Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
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During emulsification in digestion, each microscopic fat droplet contains only lipids inside, bile salts form an outer coating with their hydrophobic ends facing inward and hydrophilic ends facing outward, and water surrounds the droplet…
HARDLY BS
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Pancreatic proteases such as trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen are synthesized as inactive zymogens and are activated in the duodenum by an intestinal enzyme (enterokinase/enteropeptidase), which helps prevent autodigestion of the pancreas.
NOT BS
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Creatine supplementation improves brain fog in humans.
SOME BS
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Creatine supplementation reduces S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) demand by decreasing endogenous creatine synthesis.
NOT BS
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COVID-19 vaccines did not help contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
TOTAL BS
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Cashiers are at increased risk of disease due to exposure to chemicals from handling thermal paper receipts.
SOME BS
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Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has anti-inflammatory effects in humans.
HARDLY BS
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Genetically modified (GMO) foods are dangerous to human health because DNA modification in the food can harm human health.
TOTAL BS
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Organic fruits are healthier than non-organic fruits.
SOME BS
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A meta-analysis published in 2023 found that taking 3,200 to 4,000 International Units (IU) of vitamin D daily is associated with a higher risk of hypercalcemia.
NOT BS
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Taking 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily does not cause side effects for most people.
HARDLY BS
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In humans, when not eating, the entire esophagus is completely closed along its full length, so water cannot drip down into the stomach on its own.
MOSTLY BS
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Fever can sometimes cure cancer.
SOME BS
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A height of 6 feet 2 inches is approximately the 95th percentile for adult male height in the United States.
NOT BS
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Salivary amylase cannot break down starch into glucose because the enzyme molecule is too large.
TOTAL BS
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Sugar-free soft drinks sweetened with non-sugar sweeteners (for example, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar) are as harmful to teeth as sugar-sweetened soft drinks.
MOSTLY BS
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Alternative medicine works as well as or better than conventional medicine.
TOTAL BS
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Using prescription acne medication at any point during pregnancy is problematic for pregnant women.
TOTAL BS
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A 2025 Robert Koch Institute (RKI) report stated that a key explanation for the increase in outpatient diagnoses of mental disorders is that people may be increasingly seeking help due to destigmatization.
HARDLY BS
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The increase in outpatient diagnoses of mental disorders in Germany from 2012 to 2022 was largely caused by previously untreated or unrecorded mental health problems becoming visible due to increased help-seeking.
MOSTLY BS
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