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by alfra 3304 days ago
When you look at how the actual vitamins are marketed in many countries, you discover it's not so rare people claim it is actually a painkiller: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21665064-despite-scan...
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Well, if you compare with what used to pass for health scams, it's quite a good deal :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radithor_bottle_(25799475...

These were outlawed when, after being marketed as improving male libido, someone drank 1400 of these and died. But he did not die before getting a horribly disfigured jaw that actually fell out before the eyes of the doctor. He was buried in a lead lined coffin, after an agonizing death.

I must say I am a bit worried about "poly-unsaturated fats", which I must say I'd be amazed if they weren't bad for you (they result in a great many secondary chemicals, and if just one of those is dangerous, ...), but I doubt they'll make anyone's jaw fall off before slowly and painfully killing them.