A good friend of mine is a cancer researcher who works in research as well as with clinicians at a famous institute. He told me about a case where one patient wasn’t responding to a novel and highly specific immunotherapy in a situation where they expected it to work well. They analyzed her cells and saw little activity fighting the cancer. It turns out she on her own was taking very high doses of Curcumin due to the generic advice that it’s good for you. It actually suppressed her immune system. Once she stopped she responded well to the treatment.
The lesson: taking supplements that you believe will have a meaningful impact on your body can do powerful things you don’t anticipate or appreciate the consequences thereof.
I think the bigger lesson is you let your physicians know what you're taking. Anytime I'm asked what I'm taking I include all the supplements I use and personally think you should be working with a doctor who is recommending the supplements.
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Your product is clearly marketed & positioned as a health/medical product. With clear medical benefits for the use of your product. Even mentioning cancer and such.
As well as having clear recommendations in your blog what clients can do to bring their inflammation down.
It's then also your responsibility if these recommendations are effective and not harmful.
I understand it might be needed for legal, but then it also would be better to reframe your proposition.
To be honest, depends on what type of physician you are referring to. But when it comes to generalists, like many countries have as a first point of contact. Many of them try to keep up to date, but there is just too many diseases and research. At least where I'm from they mostly just dish out the general advice that's been created by a national organisation (and often they give the outdated version for a few years). With common ails they have more practical experience and are more useful. But regarding inflammation and it's longterm effects, I think this field is too new and specific. As been my personal experience many times, for instance with skin issues.
A good friend of mine is a cancer researcher who works in research as well as with clinicians at a famous institute. He told me about a case where one patient wasn’t responding to a novel and highly specific immunotherapy in a situation where they expected it to work well. They analyzed her cells and saw little activity fighting the cancer. It turns out she on her own was taking very high doses of Curcumin due to the generic advice that it’s good for you. It actually suppressed her immune system. Once she stopped she responded well to the treatment.
The lesson: taking supplements that you believe will have a meaningful impact on your body can do powerful things you don’t anticipate or appreciate the consequences thereof.