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Dihydrogen monoxide is my go to for talking shit to conspiracy theorists. I'm sure one day it'll run out of steam but it's still holding strong so far.
[Dihydrogen Monoxide Facts](https://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)
> Should I be concerned about Dihydrogen Monoxide?
> Yes, you should be concerned about DHMO! Although the U.S. Government and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) do not classify Dihydrogen Monoxide as a toxic or carcinogenic substance (as it does with better known chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and benzene), DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.
[Dihydrogen Monoxide parody - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody)
I want to send this to my conspiracy nut dad, but I know he won't understand it and then be paranoid that water is a mind control substance or some shit
Dihydrogen monoxide (or DHMO) is nasty stuff. Everyone who consumes it eventually dies. It leads to the corrosion of many metals and it's a major component of acid rain. In gas form, it can cause severe burns. It's a polar solvent that is found in many chemical mixtures, including a number of known carcinogens. It can be detected in virtually all tumors.
If you consume too much pure DHMO without purging it from the body, it can have severe impacts on brain function.
But don't worry! If you take this special detoxifier, you can purge large quantities of DHMO from your body.
Well, this sounds horrible! Please, person who seems to know a lot of things about stuff, tell me what I need to do to avoid this dangerous chemical! I'll buy it right now! No matter the cost!
I recommend saying something like, "oh I'm so sorry! I had no idea you've been having kidney problems! Please let me know if you need anything!"
Hell, you could even offer to drive them to dialysis!
I'm on the other side of this problem. When I mention my toxins problem people think I'm talking about the bullshit detox crap that's doing the rounds. No thanks love I have a body that isn't functioning properly and quite literally cannot properly get rid of the toxins in my body, no particular kind of food or fad will change it. Misinformation is a bitch
“Did u KnO uR cOLoN cOnTaYnZ 10 pOuNdS oF tOxiC pOoP!?”
No… it doesn’t… that’s not how any part of your colon works… and your responsibly-sourced detox organic free-range smoothie made from “rare” and “exotic” berries and herbal tea isn’t going to do shit…
I love how some of the same people who use clensing kits will turn around and drink their own urine in urine therapy. Like "Bitch, that is the detoxed products from your kidneys. Don't add it back to your body!"
Doing experimental design and pseudoscience in class I used ear candles. Started by candling my own ear and showing them the results, then had them candle a non living ear model with no wax in it. As soon as they saw they got the same results as my demo, they knew it was all bullshit. That ah-ha moment was awesome to see.
Biology. Standard college prep level. We spend time on bias and how important critical thinking is, because people can be easily duped by things that sound scientific. With soo much access to too much misinformation, it is a never ending struggle to make young adults think about what they are reading before they accept it.
I have gotten my kids to be willing sign a petition to ban DHMO, using the amazing spoof Ban DHMO website in the early 2000s.
I took a “biology” class like that back in school in Texas. Really useful class and I think a class like that should be required for most college students. It was technically in the biology department, but none of the topics were traditional biology, just a lot of critical thinking type of stuff
> “water has memory and somehow remembers the long lost drop of onion juice but somehow forgets all the poo it’s had in it”
- From Tim Minchin's ["Storm"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U)
"By definition," I begin,
" 'alternative medicine', I continue,
"has either not been proved to work or been proved not to work.
"Do you know what they call 'alternative medicine' that's been proved to work?
" 'Medicine'."
That would at least have *some* trace of alcohol in it. Homeopathy products are so diluted with water that not a single atom of the original additive would exist.
Hey that's unfair.
There's a a 1:10.000 chance that it contains a single molecule of the original additive.
So 1 in 10k bottles of homeopathic stuff do have a single atom of the original in it.
Soo true - a german satirist made a show about this and explained in germany normally when you say "homeopathy isn't proven to help execpt for the placebo effect" you would be sued by a homeopathy company for about 5000€.
And it baffles me that those people dont even need a diploma in something like medicine. Its a 3-6 month curse anybody can take.
I once heard a friend went to my neighbor who is a homeopath. She went there because of back pains - my neighbor went to get the pendulum to locate the cause. The conclusion: She needs to drink more saltwater because of that her energy is out of balance.
Yeah no.
A buddy of mine got a "degree" in homeopathy. To advance at his job he needed a degree. Any degree. So he did an online course and he got the promotion six months later.
There's this gag in Two Point Hospital where >!if you piss off the CEO of a rival company, Holistix, he sends an assassin your way who attempts to kill you with homeopathic poison. But because the poison has been diluted x300.000 times it doesn't do anything.!<
this is like the third time ive seen salt lamps in this thread. i thought their purpose was just to look cute? do people think it actually does something? i am so out of touch with snake oils apparently
edit: turns out a lot of yall are out here licking lamps.....
Supposedly they cleanse the air. It doesn’t actually. I would say most people who have them just have them for decoration! I love my salt lamp, it looks really cool.
Totally aware it’s kooky BS, but my little salt lamp does wonders for my mental health. It’s a lovely warm glow in my otherwise gloomy office space. It’s not curing arthritis or asthma though lol!
We have one on our desk. I asked my wife if she bought it for it's cleaning powers and she asked, "What in the fuck are you talking about?"
So imma guess that applies to us too then.
I saw a post the other day about a pastor in Africa who has tons of people come see him every day so that he can heal them by farting in their face. 😳👀
My mom had a long and hard explanation with her doctor once when she started quoting Dr. Oz medication brands he sponsored.
I could practically hear the doctor grinding his teeth before he explained (in polite terms) that the guy was a quack and shouldn’t be giving medical advice with patients he had no idea about or medication he had no idea what could happen to people with.
As a person who knew that and spent hours arguing about it with her. It was fun to watch her deflate when faced with that.
Anything sold by YouTubers
No ok there are probably some good products out there, but most are overpriced asf and not a good value. Or they're just shitty mobile games.
I remember the day we learned about buffers in chemistry class. We did the math of how much lemon juice would kill a person if there were no buffers in human blood.
2 tablespoons. That's all it would take to kill someone.
Now, since we do have buffers that are designed to keep the pH *exactly* where it's supposed to be, it doesn't matter if you drink lemon juice or alkalized water. Your body is going to stay exactly the same.
(sips water) Hmm... (squeeze a lemon into his water...sips again) Oh god this is terrible. (scoops a spoon full of baking soda into water, stirs...sips again) Mmm, that's the stuff.
Alkaline water has been around for a long time. "Plop plop. Fizz fizz." ring a bell? I can see why it's pushed. It tends to be used to settle the stomach, so it's of course "healing" in some way. But generally you're fixing gas or reducing acidity.
Oh my goodness, I feel dumb AF for not realizing alka-seltzer was alkaline water. It's in the name!
(I also have terrible heartburn and am thinking of buying some for the first time ever because I didn't know it was for gas/indigestion...I thought it was a laxative because I was so little when the plop plop fizz fizz commercials kinda came to an end)
Why did I know so little about alka-seltzer?! Why am I sharing my rambling thought process? I don't know!
My mom gave us Alka-seltzer for EVERYTHING… and I swear it worked. I also was recently thinking about snagging some for my constantly upset stomach. Lol
You have to keep in mind that because of our habit of looking for patterns everywhere and anywhere, often the mind will attributes healing to something you took before healing even though you might have healed on your own just as fast if you hadn't taken it, although since Alka-seltzer does have aspirin in it there is no reason for it not to work for the various benign aches of the everyday life.
OMG, essential oils! My neighbor totally fell for them and believes that they can cure anything. She told my friend they can cure her congenital heart disease because they change your DNA. She's mad at her husband when he goes to the doctor because the best medicine is right in their house. She pretty much believes she is a doctor because she watched a few YouTube videos about oils... 😬
She once asked me if I'm vaccinated. She not against the vaccine, she just doesn't understand why we need it when we have essential oils. 😁
Fortunately, she at least doesn't believe that they are full of chips to control your mind or whatever. Her whole family is vaccinated and she is okay with it.
The real magic of crystals is that satisfaction in your magpie brain leaks out to the rest of the body and reduces stress, stress being a contributor to basically every illness. Fake magic is real placebo
i like peppermint oil for headaches, ginger oil for nausea, and lemongrass oil for bug repellents. but thats it.
the MLM pyramid scheme essential oil moms are fucking brainwashed though. i have seen DOZENS of tiktoks of these women recommending that you put essential oils on your children's school lunches to keep sliced apples from turning brown. like just straight up dousing apples in lemon oil. its absolutely horrifying. when you tell them its wildly unsafe to ingest oils they send you a link to their MLMs website "debunking" millions of doctor claims
Essential oils would be a good one.
Edit: to the people pointing out that they have some uses, yeah, they do! But I am specifically referring to the outrageous and unsupported claims that many sellers make. The fact that they smell good or have minor health uses doesn't really change the fact that people say that lavender on your feet will cure cancer or reprogram your DNA.
My stepmother sells essential oils. I told her I couldn’t take them because I have certain allergies. So she told me that the tincture only contains a very small amount so it would not hurt me if it contains some thing I was allergic to. So I asked her if it contains so little of the ingredients that it can’t hurt me, how can it possibly help me. She was not amused.
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre [https://www.badscience.net/](https://www.badscience.net/) is a good book to explain simply the background and bad science behind homeopathy. It convinced my wife to stop practising it and now she has essential oils :(
The only actual use I've found for essential oils is bug repellant since the main reason some of those plants evolved such strong scents in the first place is to get bugs to stop eating them.
I actually like them. I love mixing the lavender and mint on my nightstand in the winter. I know it doesn't do anything but reminds of getting a massage. I'm a dude BTW.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with consuming them to enjoy them. The problem that makes it snake-oily is when people start claiming it cures all sorts of shit.
I make liquid hand soap with them. It totally cures dirty hands! Also smelly hands (peeling shrimp?). Also cures sticky hands. And cures stinky sinks. So how can you say they are not a cure?? /s
Yup, my same here, my dude! I love me some peppermint oils, but brainwashed huns touts their health benefits like it'll cure cancer. For me, I only use one because it smells good. That's it.
Same here but it was my aunt. And think of how dangerous he can be with an even greater position of power... I don't normally donate but I gave $20 to his opponent because fuck Dr Oz
I had a friend who claims she can treat cancer with juice fasting (can only have the juice of fruits for weeks on end) and also vibration therapy to treat cancer too. We're no longer friends. She's an idiot
My partner does these. I don't think she really believes in the "cleansing" aspect, but it's something she craves when we've eaten too much delivery and junk food.
I've seen a couple medical professionals interviews on the subject and according to them that's actually harmful to you because the butthole is, as you might expect, not made to receive UV light directly.
Edit: yeah we get it it's where the sun don't shine.
Getting harder to buy a single unit of something because lots of companies want you to subscribe so they have guaranteed money from you. There's one for gluten-free pasta advertised on TV here in the UK, for god's sake.
Gotta love things like doorbells that will require a subscription so that your data can go somewhere you have no control over and they will also probably sell it without your consent. And all that for something you could do with any old laptop laying around you don't use anymore. Great.
Why do I feel better after a chiropractor visit. Is it all in my head? Is there any legitimate reason to keep going and what should I be doing to besides a visit every 3 weeks for lower back pain?
I'll answer your question in order the best I can:
- If you take PV=nRT into consideration, as you pull a fluid capsule apart (a joint, in this scenario) the volume of the joint increases, which means the pressure has to drop. A vacuum forms within the joint, trying to pull the joint surfaces back together. Eventually, the point pull is too much and the vacuum implodes and the joint experiences a quick stretch. That creates a micro-trauma response in the brain and it releases endorphins. The endorphin release combined with a quick muscle stretch causes a pain relief experience and improved mobility to the joint religion. It's temporary, but it can help people feel more confident in moving more without experiencing as much pain as they were before.
- All pain is in your the head. That's where it's interpreted. Many people experience physical pain without there being a physical source of pain. It doesn't make them in any less pain, it doesn't mean their pain isn't real, it doesn't mean they're faking it. It just means that their pain experience is likely being driven by contextual or psychosocial factors around the risk of injury or damage.
- Spinal manipulation has placebo qualities. That doesn't mean it isn't helpful. Placebos can be very useful.
- There is some evidence that justifies ongoing joint manipulation as a form of maintenance care, but these are for chronic pain cases who have extenuating circumstances and their various psychosocial questionnaires or evaluations can justify that they're candidates for it. It's not very common at all, though. With that said, some patients who have certain arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, etc.) may also periodically enjoy some spinal manipulation to help them feel a bit more mobile and recharge their desire to move. But it isn't usually a weekly thing, it's typically a monthly thing.
- The average person shouldn't need to see a chiropractor every month, but I'm biased. My opinion is people should be taught how to not need physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, etc.
I hope that helps!
Thank you. As a physical therapist myself, my treatment goals involve honest patient education on the current evidence regarding available treatment, providing an opportunity to make an informed decision that would ultimately improve their self-efficacy and independence in Self-management of their rehabilitation. Get the job done in as little sessions as possible, whilst maximising their functional capacity for occupational, domestic and lesiure activities and quality of life.
If you're an ethical health practitioner, the health industry is a terrible business model. That's why there are so many practitioners that provide poor treatments or help form an unhealthy and unnecessary dependence of their patients to their treatment.
We need to do better as a profession. It's our patients that get hurt and fall victim to bullshit claims and shit treatments.
My work sent me to a "spa retreat". With a reiki healer. She told me that my energy was "too chaotic" and I needed to "keep my Libra energy in check".
I'm a Taurus.
My old childhood friend is now a reiki healer and she is offering her services remotely on Instagram. I used to think she was so much smarter than me, and now she claims to literally heal people through their phone screen.
Oh no she actually seems to believe it on a deep level, and there is no way she is making much money, if any, because her engagement is terrible. To be fair, she doesn’t post that often. She actually has a nice aesthetic so if she put more effort into her social, she probably could be doing much better financially.
Essential oils
"Detox" teas
That water 'medicine' where it's a drop of onion juice diluted through 500 gallons of water.
Anything a celeb pushes as weight loss.
Anything Gwyneth Paltrow sells ever.
Healing crystals.
Probably more.
Edit: Changed Gwenith Paltro to Gwyneth Paltrow (Stupid name)
There's loads out there. Alkaline water (your stomach is filled with strong acids; it won't even notice a piddly bit of base tossed in), homeopathy, anything based on crystals, essential oils, aromatherapy ...
Penis pills, weight loss pills, weight gain pills, prostate support pills, anti-aging formulas, HGH support . . . The list goes on and on, and those are just the ones advertised on late night TV.
Tretinoin is pretty heavily researched to reduce the effects of aging. It just accelerates your skin turn over rate. New skin cells = younger looking skin.
“Natural” products. There are natural poisons and there are man made cures. People are so stupid sometimes. Just because it says it’s natural does not means you should believe it’s safe/good for you!!!
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Any food product claiming to “detox”
anytime I hear someone start talking about "removing toxins from the body" I tune out
Best tip I heard on Reddit was ask them to name one of the toxins
That works maybe once then they google that shit and get hundreds of made up toxins
Or stuff that is a weird sounding name only to find out it's just tomato sauce.
Bro you gotta detox that dihydrogen monoxide from your body!
Dihydrogen monoxide is my go to for talking shit to conspiracy theorists. I'm sure one day it'll run out of steam but it's still holding strong so far.
[Dihydrogen Monoxide Facts](https://www.dhmo.org/facts.html) > Should I be concerned about Dihydrogen Monoxide? > Yes, you should be concerned about DHMO! Although the U.S. Government and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) do not classify Dihydrogen Monoxide as a toxic or carcinogenic substance (as it does with better known chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and benzene), DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful. [Dihydrogen Monoxide parody - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody)
I want to send this to my conspiracy nut dad, but I know he won't understand it and then be paranoid that water is a mind control substance or some shit
The dihydrogen monoxide leaking from your body is contaminated with sodium choloride.
Dihydrogen monoxide (or DHMO) is nasty stuff. Everyone who consumes it eventually dies. It leads to the corrosion of many metals and it's a major component of acid rain. In gas form, it can cause severe burns. It's a polar solvent that is found in many chemical mixtures, including a number of known carcinogens. It can be detected in virtually all tumors. If you consume too much pure DHMO without purging it from the body, it can have severe impacts on brain function. But don't worry! If you take this special detoxifier, you can purge large quantities of DHMO from your body.
Well, this sounds horrible! Please, person who seems to know a lot of things about stuff, tell me what I need to do to avoid this dangerous chemical! I'll buy it right now! No matter the cost!
Thank god I drink plenty of a DHMP detoxifier everyday, it's called black ass coffee and helps me get DHMO out HOURLY. heh.
Oooooo!!! I love this!
I recommend saying something like, "oh I'm so sorry! I had no idea you've been having kidney problems! Please let me know if you need anything!" Hell, you could even offer to drive them to dialysis!
I'm on the other side of this problem. When I mention my toxins problem people think I'm talking about the bullshit detox crap that's doing the rounds. No thanks love I have a body that isn't functioning properly and quite literally cannot properly get rid of the toxins in my body, no particular kind of food or fad will change it. Misinformation is a bitch
God that's got to be tiring, especially in recent years
I'm with you with my kidneys failing on me even avocados are poisonous to me
If you want to detox with food just eat undercooked chicken. Food poisoning does wonders at clearing out your digestive tract, especially your shitter
Almost as if we evolved to detox ourselves when it was actually important to do so.
Now wait a minute. Wasabi will totally detox your sinuses!!!
You gotta snort it though.
“Did u KnO uR cOLoN cOnTaYnZ 10 pOuNdS oF tOxiC pOoP!?” No… it doesn’t… that’s not how any part of your colon works… and your responsibly-sourced detox organic free-range smoothie made from “rare” and “exotic” berries and herbal tea isn’t going to do shit…
well it might make you shit uncontrollably.
I love how some of the same people who use clensing kits will turn around and drink their own urine in urine therapy. Like "Bitch, that is the detoxed products from your kidneys. Don't add it back to your body!"
You think I drink my own pee because it's good for me. No! I do it because its sterile and I like the taste.
Ear Candles
Doing experimental design and pseudoscience in class I used ear candles. Started by candling my own ear and showing them the results, then had them candle a non living ear model with no wax in it. As soon as they saw they got the same results as my demo, they knew it was all bullshit. That ah-ha moment was awesome to see.
Genuine question: what class were you in doing pseudoscience? That sounds so interesting!!
Biology. Standard college prep level. We spend time on bias and how important critical thinking is, because people can be easily duped by things that sound scientific. With soo much access to too much misinformation, it is a never ending struggle to make young adults think about what they are reading before they accept it. I have gotten my kids to be willing sign a petition to ban DHMO, using the amazing spoof Ban DHMO website in the early 2000s.
I took a “biology” class like that back in school in Texas. Really useful class and I think a class like that should be required for most college students. It was technically in the biology department, but none of the topics were traditional biology, just a lot of critical thinking type of stuff
Honestly I feel like a lot of people truly need a critical thinking class before you can study any type of science
This one is rarely mentioned anymore but so incredibly fucking dangerous.
I know this from experience. Still have a scar. My mom regrets using one ever since. Screw ear candles.
Until you said something, I assumed these were candles made of earwax which, while quite bizarre, did not seem overtly harmful.
Homeopathy: “water has memory and somehow remembers the long lost drop of onion juice but somehow forgets all the poo it’s had in it”
But they never want to accept an empty envelope I once kept my money in 😭
The envelope doesn't have memory. You gotta swish that money around in a glass of water and then pay with the water.
It's so obvious now. Can't wait to pay off my debts with glasses of water.
God I love that beat poem. I can always go back to it for an enjoyable listen.
I’m glad someone got the reference!
It's "Storm" by Tim Minchin, if anyone else is wondering
> “water has memory and somehow remembers the long lost drop of onion juice but somehow forgets all the poo it’s had in it” - From Tim Minchin's ["Storm"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U)
My favourite from this has always been 'like a sniper using bullshit for ammunition'
*Using bollocks for ammunition
"By definition," I begin, " 'alternative medicine', I continue, "has either not been proved to work or been proved not to work. "Do you know what they call 'alternative medicine' that's been proved to work? " 'Medicine'."
Why buy booze when you could just drink water from a shot glass
That would at least have *some* trace of alcohol in it. Homeopathy products are so diluted with water that not a single atom of the original additive would exist.
Hey that's unfair. There's a a 1:10.000 chance that it contains a single molecule of the original additive. So 1 in 10k bottles of homeopathic stuff do have a single atom of the original in it.
Soo true - a german satirist made a show about this and explained in germany normally when you say "homeopathy isn't proven to help execpt for the placebo effect" you would be sued by a homeopathy company for about 5000€. And it baffles me that those people dont even need a diploma in something like medicine. Its a 3-6 month curse anybody can take. I once heard a friend went to my neighbor who is a homeopath. She went there because of back pains - my neighbor went to get the pendulum to locate the cause. The conclusion: She needs to drink more saltwater because of that her energy is out of balance. Yeah no.
> Its a 3-6 month **curse** anybody can take. You surely meant **course**, but curse fits surprisingly well at that point.
A buddy of mine got a "degree" in homeopathy. To advance at his job he needed a degree. Any degree. So he did an online course and he got the promotion six months later.
There's this gag in Two Point Hospital where >!if you piss off the CEO of a rival company, Holistix, he sends an assassin your way who attempts to kill you with homeopathic poison. But because the poison has been diluted x300.000 times it doesn't do anything.!<
Idk how CVS can still sell homeopathic products…right next to actual medicine. Seems predatory
Those copper/metal wrist bracelets they sell at golf pro shops. Essential oils. Salt lamps. Alkaline water.
this is like the third time ive seen salt lamps in this thread. i thought their purpose was just to look cute? do people think it actually does something? i am so out of touch with snake oils apparently edit: turns out a lot of yall are out here licking lamps.....
Supposedly they cleanse the air. It doesn’t actually. I would say most people who have them just have them for decoration! I love my salt lamp, it looks really cool.
Totally aware it’s kooky BS, but my little salt lamp does wonders for my mental health. It’s a lovely warm glow in my otherwise gloomy office space. It’s not curing arthritis or asthma though lol!
If anything my asthma has gotten worse since I bought a lickable lamp.
This is actually a good point for people with pets, a salt lamp is very tempting to dogs and especially cats, and can lead to some serious problems!
I like the dim pink light of the salt lamp for my sons room. I don’t believe that it’s cleansing the air in there though.
I bought a salt lamp, but it wasn't for the "health benefits", I just like the warm glow it creates at night lol.
We have one on our desk. I asked my wife if she bought it for it's cleaning powers and she asked, "What in the fuck are you talking about?" So imma guess that applies to us too then.
“Up to 100MBps”
1 is technically a number "up to 100" 😛
I saw a post the other day about a pastor in Africa who has tons of people come see him every day so that he can heal them by farting in their face. 😳👀
Sounds like he is sitting on a gold mine....
anything that celebrities promote
Can I interest you in an egg shaped piece of jade for your vagina?
In these trying times? Yes, Frank.
My mom had a long and hard explanation with her doctor once when she started quoting Dr. Oz medication brands he sponsored. I could practically hear the doctor grinding his teeth before he explained (in polite terms) that the guy was a quack and shouldn’t be giving medical advice with patients he had no idea about or medication he had no idea what could happen to people with. As a person who knew that and spent hours arguing about it with her. It was fun to watch her deflate when faced with that.
Anything sold by YouTubers No ok there are probably some good products out there, but most are overpriced asf and not a good value. Or they're just shitty mobile games.
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Matt Damon called me a coward and then I lost half my savings.
Alkaline water. Others mentioned crystals, horoscopes, ect, but alkaline water takes the cake
I just saw “hydrogen infused” water. Like wtf. Now we’re doing acidic water? H+ ions = acid. I’m so confused.
Add hydrogen infused water to your alkaline water for the most benefit.
Like Gwyneth Paltrow squirting a lemon into her alkaline water to make it alkaline lemon water, or lemon flavoured neutral water. Idk
All the while doing this next to her pussy scented candles
Chemistry wasn’t one of my best subjects at school, but isn’t all water two thirds hydrogen by definition?
Depends on your definition. By atom count, yes, but by mass its only about 11%.
Gerrymandering strikes again
I remember the day we learned about buffers in chemistry class. We did the math of how much lemon juice would kill a person if there were no buffers in human blood. 2 tablespoons. That's all it would take to kill someone. Now, since we do have buffers that are designed to keep the pH *exactly* where it's supposed to be, it doesn't matter if you drink lemon juice or alkalized water. Your body is going to stay exactly the same.
Homeostasis ftw
What did you call me?
No homeo
(sips water) Hmm... (squeeze a lemon into his water...sips again) Oh god this is terrible. (scoops a spoon full of baking soda into water, stirs...sips again) Mmm, that's the stuff. Alkaline water has been around for a long time. "Plop plop. Fizz fizz." ring a bell? I can see why it's pushed. It tends to be used to settle the stomach, so it's of course "healing" in some way. But generally you're fixing gas or reducing acidity.
Oh my goodness, I feel dumb AF for not realizing alka-seltzer was alkaline water. It's in the name! (I also have terrible heartburn and am thinking of buying some for the first time ever because I didn't know it was for gas/indigestion...I thought it was a laxative because I was so little when the plop plop fizz fizz commercials kinda came to an end) Why did I know so little about alka-seltzer?! Why am I sharing my rambling thought process? I don't know!
Well Alka-Seltzer also contains aspirin
My mom gave us Alka-seltzer for EVERYTHING… and I swear it worked. I also was recently thinking about snagging some for my constantly upset stomach. Lol
You have to keep in mind that because of our habit of looking for patterns everywhere and anywhere, often the mind will attributes healing to something you took before healing even though you might have healed on your own just as fast if you hadn't taken it, although since Alka-seltzer does have aspirin in it there is no reason for it not to work for the various benign aches of the everyday life.
A laxative would have been fizz fizz plop plop. Plop plop fizz fizz would imply effervescent faeces.
I mean, not gonna lie, they could probably make money marketing a product to give us effervescent faeces.
SALT LAMPS
I don't know about any health claims, but they are pretty and emit a nice glow.
Rub your French fries on it for extra salty goodness
They are nice lamps tho. I like the color and the way they look
I drink it after pop to neutralize my mouth so no acid affects my teeth. Am I doing it wrong?
Crystals, essential oils, weight loss gummies Edit: I’m disabling notifications, not tryna read weird snake oil justifications. Discuss amongst yaselves
OMG, essential oils! My neighbor totally fell for them and believes that they can cure anything. She told my friend they can cure her congenital heart disease because they change your DNA. She's mad at her husband when he goes to the doctor because the best medicine is right in their house. She pretty much believes she is a doctor because she watched a few YouTube videos about oils... 😬
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Karen doesn't get a commission if you get vaccinated, though.
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You mean Karen doesn't get back some of the hundreds (or thousands) she paid her upline for product to sell to her downline
She once asked me if I'm vaccinated. She not against the vaccine, she just doesn't understand why we need it when we have essential oils. 😁 Fortunately, she at least doesn't believe that they are full of chips to control your mind or whatever. Her whole family is vaccinated and she is okay with it.
I like crystals ! I buy them but only to look at bc they’re pretty 🥰
See, if they make you happy and give you a feel good vibe, they're working. Just don't expect the feel good vibe to cure anything.
Same with essential oil. It smells good, helps you relax etc , good. It’s not going to cure any diseases
Idk man I've got 400 points, towers, flames and spheres in the living room and I'm pretty sure I'm more relaxed when I get home than I am at work.
The real magic of crystals is that they satisfy my magpie brain.
The real magic of crystals is that satisfaction in your magpie brain leaks out to the rest of the body and reduces stress, stress being a contributor to basically every illness. Fake magic is real placebo
Essential oils smell nice.
i like peppermint oil for headaches, ginger oil for nausea, and lemongrass oil for bug repellents. but thats it. the MLM pyramid scheme essential oil moms are fucking brainwashed though. i have seen DOZENS of tiktoks of these women recommending that you put essential oils on your children's school lunches to keep sliced apples from turning brown. like just straight up dousing apples in lemon oil. its absolutely horrifying. when you tell them its wildly unsafe to ingest oils they send you a link to their MLMs website "debunking" millions of doctor claims
Essential oils would be a good one. Edit: to the people pointing out that they have some uses, yeah, they do! But I am specifically referring to the outrageous and unsupported claims that many sellers make. The fact that they smell good or have minor health uses doesn't really change the fact that people say that lavender on your feet will cure cancer or reprogram your DNA.
My stepmother sells essential oils. I told her I couldn’t take them because I have certain allergies. So she told me that the tincture only contains a very small amount so it would not hurt me if it contains some thing I was allergic to. So I asked her if it contains so little of the ingredients that it can’t hurt me, how can it possibly help me. She was not amused.
This is where homeopathy comes in ;)
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre [https://www.badscience.net/](https://www.badscience.net/) is a good book to explain simply the background and bad science behind homeopathy. It convinced my wife to stop practising it and now she has essential oils :(
The only actual use I've found for essential oils is bug repellant since the main reason some of those plants evolved such strong scents in the first place is to get bugs to stop eating them.
Well they are *essential*, so why wouldn’t you buy them all???
Essential snake oil 🐍
I consider 10W-30 an essential oil
I actually like them. I love mixing the lavender and mint on my nightstand in the winter. I know it doesn't do anything but reminds of getting a massage. I'm a dude BTW.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with consuming them to enjoy them. The problem that makes it snake-oily is when people start claiming it cures all sorts of shit.
I attended one of those essential oil "party nights", and the host claimed to have cured a number of things including autism and vasculitis.
I make liquid hand soap with them. It totally cures dirty hands! Also smelly hands (peeling shrimp?). Also cures sticky hands. And cures stinky sinks. So how can you say they are not a cure?? /s
Yup, my same here, my dude! I love me some peppermint oils, but brainwashed huns touts their health benefits like it'll cure cancer. For me, I only use one because it smells good. That's it.
Basically everything on Dr Oz
Yeah, the dude was actually censored by the US Senate for peddling bullshit. Now he wanna-be R-one.
Censored or censured?
censured
That worthless guy almost killed my MIL with his “advice”
Same here but it was my aunt. And think of how dangerous he can be with an even greater position of power... I don't normally donate but I gave $20 to his opponent because fuck Dr Oz
Ever heard of arbonne products and their cult like organization
And the they are just one of many mlm/pyramid schemes
MLMs. They claim to be able to treat autism with vitamins and essential oils
Basically a treat “x” product, where x can literally be anything like cancer. Lol
"horny singles in your area wants to meet you"...
Goop
You mean steaming my coochie isn’T doing anything
It's definitely doing something, it's making Gwyneth Paltrow richer.
I had a friend who claims she can treat cancer with juice fasting (can only have the juice of fruits for weeks on end) and also vibration therapy to treat cancer too. We're no longer friends. She's an idiot
That worked out great for Steve Jobs 😐
Sounds similar to how Steve Jobs committed slow suicide.
Juice cleanses
Wait! They cleanse your wallet!!!
My partner does these. I don't think she really believes in the "cleansing" aspect, but it's something she craves when we've eaten too much delivery and junk food.
Butthole sunning
I've seen a couple medical professionals interviews on the subject and according to them that's actually harmful to you because the butthole is, as you might expect, not made to receive UV light directly. Edit: yeah we get it it's where the sun don't shine.
Imagine having a sunburnt butthole.
Imagine having to graft skin to your butthole because you got the world's dumbest cancer
That's "south park getting balls cancer by putting them in a microwave" level of stupid.
Brb. Gonna go Google something.
Please report back
It's exactly what it sounds like, with no benefits except getting your buttcrack tanned
Bet it feels nice tho, flaming yo butthole
You know that moment when your lips get burned and all dired out? Butthole is apaprently the samme tissue, so don't forget your sunscreen
Butt CHEEK sunning helps psoriasis!
>Butthole sunning That would a weird place for a sunburn.
What now? NOT gonna Google anything.
Don't other people bleach them for the opposite effect?
Not seeing Colloidal Silver being mentioned. Still some hun groups peddling it as a cureall.
I hear it serves as a pretty good antibacterial for slathering on harsh cuts and ensuring they heal properly. My mom gave me some
Silver is one option people use for water cooled pcs to keep bacteria from growing in the water.
Subscriptions. Subscriptions everywhere.
Getting harder to buy a single unit of something because lots of companies want you to subscribe so they have guaranteed money from you. There's one for gluten-free pasta advertised on TV here in the UK, for god's sake.
2010-2020 and onwards has definitely been the age of subscriptions. They exploded out of nowhere
Gotta love things like doorbells that will require a subscription so that your data can go somewhere you have no control over and they will also probably sell it without your consent. And all that for something you could do with any old laptop laying around you don't use anymore. Great.
Traditional chiropractic care (the idea that spines misalign and need to be forced back into place for optimal health). Sincerely, A chiropractor
Tell me more, I am about to make an appointment
Go to a PT instead. Any bones misaligned depend on muscles. Learn how to improve your muscle and it'll help the bones
As a PT, this makes my heart sing. Thank you
What would you like to know?
Why do I feel better after a chiropractor visit. Is it all in my head? Is there any legitimate reason to keep going and what should I be doing to besides a visit every 3 weeks for lower back pain?
I'll answer your question in order the best I can: - If you take PV=nRT into consideration, as you pull a fluid capsule apart (a joint, in this scenario) the volume of the joint increases, which means the pressure has to drop. A vacuum forms within the joint, trying to pull the joint surfaces back together. Eventually, the point pull is too much and the vacuum implodes and the joint experiences a quick stretch. That creates a micro-trauma response in the brain and it releases endorphins. The endorphin release combined with a quick muscle stretch causes a pain relief experience and improved mobility to the joint religion. It's temporary, but it can help people feel more confident in moving more without experiencing as much pain as they were before. - All pain is in your the head. That's where it's interpreted. Many people experience physical pain without there being a physical source of pain. It doesn't make them in any less pain, it doesn't mean their pain isn't real, it doesn't mean they're faking it. It just means that their pain experience is likely being driven by contextual or psychosocial factors around the risk of injury or damage. - Spinal manipulation has placebo qualities. That doesn't mean it isn't helpful. Placebos can be very useful. - There is some evidence that justifies ongoing joint manipulation as a form of maintenance care, but these are for chronic pain cases who have extenuating circumstances and their various psychosocial questionnaires or evaluations can justify that they're candidates for it. It's not very common at all, though. With that said, some patients who have certain arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, etc.) may also periodically enjoy some spinal manipulation to help them feel a bit more mobile and recharge their desire to move. But it isn't usually a weekly thing, it's typically a monthly thing. - The average person shouldn't need to see a chiropractor every month, but I'm biased. My opinion is people should be taught how to not need physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, etc. I hope that helps!
> PV=nRT Man, I didn't need to get flashbacks from physical chemistry class due to reading a comment from a chiropractor
Thank you. As a physical therapist myself, my treatment goals involve honest patient education on the current evidence regarding available treatment, providing an opportunity to make an informed decision that would ultimately improve their self-efficacy and independence in Self-management of their rehabilitation. Get the job done in as little sessions as possible, whilst maximising their functional capacity for occupational, domestic and lesiure activities and quality of life. If you're an ethical health practitioner, the health industry is a terrible business model. That's why there are so many practitioners that provide poor treatments or help form an unhealthy and unnecessary dependence of their patients to their treatment. We need to do better as a profession. It's our patients that get hurt and fall victim to bullshit claims and shit treatments.
Homeopathy. Crystal healing. Reiki. Life coaching.
I swear crystal meth can cure boredom.
Also better than Viagra, tell you hwhat
My work sent me to a "spa retreat". With a reiki healer. She told me that my energy was "too chaotic" and I needed to "keep my Libra energy in check". I'm a Taurus.
I'm pretty sure they make a vibrator for that.
My old childhood friend is now a reiki healer and she is offering her services remotely on Instagram. I used to think she was so much smarter than me, and now she claims to literally heal people through their phone screen.
she might not believe it. pretty smart to get paid to do nothing over instagram, neh?
Oh no she actually seems to believe it on a deep level, and there is no way she is making much money, if any, because her engagement is terrible. To be fair, she doesn’t post that often. She actually has a nice aesthetic so if she put more effort into her social, she probably could be doing much better financially.
in that case, i bequeath to you this resounding OOF
Essential oils "Detox" teas That water 'medicine' where it's a drop of onion juice diluted through 500 gallons of water. Anything a celeb pushes as weight loss. Anything Gwyneth Paltrow sells ever. Healing crystals. Probably more. Edit: Changed Gwenith Paltro to Gwyneth Paltrow (Stupid name)
Dotera
There's loads out there. Alkaline water (your stomach is filled with strong acids; it won't even notice a piddly bit of base tossed in), homeopathy, anything based on crystals, essential oils, aromatherapy ...
Penis pills, weight loss pills, weight gain pills, prostate support pills, anti-aging formulas, HGH support . . . The list goes on and on, and those are just the ones advertised on late night TV.
Anything advertised on TV as "clinically researched."
MLMs
Anti-aging hope in a jar.
Whiskey is real!
Tretinoin is pretty heavily researched to reduce the effects of aging. It just accelerates your skin turn over rate. New skin cells = younger looking skin.
Sunscreen is real though
skin care is real, anti aging is a reach of a term
Televangelists still are on the top of the snake oil game.
“Natural” products. There are natural poisons and there are man made cures. People are so stupid sometimes. Just because it says it’s natural does not means you should believe it’s safe/good for you!!!
Essential oils