placebo
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Over a 12-week period, participants consumed either a placebo, kimchi powder made from naturally fermented kimchi, or kimchi powder produced using a starter culture fermentation method.
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When they looked at the entire group of participants, they did not see meaningful differences in hypertension risk or blood pressure between those who took a daily multivitamin and those who received a placebo.
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Of the 58 people who joined the study, 37 started NR right away, and 21 began with the placebo.
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A third group got a placebo nose spray with a PAT.
The FDA is well within its rights to scrutinize data that rely on external controls rather than a traditional placebo group—those comparisons carry a higher risk of bias.
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