{"id":342764,"date":"2015-01-14T16:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/health-frustrating-discoveries-342764.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T04:28:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:28:23","slug":"health-frustrating-discoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/health-frustrating-discoveries-342764.html","title":{"rendered":"Know your health: The most frustrating discoveries in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Have you\u00a0paid much attention to\u00a0the <strong>health<\/strong> section of the media recently? Nowadays scientists are keen on discovering the next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/cracking-fingers-give-osteoarthritis-63456.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breakthrough<\/a>\u00a0with fad diets promising instant weight loss or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/au-fond-du-tube-pilule-se-passer-sport-59465.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">controversial pills<\/a>\u00a0that come with a multitude of supposed benefits. We thought we have seen it all, but here are\u00a0<strong>2014's most frustrating health discoveries yet<\/strong>.<\/p>  <h2> <span>DON'T BE GULLIBLE!<\/span> <\/h2> <p>Unfortunately, researchers, governments, pharmaceutical companies, food manufacturers, or citizens alike seem to take pleasure in sugarcoating\u00a0misleading ideas\u00a0and leaving out side effects. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/petit-dejeuner-en-fait-peut-le-zapper-38589.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">replacing your breakfast <\/a>with butter-infused coffee for heightened IQ and weight loss, to the imminent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/the-5-virtues-of-chocolate-23392.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shortage of chocolate<\/a>, we think it's safer to do our own research before\u00a0believing anything and everything you see.<\/p>  <p><em>Maureen Diament and Natasha Gan<\/em><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some things are just better left in the past, such as these annoying health discoveries that made headlines last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":64844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Some things are just better left unspoken, such as these annoying health discoveries that made headlines last year. 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