Shaun Andersen.
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“Ginkgo biloba sharpens your memory.”

🔴 Myth

Across 36 trials, ginkgo showed no consistent, meaningful benefit for memory or thinking — the results were inconsistent and unreliable. A supplement-aisle staple the evidence just doesn't back.

📋 Cochrane meta-analysis · 36 trials — Birks & Grimley Evans, 2009 · read the study →

Backed by a systematic review or meta-analysis — the top of the evidence pyramid. Not medical advice, just what the best evidence says.

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