Insulin therapy commonly leads to weight gain in people with diabetes.
Claim:
Insulin therapy causes weight gain in people with diabetes.
NOT BS
Health
Medical claims, wellness fads, and what the evidence actually supports.
Studies link lower DHT more often to obesity, not being underweight.
Claim:
Being underweight in men causes a deficiency of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
TOTAL BS
In obese men, adipose tissue increases estradiol production from androgens.
Claim:
Male obesity causes excess estriol levels in men.
TOTAL BS
Obese women generally have similar or lower circulating DHT than lean women.
Claim:
Obesity in women causes excessive levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
TOTAL BS
IARC classifies both processed meat and tobacco smoking as Group 1 carcinogens.
Claim:
Processed meat is classified in the same International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) carcinogenicity category as tobacco smoking (cigarettes).
NOT BS
Climate change–attributable heat-related sleep loss rose from about 2 to 5 hours per person annually since the early 1970s.
Claim:
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
Because BMI uses only height and weight, muscular people can score overweight despite low body fat.
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Body-mass index (BMI) can misclassify fit, muscular people as overweight or obese because muscle is denser than fat.
NOT BS
Some overweight adults meet standard clinical criteria for metabolic health.
Claim:
Some people who are classified as overweight can be metabolically healthy.
NOT BS
Higher body fat, not being underweight, is linked to elevated estradiol in men.
Claim:
Being underweight in males causes excess estrogen levels.
TOTAL BS
Very low body fat in women is associated with reduced estrogen levels.
Claim:
Women with insufficient body fat have reduced estrogen levels.
NOT BS
After menopause, obesity often increases estrogen levels via adipose production.
Claim:
Obesity in women causes estrogen deficiency.
MOSTLY BS
Excess body fat in men often increases estrogen via higher aromatase activity.
Claim:
In men, having an excessive amount of body fat causes estrogen levels to become abnormally high.
HARDLY BS
Underweight states like anorexia or hypothalamic amenorrhea usually have low-normal androgens.
Claim:
Being underweight in women causes excess androgen levels (hyperandrogenism).
TOTAL BS
Higher body fat in men is more consistently linked to lower testosterone.
Claim:
In men, having too little body fat causes androgen levels to decrease.
MOSTLY BS
Obesity can lower testosterone in men, but true androgen deficiency isn’t universal.
Claim:
Obesity in men causes androgen deficiency.
SOME BS
Excess body fat in women is linked to higher free testosterone levels.
Claim:
Women with excessive body fat have elevated androgen levels.
HARDLY BS
Studies find hair length affects others’ perceptions, not underlying personality traits.
Claim:
A person's hair length is associated with their personality traits.
MOSTLY BS
Human studies link higher sugar intake to higher estradiol or lower SHBG.
Claim:
Excessive sugar intake lowers estrogen levels in women.
TOTAL BS
South Korea’s MFDS approved CARTISTEM, a regenerative cell therapy for knee cartilage defects.
Claim:
South Korea has an approved medical treatment that regenerates knee cartilage in humans.
NOT BS
Authoritative medical sources report there is currently no cure for multiple sclerosis.
Claim:
A cure for multiple sclerosis has been discovered.
TOTAL BS
No checks match that verdict.