We spent months investigating the inner working of the EC.
What we found: the majority of the Commission, kept in the dark for almost a year.
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times in 10 months, FOUR times on a single day, to decisions taken in the Commission's name without their knowledge.
Here is what they flagged:
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@theliverdoc Can we starve Cancer cell? yes Is there any treatment based on this ? yes . Why there is scientific paper ? who will fund this? https://t.co/lD3UPAdHDD
Power of @Twitter .
Made this man talk. He was ignoring #manipur for too long and one leaked video made him talk. Unfortunately there are many videos like that. Internet is shut down in the state coz the govt doesnt want the truth to come out
I dont usually debunk what health-illiterate spiritual gurus mutter about medicine and nutrition, but this video was shared with me for some fact checking and also because it has got millions of views and 60K likes.
And it is utter nonsense.
The video features Jaggi Vasudev, self proclaimed spiritual leader also known as Sadhguru - who was featured in The Joe Rogan podcast (not that it makes him any credible, but it can project his nonsensical takes on healthcare onto millions worldwide)
There are many utterly and absolutely inacurrate claims made in this video.
Claim: There is a poisonous chemical called citatine in brinjal.
Fact: There is no such thing as citatine. Brinjal (or egg plant), along with potatoes and tomatoes belong to the family of nightshade and genus Solanum. Solanum group contain Solanine in the unripe fruit/vegetables. These are natural defences present in these plants against animals. When stored under ambient temperature and when ripe enough, the chances of solanine poisoning is almost zero. Reports of poisoning and fatality were because people consumed bitter green tomatoes or green skin potatoes. Peeling skin of potatoes almost nullifies the risk of solanine poisoning.
See more here: https://t.co/R8UoBPf8Eh
Claim: Citatine (actually he must have meant solanine) damages the hypothalamus region of brain.
Fact: There is no evidence to show that solanine affects the hypothalamus region of brain. The most common site of toxicity from solanine is on the gastrointestinal tract - burning sensations in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhea and nothing on the hypothalamus in the brain.
Claim: Hypothalamus is the important part of the brain which helps in decision making. Poison in brinjal attacks this part and makes you dull.
Fact: The prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus are the most critical parts of the human brain for decision making and not hypothalamus.
https://t.co/AABRt4e17H
The hypothalamus helps manage your body temperature, hunger and thirst, mood, sex drive, blood pressure and sleep - and has nothing to do with decision making.
https://t.co/gP1l7iy3FQ
Claim: Eating a whole garlic will kill you.
Fact: No it wont. It will drive away vampires and non-vampires because literally no one can stand that breath. And probably give you a heartburn you'll never forget. Also nobody is going to eat a whole garlic unless it is reality TV where you are getting paid for it.
Claim: If you eat one egg plant (brinjal) a day for a year, you will become a far duller person.
Fact: If you keep listening to people like Jaggi and watch Jaggi videos and enjoy seeing Jaggi dancing during Navaratri, it is more like that you are already a very dull person without any critical thinking skills.
Last point:
The classification of foods into Satvic (pure, light), Rajasic (spicy, stimulating) and Tamasic (heavy, dull - such as Brinjal) is according to the primitive untested observations-based religious mumbo-jumbo from ancient Ayurvedic scriptures which also feature the annoyingly hocus-pocus "hot and cold" foods classification - it is utter nonsense.
Never for a second believe the nutritional pseudoscience of Ayurveda. Many people suffer from Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) because they following this nonsense classification.
https://t.co/dVEBFz0NpU
Foods are actually classified by origin, chemical composition and predominant function.
Sadhguru Jaggi is not a doctor. He is a conman who speaks good, fluent English, and lies, rather confidently.