Discussion BS Health Trends Rant

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  1. reagents 11

    reagents 11 disaster personified

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    Feet reflexology.
     
  2. Bright_Lucky_Star

    Bright_Lucky_Star [Previously Known as OrdinaryUser] The Blessed One

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    Parth, I didn't know you work in medical service :cookie:
     
  3. Parth37955

    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    Yeah I'm just the medical assistant for now. I'm trying to get back into school to become an actual provider

    I believe it was because the kid ended up sweating out most of his electrolytes and the excess water made his blood hypotonic which forced all the water into the cells. I couldn't find the exact story but I did find one about an athlete to died after drinking 2 gallons of water and 2 gallons of water drinks or something https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...uming-two-gallons-each-of-water-and-gatorade/
     
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    Oh, those cases. They make one mistake, drinking AFTER or DURING exercise. You have to drink before because once the water is there, your body automatically adjusts for the excess water. What happens in these cases is that your body is trying to adjust, then you "helpfully" dump in a huge amount of a rogue factor in, causing all its adjustments to go haywire. So if you want to hydrate, drink before exercise, not during or immediately after, let your body adapt and "cool down" before dumping more random factors on it.
     
  5. Parth37955

    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    Yeh, I should have been more specific. Basically the story as I remembered it had them hydrating and working out over and over again.

    I also know that you're not supposed to drink cold water after exercise cause it can "shock" your system. Better to drink room temp water will your body cools downs.
     
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    ongoingwhy Meat Pie Lover

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    We've been taught specifically to drink before, during, and after exercise in order to reduce the risk of heat exhaustion because the average humidity here is around 84%.
     
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  7. Bobasis

    Bobasis Weeeeee

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    Why am I getting so much BS health trend ads after seeing this thread O.O
     
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  8. Parth37955

    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    You sure they weren't there before?
     
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    Bobasis Weeeeee

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    Yeah , I rarely got them before but after seeing this I keep seeing more ads for bs health trends >.>
     
  10. Parth37955

    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    <.< Maybe the essential oils community is after you instead.
     
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    DocB "I see you, little mouse! Run along"

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    Fancy water? I see no mention of drinking heavy water (D2O, aka hydrogens nucleus has an extra neutron, so chemically equal to H2O but a lot more expensive)
    Healths benefits: it tastes kind of sweet
    https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.22.110205v1
     
  12. Parth37955

    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    Never heard of it but man is that dumb.
     
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    DocB "I see you, little mouse! Run along"

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    Of course you haven't heard.
    100 grams of the stuff cost 150€
     
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    ongoingwhy Meat Pie Lover

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    I'm surprised no one has tried to sell poop as a miracle cure... Oh wait, they already did.



     
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    Before is actually safer because if you overdo it, your body actually makes you vomit the excess out as opposed to being unable to cope if you drink huge amounts. If you have to drink during or after your run, take only small amounts.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
     
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    True, but I don't understand how people can actually drink that much water to the point of water intoxication when it feels awful to exercise with a stomach bloated with liquid. And you definitely need to drink more than that to reach that level.
     
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    Is nobody going to talk about how people actually believe homeopathy? Like, I agree that the body can cure most minor ailments, but they really believe that diluting stuff makes it stronger...
     
  18. Parth37955

    Parth37955 NU #3, [Dead Inside], Mid-Boss, Dark Dealer Staff Member

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    hmm...not exactly related but there was a pair of parents who were arrested for child neglect after their child contracted meningitis and refused to go to a hospital and instead used "natural remedies". The child died obviously.

    edit: found the story:
    he was only 18 months old.
     
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    Thankfully you're not french parth XD
    there is just so much Bullshit treatment in there i could rant for an hour about it...

    from the belief that moon states influences birthrates and fertility, to homeopathy (we kinda spearheaded that...)
    then of course, there a essential oils, lithotherapy, magnetiser (basically some "wave" bullshit)
    then the attraction law, of course anti vaxes is a real thing here (around 35% of people do not want to get vaccinated)
    then you have the crudivore, basically a diet on only raw fruits and vegies (don't do that it can prove fatal)
    then you have this sect that say they can cure depression by you saying numbers out loud
    there is another shitton of "therapy" that argue they work "because it's quantum"
    then you have some "therapy" that pretends to "cure" autism that sometimes border torture
    and don't forget that Didier Raoult is french ...
     
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    Alkaline and other types of water are just for the taste and smell. Distilled water is for babies that have not developed immunities yet and sick people.