Mary Jessen: Wellness Makes Cents

Nothing in science is ever concrete. People rethink and work on clinical studies all the time, trying to improve what was proven.

There are factors that must be examined to make a claim of “backed by science.”

1. Quantity: How much research has been done? Only a few? Hundreds? The more studies done on a subject, you can feel confident on current results. Watch the dates of the study. Science is always evolving.
2. Quality: Look for research done by people at the Top of their field and published in a well-respected Peer-Reviewed Journal. This sorts out the unreliable information. Any study can be paid for to turn out as you want. It is the Peer-Reviewed study that makes it accurate. Specifically, you want to see randomized controlled studies. These studies test a specific treatment on a group of participants. Not all participants think they are getting the “trial.”
3. Scope: Look at the range of dates of the studies. Decide if recent conclusions are relative to the past.
4. Consistency: This happens when more than one study comes to the same conclusion.
5. Universality: Does it affect all or specific groups of people.

You do have to do your research today on all the new products being introduced. Nutrition products are not judged by the FDA. You need to look into their background of the company and the science the company uses.

Don’t buy nutrient supplement based on cost. There are way too many ways to get a product to market cheaply. What happens is quality suffers greatly. Aren’t you worth quality?