{"id":3457,"date":"2019-05-18T03:39:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T03:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sexinreview.com\/main\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2019-06-05T03:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T03:44:51","slug":"mired-in-goop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sexinreview.com\/main\/mired-in-goop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mired in Goop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve written a lot of articles on\nwhat is good in the world of adult products. Now we will take a look\nat what is not so good. Bad even. You might even call some of them\nscary. Our very first post was about general product categories that\nwe would not review because they were either dangerous or did not\nwork as advertised. You can read about them in Products\nWe Won’t Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The queen of pseudoscience crap in the\nsex product market is Gwyneth Paltro and her company Goop. We first\nwrote about her in Terrifying\nNew Sex Products<\/a>. That was awhile ago, but she continues to put\nout products of dubious safety and efficacy and at prices that seem\nto be that high just to make sure you are a complete sucker. We’ll\njust do a quick roundup of some of her worst offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madame Ovary is described as a\n\u201ccombination of products featuring herbs, adaptogens,\nphytonutrients, and vitamins is tailored for women approaching, in\nthe throes of, or just past menopause.\u201d It costs $90. Per month.\nYou can get a subscription for $75 a month. I have known a number of\nwomen who have struggled with menopause and desperately wanted an\nanswer. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this one I turn to my favorite\nob\/gyn Dr. Jen Gunter<\/a>. She\nexplains on her blog that the 8,000 IU of Vitamin A is medically\nunwarranted and potentially unsafe, and might even be a cancer risk.\nThen there is the Green Tea Extract, which can put your liver at\nrisk. There is also a lot of Vitamin B12. Why? Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Cohosh is said to be helpful with\nmenopause, but a review of 16 studies found insufficient evidence to\nsupport those claims. I found this quote from the study interesting:\n\u201cSuch trials need to give greater consideration to the use of other\nimportant outcomes (such as quality of life, bone health, night\nsweats and cost-effectiveness), stringent study design and the\nquality reporting of study methods.\u201d So maybe, but also maybe not,\nas most of the studies were poorly done. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read the more detailed science\non Jen’s blog, but the bottom line is that there is no medical\nevidence that this stuff will help with menopause. It will help with\nGoop’s bottom line though. The main problem is that it is sold as a\nsupplement, and thanks to Senator Orrin Hatch, whose son owned a\nsupplement company, supplements are dangerously unregulated. They can\nmake whatever ridiculous claim they want as long as they put in tiny\nlettering somewhere \u201cThese claims have not been evaluated by the\nFDA.\u201d In other words, the claims of many supplements have no\nevidence that they do what they claim, including Madame Ovary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have 3 Goop approved lubes. One is\nfrom Sliquid Organics and we generally like their products. The\nother I never heard of, and both are Aloe Based. What concerned me is\ntheir Province Apothecary Sex Oil. It is coconut oil based. While any\noil based lubes are fine for masturbation, we do not recommend them\nfor vaginal penetration. Oil based lubes destroy sex toys and\ncondoms. Coconut oil specifically has never been tested for safety as\na personal lubricant. There are claims that it could disrupt the\nvagina’s natural pH balance and cause a yeast infection, Also, some\npeople are really allergic to it. Did I also mention it stains your\nsheets? It would not be our first choice for a lubricant. Plus, it is\n$28 for 4 ounces. That is around three times what most lubes cost. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also sell sex toys. They have\nSmile Makers vibes, a U.K. brand I am unfamiliar with. They were\ncreated by two male Swedish entrepreneurs with no prior background is\nsex toys. With their line of toys, including The Millionaire (others\nare named after other \u201cfemale\u201d fantasies), you get four hours\nfrom a single AAA battery. We have not tested these, but $55 is\npricey for a removable battery vibe, and with those specs, there is\nsimply not enough battery power to give it the oomph that many people\nare looking for. For comparison, a Pocket Rocket, a popular clitoral\nvibe, uses a AA battery. I just do not see how this could not seem\nunder powered. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think that you or your favorite\nvagina needs more, they do have a gold plated vibrator that requires\nyou to be an actual millionaire- it costs $3,490.00. It is made by\nLelo and is called the Olga, and I am assuming it is engraved on the\nside with \u201cI am an idiot and have too much money.\u201d I am not a fan\nof Lelo products and we do not review them for a variety of reasons\nthat would take too long to go into here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the products they sell are from\nreliable companies that do make good products, but they are also\navailable elsewhere. You might want to make your purchases at that\nelsewhere place, where they won’t have a long history of dangerously\nbad sex advice and products, like Goop’s infamous Jade Eggs for\nvaginas for which the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office\nforced them to pay $145,000 in restitution. That was just for the\nmore than 50 problematic health claims on Goop\u2019s site, and did not\neven address the issue that putting something porous like jade in\nyour vagina could lead to toxic shock syndrome or bacterial\nvaginosis. Before buying anything from Goop, I strongly suggest you\nread Dr. Gunter’s study\non all 161 Goop products for pseudoscience<\/a>, as well as her\nfollow-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gwynneth Paltrow is a fine actress, but\nshe does not understand science and has no background in it.\nOtherwise, she would not be promoting crackpottery like coffee enemas\nand vaginal steaming. Actual scientists and doctors have been\ndecrying her pseudoscience claims for years. My personal opinion is\nthat she is not a con artist but rather such a narcissist that she\nbelieves that she knows better than actual doctors and scientists,\nwhich would make her even more dangerous. Plus, not knowing actual\nscience is making her even more wealthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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