When it comes to popular treatments there are reasons why other people use those treatments. Generally, other people using a treatment is some evidence that it works. If the other people however use the treatment because it produces big effects in short time frames that have nothing to do with health benefits that means them using the treatment is less evidence that it works.
I do think that in the world we are living there’s a sizeable number of approaches in the New Age / alternative medicine category that share “surprising short term effect” + “doesn’t uphold promises about long term effects” and that it’s useful to warn people about them when you tell them they should be more willing to accept evidence that certain alternative medicine interventions can have positive effects.
When it comes to popular treatments there are reasons why other people use those treatments. Generally, other people using a treatment is some evidence that it works. If the other people however use the treatment because it produces big effects in short time frames that have nothing to do with health benefits that means them using the treatment is less evidence that it works.
I do think that in the world we are living there’s a sizeable number of approaches in the New Age / alternative medicine category that share “surprising short term effect” + “doesn’t uphold promises about long term effects” and that it’s useful to warn people about them when you tell them they should be more willing to accept evidence that certain alternative medicine interventions can have positive effects.