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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by Barrin92 on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:53PM (#16963200)
>while science isn't saying you should use magnesium for sleep per se, it isn't necessarily a crazy idea

taking nutritional supplements without any evidence that they accomplish anything useful and without a physician's advice is generally a bad idea (the default mode is not 'take until suggested otherwise' but 'only take if necessary'), and trying to make money off it by marketing them on youtube is even more miserable.

I'm very much in favour of youtube taking a proactive stance here. As a related note on nootropics, most of the products advertised under that label don't actually do anything at all. There's two very well known nootropics, caffeine and nicotine. So the next time someone tries to sell you weird nutrition supplements, just get a good old cup of coffee.

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by jimrandomh on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:11PM (#16963322)
Check the Wikipedia page on magnesium deficiency, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_deficiency_(medicine... . It has solid citations and says:

"Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include ... insomnia" and "57% of the US population does not meet the US RDA for dietary intake of magnesium."

I don't know what was in the video beyond its title, but the title is solidly inside the bounds of established science.

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by vkou on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:26PM (#16963399)
The difference between established science, and medical advice is that the latter needs to look at the body as a holistic system.

Magnesium deficiency may be a documented problem, with documented symptoms. Taking magnesium to correct it may have unfortunate side effects, due to other drugs that you're taking, or other conditions that you may have.

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by Barrin92 on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:15PM (#16963674)
And beta-blockers lower blood pressure, that doesn't mean you should take them because someone on youtube tells you to. You should take drugs or supplements when a physician tells you that something is wrong that needs fixing.
Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by walshemj on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:58PM (#16963237)
Exactly last Autumn I was in a renal clinic recovering from surgery.

One of the patents on my ward was an OAP who had been taking a lot of Zinc which reacted with the meds he was on and it Totally shut down his Kidneys FFS.

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by thenergo on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:43PM (#16963499)
therefore consuming a lot zinc totally shuts down your kidneys...

or maybe you have a sample size of one?

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by walshemj on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:49PM (#16963531)
It was recklessly consuming vast amounts of "supplements" that did it.

You want to try risking total renal failure go ahead - or are you a pusher with no concern for your punters health.

Btw they put you on the transplant list way before you get to this point which this person did to himself.

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by jeremyt on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:22PM (#16963700)
Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by nyrulez on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:39AM (#16967953)
So any advice or opinion on YouTube that isn't backed by a scientific study should be simply removed?
Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by scott_s on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:45AM (#16968030)
No, but medical advice falls into a special category of the law.
Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by stevecronin on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:42PM (#16963789)
It was really just my intent to share my experience, and I wasn't selling the magnesium.