False social media posts with more than one million views claim a well-known Filipino doctor has endorsed brands of food supplements for stomach diseases and diabetes. In reality, the posts show doctored videos taken from the YouTube channel of physician Willie Ong who made no such endorsements for the products. Health experts told AFP the food supplements -- which have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Philippines -- have not been proven to cure or treat stomach diseases and diabetes.
-- also viewed hundreds of thousands of times -- purport to show Ong promoting a milk product called"Gluzabet", purportedly an effective"home-based cure" for diabetes.
Ong is shown in the videos explaining the early signs of diabetes, while an advert for"Gluzabet" can be seen at the bottom of the screen.Comments on the posts suggest users believed the claims and expressed their interest to purchase the products."Doc. Willie, is it okay to drink Gluzabet as a meal replacement?" another inquired.The Philippine FDA has also said the products have not been tested for safety and should not be consumed.
"Milk cannot cure any disease," she said."We give milk to diabetes patients as a meal replacement to control their calorie intake."Responding to claims that food supplements can cure stomach diseases, Dr Virgil Lo, a gastroenterologist from the Chinese General Hospital, told AFP the posts are"scamming people".
"These products are not scientifically proven safe and effective for curing stomach problems," he said. "Food supplements that claim they are an all-natural cure or treatment for illnesses are scamming and misleading people."
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