When it comes to health claims, the line between fact and fiction can appear blurry. We're here to help. A lot of the information in the media or on the Internet isn't "out-there alternative stuff," says Timothy Caulfield, '87 BSc(Spec), '90 LLB. "A lot of it appears to be rooted in science. It's challenging because it seems so legitimate." Caulfield is a champion of science. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and is a popular author and speaker on pseudoscience and health fads. He hosts the Netflix documentary series A User's Guide to Cheating Death. We created a quiz based on his tips to avoid being duped by pseudoscience
*This quiz is not compatible with Internet Explorer
We at New Trail welcome your comments. Robust debate and criticism are encouraged, provided it is respectful. We reserve the right to reject comments, images or links that attack ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender or sexual orientation; that include offensive language, threats, spam; are fraudulent or defamatory; infringe on copyright or trademarks; and that just generally aren’t very nice. Discussion is monitored and violation of these guidelines will result in comments being disabled.