Supplements have NO health benefits and are simply a money-making scheme, top scientist claims
A top scientist has claimed trendy supplements have no health benefits and are simply a money-making scheme. Professor Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiology expert, said we should buy 'real food' instead and eat a predominantly plant-based diet with minimal, if any, ultra processed food. The author of Food For Life: The New Science Of Eating Well said supplements make 'total mugs' of those who buy them. Health expert Professor Tim Spector said people should spend money on 'real food' instead of supplements 'They're all made in massive factories in China and you have no control what it is – and 99 per cent of them have been shown not to work at all. The scientist said the supplements available are made in 'massive factories in China' as he claimed '99 per cent of them have been shown not to work at all' The scientist, who has been calling for 'personalised nutrition' and co-founded Zoe, a personalised nutrition programme, follows a plant-based diet, eats lots of fermented foods, practises intermittent fasting and has been 'weaned off milk chocolate'.
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