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Most of this stuff is placebo. It can be dangerous.
To give you an example of how POWERFUL the placebo effect is, there is such thing as placebo surgery. That is, patients are told that they will have arthroscopic knee surgery to relieve pain, but the doctor just cuts their skin to mimic incisions. The result? Pain free for a good 3 months.
Don't get wrapped up in some remedy that appears to be working. It could be your brain.
Also, take the product "Airborne" for another example. It claimed to prevent you from catching cold if you took it before you were at risk. This, of course, is bullshit. All this product contains are vitamins. Still, the company made millions of dollars as word spread. In the end, they could not prove their claim and had to pay millions in damages as well as change the wording on their label. Placebo.
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