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No clinical evidence supports the use of baking soda as a cancer treatment
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Cancer can be treated with baking soda
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Source: Living Traditionally, Anya Vien, 2019-03-22 -
IncorrectFace masks don’t cause hypercapnia or blood acidity; no evidence indicates that these conditions increase cancer risk
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Face masks cause hypercapnia and blood acidity, which might increase cancer risk
Source: America's Frontline Doctors, Christina Parks, 2022-09-06 -
IncorrectCancer is caused by mutations, not the body’s acidity; eating alkaline foods can’t alter the body’s pH to prevent or treat cancer
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Cancer occurs when “your body is full of acidity”; alkalizing your body prevents cancer
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-07-23 -
IncorrectExcess mucus is a common symptom rather than cause of disease; soursop is not a cancer treatment
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“Mucus is the cause of all diseases”; “Soursop [is] 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy for cancer”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2021-08-18 -
IncorrectThere is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
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AIDS was cured in more than a dozen patients
Source: Facebook, Alfredo Bowman, 2019-04-01 -
IncorrectEating alkaline food cannot prevent or cure COVID-19
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The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-04-15 -
IncorrectInfectious diseases are caused by pathogens, not an unbalanced, acidic cellular environment
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it is not the pathogens themselves which initiate disease, they only show up because of an acidic, compromised, cell terrain
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-03-25