Glen Mendez

JD Edwards CNC Consultant. DJ. Amateur Photographer. Music lover.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

I'll say this again.

India is a deeply superstitious and overly religious country. This is a place which chokes thinkers, rationalists and progressives. High agency people will struggle to survive the drivel here. Everything from policies, politics to healthcare is based on superstition and irrationalism. The current governance has worsened this.

From applying turmeric on wounds, giving honey to infants to boost immunity, feeding gold to children to increase memory, avoiding curd/yogurt to prevent cough and cold instead of vaccinations, choosing Ayurveda for non-communicable diseases, homeopathy for cancer, and avoiding meat in liver disease, even the doctors community is neck deep in practicing dogmatism and cultural medicine rather than science-based care.

There is no point in trying to get the older generation to change here. They are lost. Teach your children, the younger generation critical thinking skills and keep them far far away from the religious and cultural dogmas that will cloud their independence in thought.

If you cannot do that, send them to places that will nurture their rationalism and growth. This place is hopeless.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

This is long, but worth your time. Please read and share widely.

I just came to know about this.

A well meaning Endocrinologist and Diabetes specialist @PremNarayanan9 has been sued and dragged to Court by an Ayurvedic company (IndusViva) that makes a quack product called iCoffee for control of diabetes and weight reduction.

The defamation suit is for $60,000 (50,00,000 INR).

The good doctor had made a one-minute reel on the product, discussing the factual lack of efficacy and safety studies of iCoffee, in good quality human trials.

He was sent a legal notice to take down the video, which he did. The video (with English subs) is linked in the next post (tweet).

But thereafter, a defamation suit was filed at the Bangalore Civil Court against him, by the company, demanding payment for "monetary loss."

In the defamation suit (which I have read through), the manufacturer (IndusViva) mentions that they are a multi-level marketing company and their product is "well tested."

The first part of the statement is true, but the second part, not so.
iCoffee contains:
Salcital (extract from Salacia reticulata herb)
Premium Coorg Coffee (in decaffeinated form)
Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens) extract
and an iCoffee Creamer which has 22% Salcitol

The price for 50 sachets is 3000INR ($36)
This is very expensive for an untested product advertised through extraordinary claims and sold through a pyramid scheme.

Extract of Salacia is not standardized in the product. The extract dose is not mentioned. Salacia extract is supposedly beneficial at minimum 1000mg where it acts on glucose absorption in intestines, which still remains to be proven in large quality Phase II and Phase III trials. How much of Salacia does this product contain? No idea.

The effectiveness of Salacia in diabetes is questionable since the quality of evidence is very poor and only based on small human studies.
https://t.co/FwJxmQbZh0

There is literally ZERO studies peer-reviewed and published on iCoffee in medical literature. ZERO.
https://t.co/QbBWT3fOIs

The only study that the manufacturer IndusViva cites showcasing "effectivness" of its quack coffee product, in the defamation suit, is actually a substandard study published in a garbage, third-rate, predatory journal called Indian Journal of Medical and Allied Research, the website of which clearly says they will accept papers "within 24 hours." Clownery from IndusViva company at its peak. And I could not even find that study.
https://t.co/68dfIKhGIx

iCoffee also contains Mucuna puriens or Velvet Bean extract which is a high source of L-Dopamine which carries the risk of the side-effects of L-DOPA, which include several gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms. Like other herbs, it always carries a risk of negative interactions with various medications - meaning it can interact with your real diabetes medications.
https://t.co/hgsXX4KXoS

iCoffee is a quack product and its marketing is based on flimsy evidence. There is no data of iCoffee improving diabetes or reducing weight. There is no data on its safety and side-effects in the short and long term. Please be aware of such products.

I love coffee. Standard black coffee.
But this iCoffee, I would not touch with a 10 ft pole.

And please support doctors like @PremNarayanan9 who bring evidence-based medicine to the people at great personal cost. I hope he wins in Court.

[Glen Mendez @glen7x]

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[India in the Netherlands @IndinNederlands]

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Yay #Max

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@ThottanPJ @18002096006 Was not expecting this from Mahindra.hope it's looked into

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@nikhilchinapa And I thought my internet connx went down

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[Dr Parul M Sharma @DrParulSharma1]

Getting “emotional “ on national TV is not the solution to this pandemic.
Yoga & Ayush is good for well being but not a solution to this pandemic. Grandfatherly pep talk is not a solution to this pandemic.
SCIENCE, PRE PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION & EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS !

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

#CrocodileTears was the top trend on Twitter on Friday evening, hours after PM Modi had virtually addressed doctors in Varanasi. In 2006, two US-based scientists had established through direct experimental observations that crocodiles shed tears while eating.

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What is this @rssharma3 ?

#Cowin #Dataleaks ?

https://t.co/nnKHqMYu9Y

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Why is the government not spending the 35000 cr allocated in the budget and instead passing the burden of vaccine costs to states? Once Parliament has approved it, why does the govt sit on the money? There’s a record GST collection & windfall gains from fuel taxes. Buy vaccines!!

[Glen Mendez @glen7x]

@Lenovo we have a colleague using a Lenovo laptop purchased in the Netherlands using it in India. It is not working anymore. India support claims that international warrenty is not available. Can you please help? Alleast a tel number we can reach from the Netherlands?

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Remdesivir is back in stock in Delhi.
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[Glen Mendez @glen7x]

@Houty11 @OracleJDEdwards Just love the possibilites of AIS. Thanks guys!

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

When your first year of life is 2020, everything is a sanitization station

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

All of us are able to give without expecting anything in return, to do good to others without demanding that they treat us well in return. As Jesus told his disciples: “Without cost you have received, without cost you are to give” (Mt 10:8). #FratelliTutti