Other doctors ask me why I spend time on social media instead of spending more time seeing more patients? If I did that, I would be earning more. They say that (and it's true) that being on social media has only gotten me more trouble. So why go through all of that pain? For what?
For this. See how the crowd is obliterating the narrative of a guy who claims that his jackfruit flour is the greatest solution to reversing fatty liver. He puts up a mouse study and other studies funded by his own company and multiple links from news media (and even Facebook!!!) as "good" evidence, only to be schooled about what evidence really means.
This is how you empower people to fight against misinformation and fraudsters looking to take you for a ride in the healthcare spectrum. By teaching them how to spot health misinformation and apply critical thinking.
This is why I am on social media. And I have no regrets. "You don't get a million friends without making a few enemies."
YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR CHICKEN DINNER.
This is why we need health reporters to have scientific temperament, have basic medical science paper reading skills, have the aptitude to ask right questions and provide a version of this news that informs rather than fearmonger.
This study claimed that weekly consumption of 300g and above of chicken meat was associated with increased risk of gastrointestinal cancers. This is not what the study actually said at all.
The study actually revealed that there are clinical researchers who are biased, who invest in poor methodology to drive their pre-conceived conclusions, are prejudiced and manipulate data using statistical torture to cherry pick outcomes they want to.
In under 2 weeks of peer review, leaving alone many important questions and variables that affect the outcome of this study, and without addressing major factors that promote cancer causation, the authors have published a study in a legit, substandard indexed journal called Nutrients to drive their prejudices against the meat eating community. Detailed alcohol use, physical activity, weight dynamics, genetics, family history of cancer, type of chicken meat (fried or boiled or grilled, processed or unprocessed) were left out intentionally.
The same authors group are well known to consistently publish studies on "benefits" of vegan/vegetarian diets and demonize meat eating communities.
Agreed, a "predominantly" plant based diet is metabolically healthier when compared to a "predominantly" meat (processed) based diet, but this outright generalization of 300g of chicken meat a week - calling it "cancer causing" is not just bad science, it's prejudiced manipulation of scientific data. It's garbage.
Going back in time again with this retro rendition of ‘Pehle Bhi Main’ produced by me and sung by @adityakalway using Rafi Sahab’s AI 💯
Hope you all like it! 🙏
Og by @VishalMMishra 🙌🏻
Recreated @arrahman ‘s iconic Jashn-e-bahaara in 70s Bollywood style by using @adityakalway ‘s vocals and converting them to Rafi Sahab’s voice using AI, hope you like this! #mohammedrafi#arrahman
Traveling back in time with 'Haule Haule' like it's straight outta the '70s! 🕺🎶
Found this Mohammed Rafi AI and asked @adityakalway to sprinkle his magic on this song.🙌🏻
Og by @salim_merchant@Sulaiman@Sukhwindermusic
On my way to the play-offs with #CSK hoping to win again. Takes my mind back to a day when they almost didn't qualify and another last over Dhoni special took them home, then to the title and then beyond.