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Major independent consumer and watchdog organizations cited in available reporting that have examined Dr. Steven Gundry’s claims or products include Media Bias/Fact Check, Science-Based Medicine, Cons...
Claims that a Dr. Oz‑promoted tinnitus “cure” called Keryleaf is legitimate are not supported by the sources provided; multiple investigations of similar tinnitus products show the frequent use of fab...
Donald Trump publicly said he received the steroid dexamethasone, the antiviral remdesivir and the experimental antibody cocktail REGN‑COV2 (casirivimab‑imdevimab) during his October 2020 COVID‑19 ill...
Dr. Steven Gundry is a former cardiothoracic surgeon who now markets a lectin-avoidance diet and supplements; critics say his dietary claims lack robust scientific backing and that his commercial acti...
Available reporting shows Dr. Steven Gundry is a polarizing figure: he has not been widely reported as losing his medical license or as the subject of a specific public disciplinary order in the docum...
There is widespread repetition of a claim that Louis Pasteur recanted germ theory on his deathbed, saying variations of “Bernard was right — the microbe is nothing, the terrain is everything.” Multipl...
David E. Martin is presented in sources as a businessman, patent analyst and founder/CEO of M·CAM with experience advising governments and financial institutions . Other sources describe him as a fina...
Available reporting shows Dr. Steven R. Gundry has been the subject of regulatory scrutiny over a 2021 conference abstract (American Heart Association expression of concern) and has faced at least one...
Recent reporting shows conflicting signals: large retrospective cohort studies from South Korea and Italy report short-term associations between COVID-19 vaccination and higher diagnosis rates for sev...
Large, reputable post‑marketing and cohort studies have not established a causal link between COVID‑19 vaccination and a population‑level increase in cancer; recent claims that vaccines "cause" cancer...
Dr. Mark Hyman recommends a variety of laboratory approaches to assess “toxin burden,” including urine challenge (chelation) tests for heavy metals, targeted blood tests (e.g., whole‑blood mercury), a...
There is no single, universally accepted conclusion that the SARS‑CoV‑2 pandemic definitively began with a laboratory leak; major health bodies and scientific reviews continue to treat both zoonotic s...
Dr. Steven Gundry’s lectin theory — that dietary lectins are a primary cause of inflammation, autoimmunity and chronic disease and therefore should be largely eliminated — is not supported by robust, ...
Dr. Steven Gundry’s dietary approach centers on the assertion that lectins — a class of proteins in many plants — drive inflammation, weight gain and chronic disease, and therefore should be avoided o...
Dr. Steven Gundry’s central prescription is to avoid foods high in lectins—particularly legumes, many whole grains, nightshade vegetables, and A1 dairy—because he says lectins cause inflammation, inte...
Dr. Steven Gundry’s lectin‑free recommendations rest mainly on case reports and his own clinic’s program; Gundry’s abstract claiming remission of autoimmune disease after a lectin‑limited diet is self...
Conspiracy theories are broadly defined as beliefs that two or more actors secretly coordinated to produce a public outcome, and they cluster around predictable themes such as politics, health, scienc...
Public reporting finds no active government probe or lawsuit specifically naming Ben Carson for endorsing nootropics or supplements, but it documents repeated ties between Carson and supplement compan...
Multiple recent investigations and news analyses find no credible evidence that COVID-19 vaccines increase overall cancer risk; some large analyses conclude cancer rates fell or normalized after vacci...
Clinical evidence directly supporting Dr. Steven Gundry’s sweeping claims that dietary lectins cause widespread “leaky gut,” autoimmune disease, weight gain, or cardiovascular disease is thin: Gundry’...