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Health  Preventive Health Care Week: Busting health product
myths  An ounce of prevention ... often adds up to a pound of
malarkey. Whether it's a tablet to take with alcohol to prevent
a beer belly, or a chocolaty, sweetened breakfast cereal that's
fortified to "support" your child's immune system, experts say
most preventive health products are of little, if any, value.
"If there were 'prevention' products they'd be bottled and sold
by drug companies," said Canadian obesity expert and family
medicine physician Yoni Freedhoff. "The only one I know is diet
and exercise."  There's no shortage of products where you should
think twice before laying out money, but here are 10:  BIO-
IDENTICAL HORMONES The claim: A natural way to boost energy,
mood and libido and prevent menopause symptoms. Buyer beware:
Doctors currently advise against any kind of long-term hormone
therapy for menopause. Although marketers allege that plant-
derived bio-identical horm