Health
Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
Excessive dietary salt intake lowers estrogen levels in women.
TOTAL BS
Copper surfaces kill bacteria through contact (without additional disinfectants).
NOT BS
In ducks with egg binding, inability to lay an egg and inability to pass feces can occur simultaneously and the duck’s condition can rapidly worsen.
NOT BS
Insulin therapy causes weight gain in people with diabetes.
NOT BS
Being underweight in men causes a deficiency of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
TOTAL BS
Male obesity causes excess estriol levels in men.
TOTAL BS
Obesity in women causes excessive levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
TOTAL BS
Processed meat is classified in the same International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) carcinogenicity category as tobacco smoking (cigarettes).
NOT BS
The amount of sleep loss caused by high temperatures that is attributable to climate change has at least doubled since the early 1970s.
HARDLY BS
Body-mass index (BMI) can misclassify fit, muscular people as overweight or obese because muscle is denser than fat.
NOT BS
Some people who are classified as overweight can be metabolically healthy.
NOT BS
Being underweight in males causes excess estrogen levels.
TOTAL BS
Women with insufficient body fat have reduced estrogen levels.
NOT BS
Obesity in women causes estrogen deficiency.
MOSTLY BS
In men, having an excessive amount of body fat causes estrogen levels to become abnormally high.
HARDLY BS
Being underweight in women causes excess androgen levels (hyperandrogenism).
TOTAL BS
In men, having too little body fat causes androgen levels to decrease.
MOSTLY BS
Obesity in men causes androgen deficiency.
SOME BS
Women with excessive body fat have elevated androgen levels.
HARDLY BSNo checks match that verdict.