Quackery & Algae Baste on 16 Sep 2007 01:08 am
What Lebenszeit can do to your Lifetime
When searching for some new interesting articles I came across a recent publication by Oben et al. which has been released online on September 05, 2007 in Lipids in Health and Disease (Biomed Central).
The article describes effects of ProAlgaZyme (PAZ), a novel algae infusion, on various CVD biomarkers in patients with metabolic syndrome. The product, though actually not that novel (PAZ has previously been marketed as Lebenszeit(TM), meaning “Lifetime” in German, in the 1980’s by Ponce de Leon Medical Development Corp. in the U.S., in reference to the legendary fountain of youth), recently received a lot of attention due to its supposedly tremendous effects in boosting and stabilizing the immune system, even in HIV patients.
Being traditionally sceptical, I searched for additional information on this product and below is what I found:
* Natural AIDS Cure Self Help Video
* HEPI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Stops Trial of ProAlgaZyme(R) Due to Concerns Raised by Inconsistent Results
* Algae: False Claims and Hype
I am very curious whether the editors of the Lipids in Health and Disease are going to publish a comment on the above mentioned original research article by Oben et al.
What do you think???