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FACTLYHealth & medicine

Drinking hot lemon water or three spoons of organic coconut oil daily in addition to not taking sugar can cure cancer.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY examined a Facebook post attributing a cancer-curing diet to “Dr. Gupta.” The post’s specific recommendations were to avoid sugar, drink hot lemon water, and take three spoonfuls of organic coconut oil daily. The review reports finding no research studies to substantiate the post’s claims that these measures cure cancer. For the sugar claim, FACTLY cites Cancer Research UK as saying there is no evidence that a sugar-free diet lowers cancer risk or improves survival after diagnosis. It also quotes Cancer Council Australia CEO Professor Sanchia Aranda warning that starving cancer cells of sugar would also deprive healthy cells, potentially impairing the immune system. The review notes a study involving sugar starvation under elevated-calcium conditions, but says the researchers aimed to develop a treatment in the future; it does not present that work as evidence that the post’s diet cures cancer. For lemon water, FACTLY reports finding a National Centre for Health Research article rejecting claims that lemons are a proven remedy for all cancers or vastly stronger than chemotherapy. For coconut oil, the review says it found no proper research on the specific claim that three daily spoonfuls cure cancer. It distinguishes studies of particular coconut-oil components from evidence for ordinary consumer coconut oil, noting that some health claims concern a special formulation made entirely of medium-chain triglycerides. The review also reports finding no person matching the named doctor at Osh State Medical University and says the facility is in Kyrgyzstan, not Russia.

YouturnHealth & medicine

புற்றுநோய் ஒரு நோயல்ல ! டாக்டர் குப்தா கூறுகையில், சிகிச்சை பெறாததைத் தவிர்த்து புற்றுநோயால் யாரும் இறக்கவில்லை. (1) முதலில் சர்க்கரை எடுத்துக் கொள்வதை நிறுத்த வேண்டும் உடலில் சர்க்கரை இல்லாத பொழுது புற்றுநோய் செல்கள் இயற்கையாகவே இறந்து விடுகின்றன. (2) இரண்டாவதாக, எலுமிச்சைப் பழம் மற்றும் ஒரு கப் சூடான நீரை கலந்து 1 முதல் 3 மாதங்களுக்கு அருந்தவும். குறிப்பாக, உணவு உண்பதற்கு முன்பாக அருந்த வேண்டும். இதனால் புற்றுநோய் மறைந்து விடும். மேரிலாண்ட் ஸ்கூல் ஆப் மெடிசன் உடைய ஆராய்ச்சியின்படி கூறுகையில், இது சீமோதெரபியை விட 1000 மடங்கு சிறந்தது என கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. (3) மூன்றாவதாக, 3 டேபிள்ஸ்பூன் இயற்கையான தேங்காய் எண்ணெய்யை காலை மற்றும் இரவு அருந்துவதன் மூலம் புற்றுநோய் மறைந்து விடும். சர்க்கரை எடுத்துக் கொள்வதை நிறுத்திக் கொண்டு ஏதாவதொரு சிகிச்சையை மேற்கொள்ளுங்கள். இந்த தகவலை நான் 5 ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் மேலாக பகிர்ந்து வருகிறேன்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

台灣事實查核中心Health & medicine

兒茶素EGCG能殺死癌細胞、鞏固骨質不流失

Publisher’s rating: 錯誤

The review addresses two claims attributed to a circulating video: that EGCG directly kills cancer cells and that it prevents loss of bone strength. It distinguishes results from animal experiments from evidence in people, and also considers whether drinking green tea would produce the effects reported in those experiments. For cancer, the review reports that studies found effects in animals such as cancer prevention and inhibition of cancer-cell spread, but not direct killing of cancer cells. It quotes a food and nutrition researcher saying the findings remained at the animal-experiment stage, and a hospital hematologist saying EGCG was not used as a formal cancer-prevention or treatment drug. The review therefore does not treat animal findings as proof of a cancer treatment in humans. For bone, the cited experiment involved mice receiving EGCG by abdominal injection. The reported results included increased bone density, improved bone-trabecular structure and faster repair of bone defects. The review says there was no human experiment establishing an equivalent effect, and notes that injection in the animal study is not the same as drinking green tea; whether absorption after drinking produces the same effect was unconfirmed. It concludes that the claimed human benefits were not established by the evidence described.

NewtralHealth & medicine

Suecia prohíbe las vacunaciones obligatorias por graves consecuencias para la salud

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim says Sweden prohibited mandatory vaccinations because of serious health consequences. The review explains that Sweden has no law requiring vaccination and no law prohibiting it: vaccination is voluntary, like other medical treatments. It also says the health system offers children vaccinations through a vaccination programme and recommends and provides vaccines for the most serious diseases free of charge. These details contradict the claim that Sweden banned vaccination.