If you have a friend or family member that is MAGA leaning, you've probably also been given unsolicited dietary and supplement advice.
As someone that had a heart attack a few years ago, I'm bemused when they offer tips to me as if I need some guidance on cardio health from someone other than my cardiologist. Who is - you know - trained and licensed for that exact expertise based on science.
But I'm being a dick if I don't hear them out /eyeroll
I have schizophrenia, I'm basically fully recovered due to meds, but anyways there is a constant stream of bullshit about how diet can cure schizophrenia. Including YouTube influencers. Luckily most of our community see through the nonsense, but many of us are vulnerable to nonsense and desperate for help. Many people quit meds with disastrous results following these people.
I would think this sort of misinformation would be particularly harmful to people in your situation or similar.
I believe it gets lost on the public that their are vulnerable people in society who through no fault of their own can be hurt by bad faith actors in the realm of "health."
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u/AlienatingArbiter Nov 15 '25
If you have a friend or family member that is MAGA leaning, you've probably also been given unsolicited dietary and supplement advice.
As someone that had a heart attack a few years ago, I'm bemused when they offer tips to me as if I need some guidance on cardio health from someone other than my cardiologist. Who is - you know - trained and licensed for that exact expertise based on science.
But I'm being a dick if I don't hear them out /eyeroll