In this episode, we examine Eat This Not That magazine's claim that "According to the Orlando Sentinel, studies have shown that bananas can do more damage to your teeth than chocolate and sugary gum". Oh really. Sources: <ol> <li><a href= "https://www.eatthis.com/dangerous-side-effects-eating-too-many-bananas/"> Eat This Not That's article</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.aapd.org/globalassets/media/publications/archives/drinkard-04-02.pdf"> Drinkard & Dilley case study, 1982</a> </li> <li><a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/4/881S/4690063?rel=1"> Touger-Decker and Loveren, 2003 </a> </li> </ol>

In this episode, we examine Eat This Not That magazine's claim that "According to the Orlando Sentinel, studies have shown that bananas can do more damage to your teeth than chocolate and sugary gum". Oh really. Sources: Eat This Not That's article Drinkard & Dilley case study, 1982 Touger-Decker and Loveren, 2003

In this episode, we examine Eat This Not That magazine's claim that "According to the Orlando Sentinel, studies have shown that bananas can do more damage to your teeth than chocolate and sugary gum". Oh really. Sources: <ol> <li><a href="https://www.eatthis.com/dangerous-side-effects-eating-too-many-bananas/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Eat This Not That's article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.aapd.org/globalassets/media/publications/archives/drinkard-04-02.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Drinkard &amp; Dilley case study, 1982</a>&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/4/881S/4690063?rel=1" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Touger-Decker and Loveren, 2003&nbsp;</a> </li> </ol> &nbsp;

Are bananas dangerous

Enough shampoo bottle rattle, let's examine some tabloid claims. In each weekly episode, we fact-check a new claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average 6 minutes. 

Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE studies shown?

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Enough shampoo bottle rattle, let's examine some tabloid claims. In each weekly episode, we fact-check a new claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average 6 minutes. Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE studies shown?

Enough shampoo bottle rattle,&nbsp;let's examine some tabloid claims.&nbsp;In each weekly episode, we&nbsp;fact-check a&nbsp;new&nbsp;claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average&nbsp;6 minutes.&nbsp;

Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the&nbsp;phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used&nbsp;as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE&nbsp;studies shown?

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