Danilo
I'm not an expert in this area, but think you're right to be very cautious. You might want to look at Ben Goldacre's articles on this topic (a UK medic and journlist passionate about uncovering un- evidence based hype).
http://www.badscience.net/category/weight-loss/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/06/probiotic-eu-ruling
Frances
Dr Frances Gardner,
Professor of Child and Family Psychology
Fellow of Wolfson College
Department of Social Policy & Social Work,
University of Oxford
32 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER, UK
tel:44-1865-270325 / 270334 email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.spsw.ox.ac.uk/staff/academic/profile/details/gardner.html
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Subject: Trustworthiness of the British Nutrition Foundation
Dear all,
one of the Italian newspapers asked me to write a news report based on the
review published in the last issue of Nutrition Bullettin about the
evidence of efficacy of probiotics. The article seems to be substantially
sensible, but it was supported by Danone. In the British Nutrition
Foundation’s website (the Bullettin’s owner), I read that they have a
Scientific Committee formed mostly of academics, but also an Industrial
Scientists Committee with people from Pepsi, Danone and Nestlé etc. I am
very uncertain about this review, because I don’t know the trustworthiness
of the British Nutrition Foundation’s. Any suggestion, especially by people
from UK? Thank you for your help. Regards,
Danilo di Diodoro
Bologna, Italy
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