This week Matt walks us through the frequently discussed Placebo effect and Levi debunks detox diets.

PLACEBO EFFECT



“Placebo effect studies are susceptible to response bias and to other types of biases”-JCE

https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(11)00049-7/fulltext

“Is the Placebo powerless?”-New England JoMed

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105243442106

“A Comprehensive Review of the Placebo Effect”-Annual Review of Psychology

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.psych.59.113006.095941

“Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions”-Cochrane Library

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003974.pub3/full?highlightAbstract=placeb%7Cplacebo%7Ceffect

“Howard Fields, MD, PhD, The Placebo Effect Part 1: Defining the Placebo Response” video

https://youtu.be/oWPtIR-0Q_A

“Bad Science”-Dr Ben Goldacre

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165-bad-science

“Bad Pharma”-Dr Ben Goldacre

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15795155-bad-pharma

DETOX DIETS

Detox diets for toxin elimination and weight management: a critical review of the evidence

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jhn.12286

How Does the liver work?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279393/

The Truth about toxins

https://www.rush.edu/health-wellness/discover-health/truth-about-toxins

7-day detox; a Naturopath approved plan

https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/diet/diets/the-7day-detox-plan/news-story/cfb1850be6010553eba661bb9cbcb938

Do Detox Diets Work?

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/detox-diets-101