Does Prevagen Really Work?
Why did the makers of Prevagen settle a class action lawsuit in 2020 with the FTC over deceptive business practices and false advertising?
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Thank you so much for keeping us enlightened to the underworkings of big pharmacies and the realities of research studies! 🙏
I wish he would do a video on vaccines.
Always informative.
No. No, it doesn’t. It’s garbage.
Prevagen ads used to irritate me more than anything else. Then came Balance of Nature.
Agreed! What a load of garbage. Eat your fruits and veg instead of a pill.
Thank you!!
There is a lot of money to be made scamming old people.
I read it as prevegan at first. Lol.
So rare to have a nutrition expert on youtube. It’s a needle in a haystack. Thank you, Dr. over the counter drugs are still not tested by the USDA.
At first I read the title as pre-vegan, lol. I was like, how can you be pre-vegan, lol.
Never heard of it but I hope the makers of it are behind bars some day.
“A 2019 survey by Pew found that more than half believed that the Food and Drug Administration requires supplements be tested for safety, BUT THAT ISNT TRUE.” Are vaccines considered supplements? safe and effective.
Eat whole foods and take B12. Everything else is unnecessary.
But the commercial features an actor dressed as a pharmacist recommending it, so it must work! HA!