Novak’s interview with GQ sparked an uproar, but the authoritative English newspaper heard from some experts who debunked the Serb’s serious accusations.
Dai poisons he talked about in the interview with GQ to those who rained down on him after the accusations, actually quite serious, made almost three years late regarding the food he was given during the period of detention in a hotelahead of the 2022 Australian Open. Novak Djokovic causes discussion for his statementswhich clash – and it is not the first time – against the pillars of the scientific community. The Guardian, in particular, debunked the “poisoning theory” supported by Nole.
Djokovic’s accusations against Australia and the judgment of the experts
The editorial staff of the authoritative English newspaper has contacted three experts, from whom he asked for an opinion on the accusations made by Djokovic. The Serbian champion, for those who don’t know, had spoken of “poisoning” regarding the period spent in an immigration detention center where he was locked up waiting for a visa to enter Australia in 2022. Since he would then have been denied it, because he was not vaccinated against Covid. During that time, Nole said, his food would be weighed down with significant amounts of lead and mercury.
First expert: “Djokovic poisoning unlikely”
The first luminary contacted by the Guardian was Damian Maganja, food policy researcher at the George Institute for Global Health. “Djokovic’s accusation is wild”, the expert’s opinion: “Poisoning is theoretically possible, but very unlikely. given the relatively short time spent in the detention center. These meals were probably prepared in large quantities and there have been no other reports of this.”
Even the biochemistry of nutrition debunks Nole’s theses
Even the doctor Barbara Cardoso, nutritional biochemist at Monash Universitydismantled Djokovic’s thesis. “Australians have relatively low exposure to lead and mercury.” Lead, specifically, would be eliminated from paint, gasoline and plumbing systems. “Mercury can be present in foods – added the doctor – but those with the highest concentration of mercury are fish and shellfish and in any case It takes time for mercury to build up in the body and cause poisoning.”
Public health teacher: “Where are Djokovic’s tests?”
Among other things, how could Djokovic accumulate mercury from fish and shellfish if he is notoriously vegan and does not eat meat of any kind, from land or marine animals? Even the doctor Catharine Fleming, who teaches public health at Western Sydney University, she said she was very skeptical about the accusations launched by Nole: “It is difficult to demonstrate a causal link between the heavy metal poisoning described by Djokovic and the food consumed without any supporting clinical test results“.
Source: sport.virgilio.it
