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Health information is increasingly being shared online, and often the borders between legitimate health expertise and pseudoscience aren카지노 게임 컬렉션�t clear. While the internet can be a valuable and accessible way to learn about health, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s also a place rife with disinformation and grift, as unscrupulous people카지노 게임 컬렉션�s fears about their bodies.

Evidence and influencers

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So how does someone who simply wants to learn more about the human body sift through the information? How to separate bad-faith grift from good advice?

Wellness influencers tap into a truth about how we process information: it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s when it comes from a person we feel like we know. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s why a charismatic personality카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Instagram account that uses to promote 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the sense of being part of a community 카지노 게임 컬렉션� is more memorable than a website offering dry recitations of evidence.

But as social media has become ubiquitous, have caught on that sharing their personal side alongside reliable advice can be a good use of their platform. At first glance, these two groups may seem similar, but the following tips can help determine if the person posting health advice is actually knowledgeable on the topic:

1. Are they selling something?

Rarely do popular wellness influencers post out of the goodness of their hearts. Almost invariably these accounts are from the .

Whether it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a , a , a subscription to a lifestyle community or a Masterclass series, the end goal is the same: transform social media influence into sales. Gushing over life-changing benefits from something the promoter is selling should always prompt skepticism.

Some legitimate health experts also sell advice, usually in the form of newsletters, books or , and this is worth keeping in mind. However, there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a big difference between selling a subscription to a that discusses evidence and promoting your own supplement shop, where your financial motives shape how you present the information.

2. What are the boundaries of their expertise?

True expertise in a subject requires years of dedicated study and practice. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s why people are rarely experts in more than one or two domains, and no one is a pan-expert on everything.

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3. How do they talk about science?

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Science-based information should acknowledge where data are uncertain and where more research is needed. Using the pretext of science to lend credence to a personal 카지노 게임 컬렉션�truth카지노 게임 컬렉션� is a and should raise red flags.

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As online health information becomes easier to find (or harder to avoid), this framework can help people quickly scan a wellness influencer카지노 게임 컬렉션�s profile and make a more informed decision about engaging with their content. This is an important type of media literacy that anyone spending time online should cultivate 카지노 게임 컬렉션� for the sake of their health.

, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine,

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