Medical advise on social media
These days it is very easy to start a blog or any other platform on social media and start behaving like a doctor.
Be careful….if you are taking medical advise from a layman, you are risking your life. Grandma’s remedy are different – they can be trusted as they were a kind of treatment devised from things available in homes. Today anyone in social media is giving medical advise knowing well about their incompetency in medical knowledge. These medical advises are written for cheap and quick popularity.
I repeat Beware of such advises!
Such advises only increase your expectations and further frustrate you, never allowing you to achieve your health goals if you would have gone the professional way.
For example, losing weight is a slow process – any social media that claims you can lose admirable weight in days or weeks is bluffing and playing with your life – you could be advised some exotic stuff that could have serious consequences.
Check the credentials of the social media providing any advise related to your health and wellbeing. If the qualifications and experience of the content owner are not found…IGNORE such advises.
Same for beauty-related advises. A glow on the face does not come by drinking a glass of some exotic juice – it comes by discipline in life: proper diet, avoidance of junk foods, regular exercises including yoga, self-management or self-control, and proper sleep to name a few.
Food products are another big thing sold on the social media – don’t fall into the trap again – check the manufacturer’s reputation, etc.
If someone tells you to drink lemon water daily with a dash of honey for whatever reason – that’s fine – it will at least not harm you but exotic stuffs need caution. The exotic stuffs are not only costly but may contain chemicals that could do more harm than good.
Dr Yvonne Jeanes RD, senior lecturer, Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, concurs, and cautions against the notion of ‘detox’ foods. ‘The body has its own excellent mechanisms to get rid of toxins and waste.’
Dr Jimmy Bell, professor of Life Sciences, University of Westminster agrees: ‘So-called detox foods to counterbalance a toxic diet won’t work. A detox food is not like water to fire. If you want to ‘detox’ yourself stop eating rubbish. We want to eat what we want and think that ‘detox’ will clear all the problems, but that won’t happen.’
Next time, beware of medical advises coming from social media.
