Tag: fake diseases
Adrenal fatigue: A fake disease (updated)
“Adrenal fatigue” is not a real medical condition, but some claim it is real and that medicine is ignoring it. What does the science say?
Pulp Fiction
Are your root canals poisoning you? Probably not. Is an alternative dentist trying to sell you something? Probably.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Separating facts from fiction
Does multiple chemical sensitivity exist? The symptoms certainly do, but it's less clear if they are due to "chemicals".
Candida and Fake Illnesses
While Big Pharma has been accused of inventing diseases, alternative medicine is the real champion of this practice. Compromised immunity can lead to overgrowth of the fungus Candida albicans, but this doesn't happen in people with intact immune systems, and it doesn't lead to the vague, unrelated symptoms described as "systematic candidiasis" by alternative medicine proponents.
Is gluten the new Candida?
Celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity are very different things. The former has a large, visible, well-understood scientific foundation that is lacking in the latter.
Fatigued by a Fake Disease
Are you tired? Is it because your adrenal glands are too? No, probably not.
Mast Cell Activation Disorder – Yes, It’s Real
Mast Cell Activation Disorder is real, but there are a large number of fake diagnoses out there. How do you tell the difference?