Forgive yet another supplement rant, but these stores are filled with (often) evidence-free & poorly regulated products.

ANY reason to walk into one of these 'expensive pee' establishments? (To go pee?)

Supplement Stores Trying to Tap Into Ozempic Boom nytimes.com/2024/04/29/bus……

🚩Pushing supplements = big red flag for bunk!🚩

Dietary supplements marketed with military discounts: most mislabeled & contaminated.

See study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

'Some were misbranded, others would be considered adulterated with ingredients not allowed in dietary…

Study after study after study: #VaccinesWork !

'...vaccination remains a critical tool to protect patients from COVID-19 mortality.'

COVID-19 Hospitalization by Patterns of Insurance Coverage, Race and Ethnicity, and Vaccination jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

by Phil Verhoef et…

Is our rage filled universe bad for our heart?

Anger Hurts Your Heart: Negative Emotions Impact Blood Flow neurosciencenews.com/anger-cardiova… via Neuroscience News

From study: '...a brief provocation of anger adversely affected endothelial cell health...'

Ugh. A vicious cycle a negativity & rage.

Why are politicians so negative? (Hint: It’s a media problem) niemanlab.org/2024/04/why-ar… by Mark Coddington Seth C. Lewis via Nieman Lab

Zeljko Poljak: 'Negative politicians in parliament have a higher probability of getting into…

Why is exercise good for you?nature.com/articles/d4158… by Gemma Conroy

'...engaging in regular physical activity can fortify the immune system and stave off chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.'

#Move !

Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds theconversation.com/teens-see-soci…

'...largely unaware or unconcerned that that data captured across apps contributes to this self-image.'

'....teens are wrong to believe that they can scroll past the…

Ya know your credibility is shaky when even the Daily Mail Online is calling you out as a supplement salesman.

Andrew Huberman accused of pushing pricey, 'unscientific' supplements mol.im/a/13298383 cc Jennifer Gunter

🚩Pushing supplements = BIG red flag for bunk.🚩

From butt cream to sports bras, #CBD was unavoidable. But was it a fad? theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… by Alaina Demopoulos

The 'cold, hard fact: trends come and go, and CBD had its moment.'

Yep. Another (largely) evidence-free fad. So many products. So little good science.

Healthy lifestyle may offset genetics by 60% and add five years to life, study says theguardian.com/science/2024/a… by Andrew Gregory

“This new research shows that, despite genetic factors, living a healthy lifestyle, including eating a balanced nutritious diet and keeping active,…

'This work suggests that cycle commuting is causally related to reduced mental ill-health and provides further evidence in support of the promotion of active travel...'

Does cycle commuting reduce the risk of mental ill-health? academic.oup.com/ije/article/53…

#Move .

mallory (she/her)💬 Mallory, she's NOT anti-glasses. They are a 'cute accessory'!

My cute accessory allows me to read, drive, and, well, see...

🚩 Increasingly, use of word 'holistic' = major red flag for bunk! 🚩

Health misinformation – demostrably false BS – is believed by a shocking percentage.

- 34% believe the 'dead suddenly' lie
- 24% believe the vaccines cause autism lie
- 31% believe the ivermectin lie
- 20% believe COVID vaccine killed more than COVID‼️

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

As the media’s resources dwindle, it’ll only get harder to tell fact from fake politico.eu/article/deepfa…

'...another 'meta-trend' is the growing divide between media organizations that make genuine attempts to implement robust editorial processes and those that don’t.'

by…

Double.
Meet Down.
🤝🏻

We tax polluters. Why not tax spreaders of misinformation? thehill.com/opinion/campai…

Needed: '...adjusting the economic incentives for spreading mistrust and misinformation. Those who sow mistrust rarely pay the costs, but we can change that.'

Love this idea!❤️

How do you counter #misinformation ? Critical thinking is step one npr.org/sections/money…

'...over 1,400 security experts consider misinformation and disinformation (misinformation created with the intention to mislead) the biggest global risk in the next two years.'

by…

Students who take notes the traditional way, with pen, pencil or even a stylus on a tablet, learn better. scientificamerican.com/article/why-wr… via Scientific American

'By drawing and otherwise enacting information, 'you have to produce something that’s meaningful.'' 

Love this! ✏️✒️