jiujensu🇵🇸1/9! I'm gonna info dump here bc i think i may be considered a debbie downer for being such a critic of the #wellness industry in this online group I'm in. I posted caution on #supplements, but i feel going hard and dropping all these links on them just will not be well received or listened to. I know logically it's too much, but part of my brain wants to be helpful and comprehensive. Ii know i am often "too much"😢 I will beat that dead horse😂
Collagen, lysine, Tumeric, arnica, BPC-157 peptides (even consumer labs say no evidence. Only animal studies! No dice.), BCAA, chiro.
This all makes me want to scream!
Some powders and pills may be just like peeing money down the toilet, but all that is also filtered through our liver and kidneys. So even if you find it doesn't interfere with diabetes (insulin), heart meds, chemo, etc or contain contaminants like lead, i worry about folks taking all these things just in case.
#bjj #fitness
The Dream (S1 is MLMs, S2 is the Wellness Industry)
https://open.spotify.com/show/69SbOSdWtOYpJArpX6KczL?si=0wMryHXbQoKtt-blF_QUiA
#Science VS podcast: #Vitamins and Supplements: Are They Worth It?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JRcf99AkL57VyDlLAmDYd?si=XFAAFP2WRTSQFVVTrDwXug
Behind the Bastards podcast: How #Chiropractic Started as a Ghost Religion
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yG3h7LLK9LYYwb3NbYLW6?si=k4Qo-QNJT4Cz4BtOrmWelw
Science VS podcast: #Chiropractors
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3E1EpfIPJXyt2B0aguvQrN?si=9ow_JV1PRtmQHLOXMvpjyQ
Decoding the Gurus podcast: Interview with Phrost on Bullshido
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Z2MftmU3MXCQlfoVNW1r0?si=FrbXzyblSAWG7cOvtlfrog
Books!
(These two have excellent info; I've read them.)
Natural Causes by Dan Hurley
Vitamania by Catherine Price
(These two I haven't read, but the titles piqued my interest.)
The Wellness Syndrome by Carl Cederstrom and André Spicer
Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement by Cederstrom and André Spicer
Big #Natural isn't better than #BigPharma- it's got big pharma greed plus complete lack of regulation! We think natural means better, but plants can kill you too. And a lot of pharmaceuticals come from plants, like aspirin and digoxin - the doses were just studied and products regulated. And there are all these general words like toxin inflammation clean natural that really don't mean anything, just make you feel certain ways about products Big Natural wants you to buy.
#bjj #fitness #wellness
#bjj #fitness #wellness
And finally, ive watched relatives do bodybuilding diets. I've seen crossfitters and bjj practitioners optimize everything they put in their mouths. The way people talk about food and want control over every molecule that goes in their body always felt like an eating disorder to me (and then i saw orthorexia was in fact a thing!).
https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/orthorexia-nervosa/
https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/orthorexia-nervosa/
We separate out the amino acids and vitamins, and take garlic or turmeric to get x amounts. But we seem to have forgotten that when we eat food, all these things work together in digestion in a way that's probably better than popping pills (unless prescribed for a disease or deficiency! I'm not one of those!). And more isn't always better. We know so little about "natural" wellness supplements - why do we consider them better or safer than throughly tested medicine?
Is it concerning to younger people that they don't need anything to make their body do what it needs to do?? Just wait, lol.
I really really don't want to be a debbie downer, but having a science trained brain, i feel obligated to make my worries known. Or maybe that's my undiagnosed #neurodiversity? No idea. I get hyperfixated on this and cannot let it go. I really should be able to resist the urge to post amongst the #supplement takers (posting here to help myself, lol). It's their body, they'll figure it out - or have weird shit happen they assign to other things they've done!