Medical and health research use a lot of statistics and percentages; and before the continued use of a practice or product or product is recommended, the involved health bodies must have studied the problem and known the adverse reactions involved and the statistics of occurrence. So if they say use product a, the safety margin is high or if they discourage a practice or product, the consequence is relatively high. That does not always mean that everyone who fails to heed to the recommendation will be affected, it means that there is a good chance they will be affected.
Now if a manufacturer said his product isn't for a certain age group, it doesn't mean anyone within the said age group that uses it will have an adverse effect, it simply means that the chances are high and that you do so at your own risk.
Effects of a product could range from nothing at all to acute or chronic effects. the product may not have an effect on someone, it may also have an effect but not clearly visible at the time and may elicit a chain of reactions with long term effects, it could also have an immediate effect.While most cases like these are arguably a direct or indirect effect of the failure of our health system and regulatory agencies, we as sensible humans need to learn to obey instructions especially when it comes from the sources who know better. Like the manufacturer of a product who knows what his product contains, or health agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO) who give recommendations based on evidence-based research, or your licensed health practitioner who possibly knows better. .
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