Freedom of Information Act documents show drug companies hid critical findings from doctors and the public.

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Exercise as good as antidepressants? See my last video, Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/exercise-vs-drugs-for-depression).

There are other ways meta-analyses can be misleading. See The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-saturated-fat-studies-buttering-up-the-public/) and The Saturated Fat Studies: Set Up to Fail (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-saturated-fat-studies-set-up-to-fail/).

More on the ethical challenges facing doctors and whether or not to prescribe sugar pills in The Lie That Heals: Should Doctors Give Placebos? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-lie-that-heals-should-doctors-give-placebos/)

I’ve used the Freedom of Information Act myself to get access to behind the scenes industry shenanigans. See for example what I found out about the egg industry in Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy or Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-says-eggs-arent-healthy-or-safe/) and Eggs and Cholesterol: Patently False and Misleading Claims (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-cholesterol-patently-false-and-misleading-claims/).

This isn’t the only case of the medical profession overselling the benefits of drugs. See The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Actual-Benefit-of-Diet-vs-Drugs) and Why Prevention is Worth a Ton of Cure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Prevention-is-Worth-a-Ton-of-Cure) (though if you’re worried about your mood they might make you even more depressed!)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-antidepressant-drugs-really-work and he'll try to answer it!

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