Where is the science?

[bigbobby]

I have noticed that there have been a lot of people who come on this forum and lots of other forums and they always say that they think this pill or that pill is so good. I think that if anyone wants to claim things like that, they should prove it with science. Otherwise even if it works, there’s no way to know that it is also safe. I think that a lot of companies must hire people to go on lots of forums and talk up their products. There can’t possibly be this many people who go onto forums to rave about a pill that is OBVIOUSLy bad!

[jan]

It’s true that a lot of people talk about their great experiences that they’ve had with unproven pills, but sometimes people just have a lot of luck with a product and they want to share that with others, in case they can benefit. Science may prove that later. It just hasn’t happened yet.

[Gina]

I think that it is very important to be able to get some science to back up what you say about diet pills when you’re telling people about it, but that’s really hard to do. I wouldn’t even know where to find all of the research to point out that it’s not just me who thinks a product is good but that there is science there, too. I always make sure that the company that makes the pill says that they have been studied, but it’s not like there are always links to the exact studies. Plus, if you’ve ever seen an official study, they’re very hard to read. They’re complex and it isn’t always easy to see what thye actually found out.