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There are a lot of scary science stories that go around the Internet. It’s easy for a single paper to get spun up into a media frenzy, and harder for the level-headed truth to prevail. From dangerous chemicals in your spatulas to the dangers of intermittent fasting, here are a few of the biggest, scariest stories that went around lately, and why you don’t need to worry about them.
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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2BDJLQJUn53FzaHXm2zW1DGsCUjNm-2RqTJmCamOJOWqG9tcaoQL2gCiZTYBPE013e2WHitIgIEvC/pub
lol "all day grazer" xD I love you man <3
People who have periods. Hmm…. If only there was a collective term or word for them. 🤔
My problem was that they found plastic in brains, not much about the amount.
nice to hear the rest of the plastic in your brain story, Enough doubt to lower the threat level of that one.
Mfs who are worried about micro plastics in their blood or flesh seem to forget that like, your parents or grandparents generations literally had asbestos in their blood and flesh, and lived fairly fulfilling lives anyways. It's almost like organisms can adapt or plainly ignore a small life leech in their body… Their entire natural lives. Lmfao
i chew on water bottle lids until they turn to string so i may have alot more plastic in me then most people
I absolutely refuse to believe that Intermittent fasting could cause heart disease, it has made me the healthiest I've ever been while eating whatever I want
I was fat my whole life, but intermittent fasting fixed in under a year and helped my heart issues and has kept the weight off with minimal fasting in the 6 years since
That picture just really makes me want some fruity pebbles
hopefully i don’t have to worry about that recent study about melatonin being linked to heart failure 😭
Sadly I am already contaminated by heavy metal 🤘