Los Linky Links: Quackery Edition (Gallstones, Mineral Makeup and…Matt Cutts?)
It’s time for another glorious edition of Los Linky Links. This week, let’s take a look at the latest golden offerings from the world of quack.
Google: Will the Evil Deeds Never End?
Poor Alex Chiu is simply trying to share his immortality cuffs with the world, and the evil Big Pharma-Google overlords don’t want you to know about this revolutionary invention! Matt Cutts claims to be catching misused keywords. Sure. Alex is obviously being censored because M-dawg does not want you to live forever. Please pray for Alex.
Make Your Own Gallstones!
Do-it-yourself “gallstone flushes” are a fun new health trend (the party don’t stop in Los Angeles). You basically drink a bucket of olive oil and go to bed. In the morning, you poop gallstones. The only problem with this is that it’s complete poopmuffin. Nothing more than quack at its finest! What comes out is not gallstones, but waxy balls of saponified olive oil. Exactly what you’d expect from drinking a bottle of Colavita.
Here are faux gallstones from a “flush”. Yum.
Here are real gallstones. Ouch.
And here are green peas.
Mineral Makeup Is a Marketing Gimmick
Come on, ladies (and Ryan Seacrest). I know you’re smarter than this. All cosmetics are “minerals”, and none of them are particularly healthy for you. Those with titanium dioxide can help reduce redness, but that’s about it. WebMD has the debunkery. Guess someone better tell the Mineral Makeup Blog. Oh, wait, I just did! Oops, did it again! Yay, href!
Minerals are fun!
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