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Virginia Heffernan
Feb 04, 2022
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The world of sports is filled with pointless supplements and miracle cures but what happens when the disinformation—about everything from nutrition to Covid—influences the rest of us? In this week’s This is Critical, Dr. Nicholas Tiller tells us why we’re so attracted to bad science, and how to avoid it.

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