Getting better informed on health issues

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Although I am not really a fan of current methodologies used to establish medical or public health evidence (in the hierarchy of evidence pyramid), in some instances they can provide helpful or valuable information. Below is a link highlighting how meta-analysis studies revealed medical reversals, and also explains discrepancies in the meta-analysis approaches, especially on nutritional supplements interventions.

(https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2019/06/new-analysis-identifies-hundreds-of-common-medical-practices-that-are-ineffective/)

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