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No , we have proof that small insignificant doses do not work. Nobody ever said otherwise.


What do you deem "insignificant"? The required daily dose is about 90 mg. There are experiments which include several grams [1, 2, 3], which is a large enough dose that those writing the papers call it a "megadose". If you consider a megadose to be 1,000g and 10,000g, then I think that's just moving the goal posts. Is there a dosage level at which you would say, "Yes, with no clear signal at that level, it's probable it makes no difference"?

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11700812?dopt=Abstract

[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23440782

[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8191227, shows some positive evidence, which may be noise, and concludes "needs more research" - despite there already being a lot, with no clear positive signal.




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