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Glyphosate still doesn't cause cancer.
Fear-based misinformation and emotion-laced lawsuits are not scientific evidence
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Dr. Andrea Love
Vaccines don't contain 'harmful mercury'
Misinformation around vaccines and thimerosal has persisted for decades
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Did you know? Tattoos are permanent thanks to immunology!
The immune system is involved in nearly every bodily process
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
No, conventional produce doesn't have "serious pesticide risks"
Consumer Reports is manipulating data and lying to consumers in order to propagate chemophobia.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Hey clickbait headlines: pasteurization kills H5N1 flu virus in milk
"Bird flu fragments" are not live virus. Can we stop exacerbating health anxiety and eroding public trust in science?
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
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Vitamin D: Can we Finally Stop Beating this Dead Horse?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
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Is Andrew Huberman more scam than science?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
Andrew Huberman spreads misinformation about influenza and flu vaccines
 • Dr. Andrea Love
How to (and not to) boost your immune system
 • Dr. Andrea Love and Katelyn Jetelina

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Homeopathy is a scam that causes real harm.
Not a single homeopathic "medicine" is FDA-approved. These expensive sugar pills have zero science behind them.
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Dr. Andrea Love
3
Aspartame does not cause cancer
The non-nutritive sweetener is rapidly broken into amino acid byproducts
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
EPA's proposed levels for PFAS in drinking water are approved.
No, that doesn’t mean you need to panic about your water safety.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Alkaline water and food does not change the pH of your body or offer health benefits.
Our blood pH is tightly regulated through homeostasis, which is a good thing.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
What does carcinogenic really mean?
The WHO's IARC contributes to misinformation about the true risks of cancer.
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Dr. Andrea Love
1
Fear about MSG is based solely on an anecdote
Unsubstantiated falsehoods continue to persist over 50 years later.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Bird Flu in cows and people?
No need to panic, but here's what you should know.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Dietary Supplements are not regulated for quality, safety, or efficacy
And that's a far bigger problem than many people realize.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
6

Pesticides

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Glyphosate still doesn't cause cancer.
Fear-based misinformation and emotion-laced lawsuits are not scientific evidence
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
No, conventional produce doesn't have "serious pesticide risks"
Consumer Reports is manipulating data and lying to consumers in order to propagate chemophobia.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Organic foods are not healthier...or pesticide free.
Organic farming is a marketing ploy that exploits the appeal to nature fallacy
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better
Plenty of natural things can be extremely harmful at tiny exposures
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
The EWG's "Dirty Dozen" list is a danger to public health
Fear-based disinformation intended to scare you from eating perfectly nutritious foods is the opposite of health guidance
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Dr. Andrea Love
3
Worrying about food ingredients? This is the risk perception gap.
The risk perception gap: excessive concern about things that pose little risk and insufficient concern about things that pose greater risk
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Dr. Andrea Love
No, your Cheerios aren't filled with harmful pesticides
As usual, the Environmental Working Group is using bad science to scare consumers
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2

Immune System

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Vaccines don't contain 'harmful mercury'
Misinformation around vaccines and thimerosal has persisted for decades
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Did you know? Tattoos are permanent thanks to immunology!
The immune system is involved in nearly every bodily process
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Hey clickbait headlines: pasteurization kills H5N1 flu virus in milk
"Bird flu fragments" are not live virus. Can we stop exacerbating health anxiety and eroding public trust in science?
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
What does carcinogenic really mean?
The WHO's IARC contributes to misinformation about the true risks of cancer.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Bird Flu in cows and people?
No need to panic, but here's what you should know.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Dietary Supplements are not regulated for quality, safety, or efficacy
And that's a far bigger problem than many people realize.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
6
Is Andrew Huberman more scam than science?
Signs point to yes.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Guess what? We can prevent some cancers through vaccination.
Are you concerned about media headlines regarding "rising rates of cancer" but haven't gotten an HPV vaccine?
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Dr. Andrea Love
Food sensitivity tests are all marketing and no science.
Wellness companies and people who don't understand immunology are exploiting you.
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Dr. Andrea Love
1
Vaccines do not cause autism.
It doesn't matter how many people repeat the lie, it still doesn't make it true.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Leaky gut syndrome: the false belief that a leaky gut is the source of all ailments
Misinformation about intestinal function has been exploited by the wellness industry
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Cancer: hundreds of complex diseases that are plagued with misinformation
Lack of understanding of cancer underlies harmful pseudoscience that circulates rampantly
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
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Chemicals

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Glyphosate still doesn't cause cancer.
Fear-based misinformation and emotion-laced lawsuits are not scientific evidence
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Vaccines don't contain 'harmful mercury'
Misinformation around vaccines and thimerosal has persisted for decades
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
No, conventional produce doesn't have "serious pesticide risks"
Consumer Reports is manipulating data and lying to consumers in order to propagate chemophobia.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Aspartame does not cause cancer
The non-nutritive sweetener is rapidly broken into amino acid byproducts
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
EPA's proposed levels for PFAS in drinking water are approved.
No, that doesn’t mean you need to panic about your water safety.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Alkaline water and food does not change the pH of your body or offer health benefits.
Our blood pH is tightly regulated through homeostasis, which is a good thing.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
What does carcinogenic really mean?
The WHO's IARC contributes to misinformation about the true risks of cancer.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Fear about MSG is based solely on an anecdote
Unsubstantiated falsehoods continue to persist over 50 years later.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Organic foods are not healthier...or pesticide free.
Organic farming is a marketing ploy that exploits the appeal to nature fallacy
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Fluoride: a natural substance that prevents tooth decay
False claims about fluoride use fear-based messaging to spread disinformation.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better
Plenty of natural things can be extremely harmful at tiny exposures
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
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Supplements

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Homeopathy is a scam that causes real harm.
Not a single homeopathic "medicine" is FDA-approved. These expensive sugar pills have zero science behind them.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Dietary Supplements are not regulated for quality, safety, or efficacy
And that's a far bigger problem than many people realize.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
6
Huberman’s Cold and Flu podcast hypes unproven wellness ‘hacks’ that he profits from
All while ignoring and dismissing actual evidence-based interventions
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Vitamin D: Can we Finally Stop Beating this Dead Horse?
Vitamin D deficiencies are vastly exaggerated and supplements don't improve health outcomes, but this belief has a very seedy underbelly
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
How to (and not to) boost your immune system
Spoiler: the only REAL way to boost your immune system is through vaccination
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
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Katelyn Jetelina
Top posts
Vitamin D: Can we Finally Stop Beating this Dead Horse?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
3
Is Andrew Huberman more scam than science?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
Andrew Huberman spreads misinformation about influenza and flu vaccines
 • Dr. Andrea Love
How to (and not to) boost your immune system
 • Dr. Andrea Love and Katelyn Jetelina
Homeopathy is a scam that causes real harm.
 • Dr. Andrea Love
3

Wellness Industry

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Homeopathy is a scam that causes real harm.
Not a single homeopathic "medicine" is FDA-approved. These expensive sugar pills have zero science behind them.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Alkaline water and food does not change the pH of your body or offer health benefits.
Our blood pH is tightly regulated through homeostasis, which is a good thing.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Fear about MSG is based solely on an anecdote
Unsubstantiated falsehoods continue to persist over 50 years later.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Dietary Supplements are not regulated for quality, safety, or efficacy
And that's a far bigger problem than many people realize.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
6
Is Andrew Huberman more scam than science?
Signs point to yes.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Food sensitivity tests are all marketing and no science.
Wellness companies and people who don't understand immunology are exploiting you.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Fluoride: a natural substance that prevents tooth decay
False claims about fluoride use fear-based messaging to spread disinformation.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Leaky gut syndrome: the false belief that a leaky gut is the source of all ailments
Misinformation about intestinal function has been exploited by the wellness industry
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Gluten pseudoscience is based on a 'grain' of truth
Gluten only needs to be avoided with specific health conditions
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Autoimmune diets are not based in science
Steer clear of unfounded rigid elimination diets that promise to cure an array of ailments
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Huberman’s Cold and Flu podcast hypes unproven wellness ‘hacks’ that he profits from
All while ignoring and dismissing actual evidence-based interventions
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love

Infectious Diseases

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Vaccines don't contain 'harmful mercury'
Misinformation around vaccines and thimerosal has persisted for decades
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Hey clickbait headlines: pasteurization kills H5N1 flu virus in milk
"Bird flu fragments" are not live virus. Can we stop exacerbating health anxiety and eroding public trust in science?
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Bird Flu in cows and people?
No need to panic, but here's what you should know.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Vaccines do not cause autism.
It doesn't matter how many people repeat the lie, it still doesn't make it true.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Lyme Disease: the most common tick-borne illness in the United State
The American Lyme Disease Foundation is committed to providing credible information on this and other tick-borne diseases
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Undermining the importance of measles control measures is reckless endangerment
Can we stop trying to make measles happen?
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Norovirus: because everyone enjoys violent vomiting and diarrhea, right?
Tips to navigate the "stomach flu" including if someone is sick in your house, and some other updates
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Viruses are Real, No Matter What Joe Rogan and RFK Jr. Say
Germ theory denialism has been around since the 1800s, but it's promoted today by pseudoscience conspiracy theorists
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Measles: Is it Immune or Human Amnesia?
People have really forgotten the impact of preventable illness
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
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