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December 28th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Tamara Cohen
Last updated at 2:47 PM on 28th December 2011
Their day jobs involve looking glamorous and posing for the cameras – and perhaps they should stick to them.
When celebrities turn their attention to solving our health problems, a report suggests, their contribution is, at best, questionable.
Tamara Ecclestone, Suzi Quatro, Gwyneth Paltrow and even the Duchess of Cambridge and her little sister Pippa are among those named and shamed for peddling what the report calls ‘silly science’.
Named and shamed: Pippa Middleton’s claim that cold water made her hair glossy was slammed by scientists
The organisation Sense about Science highlighted Miss Quatro’s claim that her sore throats were cured by a ‘colon cleansing’ powder.
The American singer-songwriter said: ‘I used to get a lot of sore throats and then one of my sisters told me that all illnesses start in the colon. I started taking a daily colon cleaner powder mixed with fresh juice every morning and it made an enormous difference.’
But Dr Melita Gordon, a consultant gastroenterologist, said: ‘Sore throats do not come from your colon; they are caused by viruses that come in through your nose and mouth. The colon…certainly is not the cause of all illnesses.’
Pippa Middleton was abruptly corrected after crediting her glossy hair to rinsing it in cold water.
Miss Middleton, 28, claimed: ‘It closes the pores and gives it a lift and shine… it really works.’
Sense about Science pointed out that hair does not have pores, and its smoothness is unaffected by water, hot or cold.
Her sister Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, featured in the report for saying that spending more time with horses had made her less allergic to them.
Dr Pamela Ewen, of the allergy department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, conceded that, in cases of mild allergy, Kate might be right.
But she added: ‘If the allergy is more severe, re-exposure usually makes it worse.’
Heiress Miss Ecclestone came under fire for saying acupuncture stopped her getting ill.
She said: ‘I have acupuncture to boost my immune system every month or so.’
Professor Peter Lachmann, an immunologist at Cambridge University, said: ‘There are ways to enhance different types of immune response – though acupuncture is not one of them.’
Gwyneth Paltrow, who has previously made comments about shampoo causing cancer and is a fan of a bizarre Chinese medicine treatment called ‘cupping’, was also on the hitlist for claiming that a ‘detox diet’ helped her liver and gave her ‘mental clarity’.
Simon Cowell also featured for saying that he found vitamin injections ‘calming’.
And Snooki Polizzi, star of U.S. reality TV show Jersey Shore, claimed whale sperm was what made the sea salty. Tracey Brown, of Sense about Science, said: ‘It’s tempting to dismiss celebrity comments on science and health, but their views travel far and wide and, once uttered, a celebrity cancer prevention idea or environmental claim is hard to reverse.’
The charity did congratulate one celebrity for making a helpful contribution.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was praised for her comments in the Daily Mail about the link between a poor diet and osteoporosis. The duchess said: ‘What particularly concerns me is the rise of osteoporosis in young people and its link with eating disorders.’
Sian Porter, of the British Dietetic Association, said: ‘It is very important to strengthen bones in the first 30 years of life to “stockpile” calcium and other minerals. Her Royal Highness is clearly well informed.
‘Unfortunately this is not the case with many celebrities who give advice.’
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This family should never have been accepted by the Royal Family they are just social climbers. It makes me sick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dumb celebs looking to show their followers that they have a brain or two.
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Pippa can never be wrong.
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reminds me of that scrumptious quality street i had last night….
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Roger , Carmarthen, West Wales., 28/12/2011 10:43 “And to those that red-arrowed me at 08:55, I can only say that Sense about Science also rubbishes Chinese medicine, acupuncture and aromatherapy!! Those treatments have been around for thousands of years, and are still ‘denied’ by the BMA. Think about that!!! As I said earlier…..a lot of alternate medicines, not silly sciences, do work!!”
Your missing the point. If they were that efficient, they would have a bigger foothold in today’s society. Fact of the matter is, there isn’t any “proper” scientific evidence (and when i say proper, i mean studies carried out by impartial people, who have had their studies properly peer reviewed by others in the field) that proves that there treatments have a sound scientific basis. Notice how i said “scientific basis” rather than “work”, because if they do indeed work, it is down to placebo and psychological/conditioned effects as opposed to the direct result of the treatment.
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Well, rinsing with cold water certainly does something to my hair. It is fuller and shinier than when rinsed with warm. Perhaps it is time we admitted that scientists don’t know everything and when Pippa said it closes the pores the meant the pores on our head not in our hair, dug!!!
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Oh are the scientists who know it all (chortle, chortle) out again. Hey diddle dee dee!
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I also wash my hair with cold water, like Indian women ; it´s smooth and shiny afterwards.
So, don´t listen to payed-from-the-cosmetic-industry-scientists, who only want your money.
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The cosmetics industry misrepresent the effects of their products all the time. They either show a different profile of the person or comb their hair differently or alter the lighting. It makes me sick. Anybody who is duped by the supposed before and after photograph deserve to be ripped off. At least the celebrities who hand out their advise arent trying to make money out of it even if the advise doesnt work. There are far more important stories to investigate than this. There again newpapers and magazines get a lot of advertising revenue from the cosmetics industry so its no suprise you dont critisise them for ripping everyone off. Your all in it together.
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Oucho oucho! Pippa is the business–hot hot HOT! Its sad really because poor old Kate just doen’s hold a light and she is trying awfully hard to walk in her late Mum-in-law’s footsteps. Interesting that my post on the article naming the top female celebs has the most red arrows. Must have been due to my endorsement of Pippa at number 2 but shock that the other sister made number 1.
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