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Scientific Supplement Reviews
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A Scientist at the University of Cambridge reviewing the scientific evidence behind nutritional supplements.

www.youtube.com/@ScientificSupplementReviews
https://www.tiktok.com/@scientific_suppl_reviews
Battle of the weight loss jabs! 🧪

Wegovy (Novo Nordisk) and Zepbound (Eli Lilly) dominate the market, but which loses you more weight?

A large clinical trial reported results in a direct comparison and we have a winner!

Watch my brief summary of the trial here: youtu.be/g6p_yIOHWPw
Wegovy (semaglutide) vs Zepbound (tirzepatide). Which results in more weight loss??
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
CREATINE supplements for increased fitness? 🧪

A recent randomised controlled trial finds that creatine has NO effect on strength building when taken alongside resistance training.

Watch a very brief summary of the study here: youtu.be/3q-y92ZdKbU
New CREATINE study: NO effect!!!
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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May 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
NAD+ and aging! 🧪

Popular (and expensive!) 'longevity' supplement NAD+ has previously been shown to play a role in aging in mice.

A brand new paper finds that reduced NAD levels in mice does NOT lead to accelerated aging.

watch my 2 min video review of the paper here: youtu.be/LUXPYTWUEJI
New NAD/NMN study shows NO effect on aging!
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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May 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Vitamin C vs Cancer:

A recent Cell paper finds evidence that Vitamin C helps the immune system recognize cancer cells. 🧪

I have put together a very brief video summary of their findings here: youtu.be/rwIRD0qp0gA
Vitamin C to Fight Cancer???!!!
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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March 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Vitamin C helps the immune system fight cancer cells!

Paper in Cell out recently.

Short review video to follow shortly
🧪

www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Lysine vitcylation is a vitamin C-derived protein modification that enhances STAT1-mediated immune response
Vitamin C directly modifies lysine residues through vitcylation, regulating STAT1 signaling and enhancing anti-tumor immune responses by preventing STAT1 dephosphorylation.
www.cell.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Are these LED facemasks that claim to rejuvenate your skin pseudoscience or legit?? 🧪

I have been wondering this for some time, so I reviewed the clinical evidence and summarised my findings here:
youtu.be/ESFm3HctCa4
LED masks for younger looking skin. Do they work??
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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February 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
LED masks for skin rejuvenation. Do they work?

I am about to drop another scientific review video looking at the evidence behind LED phototherapy.

More on this soon..... #ledmasks #phototherapy
February 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Believe it or not, I have never tried ChatGPT until today. This is the conversation I just had with him (her?).

I guess we don't have to be worried about machines taking over the world anytime soon...... 🧪
January 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Should you drink more MILK to protect against colorectal cancer? I published a review of a very recent, comprehensive study on my YouTube channel! 🧪

youtu.be/IiowfoPOYmg
Dairy milk protects against bowel cancer?!?
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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January 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Drinking cow's milk helps protect against colorectal cancer?? My YouTube review of this paper drops imminently. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Diet-wide analyses for risk of colorectal cancer: prospective study of 12,251 incident cases among 542,778 women in the UK - Nature Communications
Colorectal cancer has been linked to multiple environmental factors, however, the role of diet remains incompletely understood. Here, the authors complete a diet-wide association study and identify a ...
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If anyone is still looking for a reason to leave X....🧪
Academic trolled for PhD 'unfazed by the vitriol' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Academic trolled for Cambridge Uni PhD 'unfazed by the vitriol'
Dr Ally Louk receives threats on X after posting about her PhD, but says most comments are
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Some help? 🧪

I am a scientist becoming increasingly pissed by people spending billions on nutritional supplements that have NO evidence of actually working.

I make short videos investigating the science behind supplements. Could I get some HONEST feedback for my work??

youtube.com/@scientifics...
Scientific Supplement Reviews
I am molecular biologist at the University of Cambridge, UK. Do you want to know if the nutritional supplement you are taking actually works? On this channel I review the scientific evidence behind nu...
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November 28, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Hello (fitness) world! Testing if I can post to this feed.

#gymsky
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
hello (science) world. just testing whether I can now post to this feed 🧪
November 28, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Ecdysteroids!!! Legal and safe 'roids' that work?

Hey fitness community! I am a scientist from Cambridge and I looked at the clinical trials testing ecdysteroids to see if they actually work and summarised the result in short video.

Let me know what you think!
#fitnesssky
youtu.be/AY-BcRXHTho
Legal roids?? Science behind Turkesterone/Ecdysteroids revealed!!
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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November 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
New supplement review video on VITAMIN C is now live!

What is the medical evidence that Vitamin C supplementation helps find winter bugs and the common cold?? Watch to find out!
🤧🥶

youtu.be/NF8dUoGl6dU

#supplements #commoncold
Vitamin C against the common cold; does it really work?
YouTube video by Scientific Supplement Reviews
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November 27, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Hello @bsky.app users! I have just joined the app and am excited to be here.

I am a scientist at the University of Cambridge and I review the scientific evidence (or lack thereof) behind nutritional supplements.

Watch the reviews at www.youtube.com/@ScientificSupplementReviews
Scientific Supplement Reviews
I am molecular biologist at the University of Cambridge, UK. Do you want to know if the nutritional supplement you are taking actually works? On this channel I review the scientific evidence behind nu...
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 PM