I’m talking about people who spent a great deal pushing for the right science, only to follow pseudo science in other areas of their lives

If you look at the comment history of some of these people, they will argue basic physics

I was agreeing with you. Bud.

The problem is that there isn’t anything wrong with most of the studies, but HOW they are interpreted

A lot of things I see in this subreddit are legit - but the average person doesn’t always interpret it correctly.

For example: this past weekend, the article about birth control and breast cancer. Look at the comments on that post - a lot of the comments on that post failed to read the article, or interpret the results correctly. Meanwhile, birth control has been a known carcinogen for people with certain genetic makeups since 2007, but a lot of the comments were like “guess we’re screwed either way…”

These are the same people who thought they were pioneers against misinformation during Covid.

I’m no anti-masker, but it does amaze me how Redditors claimed they believe in science, and then they will go on to discredit any scientific article they don’t like, self diagnose themselves with slow metabolisms, starvation mode, and push this idea that we have insulin resistance via the internet and need to eat keto

Don’t let it sadden you. You might not even have a high risk of breast cancer if you don’t have a family history of that, or prostate cancer (they have genetic links).

Birth control can also prevent endometrial cancer or ovarian cancer. So it’s not all doom and gloom - I am reading about how endometriosis is thought to slightly increase risk of ovarian cancer, so if that’s the case, the birth control could conceivably be benefitting you there.

I think what people need to understand, is that just because something is a carcinogen, doesn’t mean that ALL exposure is risky exposure. Birth control is an example of a carcinogen, that doesn’t necessarily place all people at risk

No, they didn’t. you’re the first person to bring up weight loss. Yes, weight loss can help with the symptoms, but it won’t just get rid of the problem. That’s why we … prescribe meds

That’s why we have individualized care, versus the care other commenters on this thread want everyone to have

Because they’re ignorant. They have never been sick before, so they just bunnyhop through life crediting their diet

That’s true, but they were not talking about weight loss.

For someone who clearly knows nothing about this, you’re being incredibly smug

No, they’re not. The risk lies mainly in someone’s genetic makeup. If you have breast or prostate cancer in your immediate family, you are most at risk. But with no family history, birth control is extremely unlikely to cause problems

If you don’t have breast or prostate cancer in your family, you’re probably not at a high risk for developing breast cancer from birth control pills.

We have already known that hormonal birth control pills are a carcinogen. We’ve known since 2007

The most at-risk are people with a certain genetic makeup. If you have breast or prostate cancer in your family, you’re probably a lot more at risk. If you don’t have certain genes, you’re probably not a high risk

Birth control also prevents endometrial and ovarian cancer. So it really seems to depend on what you’re at risk for