Funniest snake oil theories

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It's been posited that the hard water Okinawans drink is loaded with calcium and magnesium, amongst other trace minerals, infused from all the coral in the atolls.
Unlike the traditional Japanese diet, they eat mainly green and yellow vegetables, with small portions of rice, and tiny amounts of fish, while pork is highly prized.
I'm not aware of any studies comparing the effects of such a diet vs a high intake of coral calcium, but the benefits of coral calcium are said to include accelerated bone growth in broken limbs, reversal of a sudden aging (presumably accelerated), better sleep, etc.
Oh, and the average current lifespan there is 110 years.
Could be the water, and the diet.
 
It's exactly that, which Okinawa is notorious for in the healthcare environment, the tremendous drop in life expectancy over half a century.
Also shows that drinking Okinawa water doesn't make the slightest difference.

Better stay in CAN, drink beer and live a year longer.

In the new millennium, the motto is : live poorish and die old, or live rich and die young.
Pick your poison.
 
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