Médico insinua que Vitaminas são uma boa maneira de fazermos xixi caro

Sem papas na língua (mas também não sei se completamente com razão) médico com responsabilidades na Austrália insinua que, num país com acesso a uma alimentação equilibrada (frutas e legumes) as vitaminas e os minerais (em suplementos) são dispensáveis e só nos fazem "mijar caro":
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/multivitamins-expensive-urine-waste-of-money-vitamins-australian-medical-association-chief-michael-a7578961.html

Números da indústria (citando):

"Nearly half of adults in the UK take multivitamins, with 46 per cent saying they use them daily or occasionally, according to Mintel.

In Australia, the vitamin pill market has doubled over the last decade and seven out of every ten people take some form of supplement, reported ABC.

Industry bodies have said the tablets are useful because many people have poor diets (...)"

Citando:

"“Many of these products have 50 or more ingredients,” he said. “It really is crazy stuff."

"If that’s what you want to do, and you want to give some profits to the companies that produce those products, well good on you. That’s not what I want to do.”"

Circuncisão estudada na Austrália

Continuando a ser um procedimento não realizado nos hospitais públicos:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/circumcision-policy-wont-change-racp/news-story/6aeeb4bb84f71a16d8931cce6aa8e926

Lucros da indústria do álcool (RU e Austrália)

Um estudo revela o que informalmente se suspeitava (números de RU e Austrália) - a falácia do "Beba Responsavelmente":
https://www.rt.com/news/329932-alcohol-profits-problem-drinkers/


Só no Reino Unido são 54 mil milhões de dólares (2013). Citando:


"Alcohol industry giants like Diageo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and MillerCoors claim they promote responsible drinking, but a new study from the UK reveals the "dirty little secret" that most of their profits come from "harmful" and "hazardous" customers.

Of the estimated £37.8 billion ($54bn) profit reaped by English alcohol sales in 2013, £23.7 billion came from what health professionals call "harmful" and "hazardous" drinkers who risk their health and cause lethal damage, according to the Guardian.


“Hazardous” drinkers consume more than 14 'units' per week, equal to about seven pints, whereas "harmful", or "risky", drinkers consume more than 50 units per week for men, or 35 for women.
This can lead to liver problems, cancer, and anti-social problems like domestic abuse, drunk driving, and other forms of violence.
Looking at data from the Health Survey for England, researchers from Southampton University were able to calculate how this translates in financial terms, concluding that £14.4 billion ($20bn) worth of sales came from "hazardous" drinkers and £9.3 billion ($13bn) from "harmful" drinkers.
Official figures from England's Health & Social Care Information Centre show the fatal repercussions of consumption are 6,592 alcohol-related deaths in 2013, a ten percent increase in just ten years.
This echoes a new report from Australia this week which was also shows the alcohol industry’s heavy reliance on risky drinkers.
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