the ingredient if you want waaay too much to read. It's also mentioned in this extensive Cancer Research UK (similar to US National Cancer Institute) document, according to a search I did, but I definitely don't have time to read through this entire PDF book: http://sci.cancerresearchuk.org/labs/med_mush/med_mush.html Drowning people in irrelevant words is one of the modern tactics of the Chinese Medicine movement in the US. We hear a LOT about this "medicine" in Doraville. If there really was good, positive information about indications for use of the supplements, then I'd expect them to point it out so that we didn't have to wade through tons of irrelevant material. I really don't know enough to evaluate the reports from PubMed myself. I agree with your complaint in general, but I picked “poria cocos” from the ingredient list at random and found a TON of research on it. Nothing from the abstracts that made it sound TOO useful to me, but I didn’t have time to read even the subject line too deeply. I don’t see how to link to the search right off, so just look at pubmed.com and search for the ingredient if you want waaay too much to read.

It’s also mentioned in this extensive Cancer Research UK (similar to US National Cancer Institute) document, according to a search I did, but I definitely don’t have time to read through this entire PDF book: http://sci.cancerresearchuk.org/labs/med_mush/med_mush.html

Drowning people in irrelevant words is one of the modern tactics of the Chinese Medicine movement in the US. We hear a LOT about this “medicine” in Doraville. If there really was good, positive information about indications for use of the supplements, then I’d expect them to point it out so that we didn’t have to wade through tons of irrelevant material. I really don’t know enough to evaluate the reports from PubMed myself.

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