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I really want to see one serious double blind study where someone extracts oil out of snakes and tests its effectiveness on various common ailments. Not for sc
by failrate 12y ago
I really want to see one serious double blind study where someone extracts oil out of snakes and tests its effectiveness on various common ailments. Not for scientific rigor. At this point, I just really want to know what would happen.
- zafka 12y agoI am betting you could get kick starter funding.
- jefftk 12y agoSee: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/snake-oil-salesmen-knew-something/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/snake-oil-salesmen... They reference Kunin 1989 [1], Shirai 2002 [2], and Shirai 2007 [3]. Chinese snake oil is a reasonable source of omega-3s. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1026931/pdf/westjmed00120-0094a.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1026931/pdf/west... [2] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00426-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00426-8 [3] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2003.00806.x/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2003....