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Ingesting gold might be a flight of fancy for those who can afford the precious metal, but most allopathic doctors find no sheen in the idea.
“There has been research by non-allopathic practitioners to find whether eating gold in any form is good for the body, but no study has proven conclusive,” says Dr V Janakiraman, who serves at a government hospital.
As far as the debate about whether gold is edible or not is concerned, it is a grey area for dieticians. Chief dietician of the Apollo Hospitals Group Dr Bhuvaneshwari Shankar, admitted that she had only heard stories about people consuming gold, but had never seen such an occurrence in reality.
While theories of increasing longevity of life, good looks and complexion as well as better heart function have been touted to be the effects of eating ‘golden’ food, one of the important applications was said to be increased sexual potency. “It is absolutely not true,” says Dr Narayana Reddy, expert sexologist and chief of the DEGA institute.
“There is no research to support it and I have never seen anyone performing better sexually just because they have eaten a little gold,” he adds.
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