syzamix t1_j2f3d01 wrote
Reply to comment by fastolfe00 in ELI5. Why is honey and lemon a popular cure for cold like symptoms. What makes lemon more effective than say an orange or lime? by alexkid_in_realworld
Man... I don't get why people hate google. Google is just the search engine and it matters what results you read.
If I went into Google scholar links or if I read publications from nature, science, harvard, Stanford, etc. it's not the same as saying random blog.
In your Google search, the first few are random blogs and magazines but then there are more reputed sources like PBS that talk about how John Hopkins is actually using vinegar for certain specific things in relation to cancer. So what did you prove?
Maybe you are bad at learning from Google searches. Doesn't mean everyone is. I myself have a good science education, a bachelor and masters from the best engineering university in my country and hold 2 patents. Why be so condescending? I think I am able to read summaries from scientific articles or even regular articles from reputed sources and understand them.
Plus the original comment took such a strong stance that lemon and honey have no effect on cough. This is so easy to invalidate with even one instance. No scientist would take such an extreme stance. It takes a lot of research and studies to be able to conclusively say something like this.
Are you a doctor who has extensively studied this topic? If no. How are you so confident that lemon/honey cannot help with cold/cough? This wouldn't be the first time that medicine have been reverse engineered from common traditional practices.
fastolfe00 t1_j2f4e10 wrote
Hey I'm not really interested in debating this any further. If you want to find evidence supporting your belief, you're going to find it. This doesn't mean it's real. The fact that you took my "vinegar cures cancer" search (which is just a fake claim I made up) and now believe there's merit to it because you found a search result that glances at the idea sideways is an example of the problem.
Talk to your doctor if you want medical advice, not social media.
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fastolfe00 t1_j2fw0op wrote
>initial strong claim that it doesn't do anything
I did not make this claim. I said there was no significant evidence that it does anything.
>I can actually find reputed sources (top tier universities) saying that it does.
I strongly recommend you have this conversation with your doctor.
>Unlike you, I do have a good science education and I like to learn.
Awful bold of you to assume you know anything whatsoever about my background, education, or professional experience.
>You are either just dumb
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