Health and Wellness: Don’t Take Instagram's Word For It

Wellness gurus on the platform often claim the authority to give health advice—but science doesn’t back them up. The platform is rampant with misinformation about wellness, argues the Atlantic staff writer Amanda Mull. Behind many fads are Instagram influencers with perceived authority on health and wellness—the majority of whom have no real nutritional training or expertise.

[QuantumWalnut]

2:05 I like that you called out an identifiable antagonist for this story. People should be held accountable for spreading misinformation.

[sancho]

I bought a Dr. Brown’s celery soda yesterday and it was awful. Strawberry soda doesn’t taste like strawberry and orange soda doesn’t taste like orange, but celery soda tastes exactly like celery

[iLubembz]

Unfortunately this will never end until people love for novelty and quick fixes dies. Health, wellness, fitness is pretty basic. Fads are what mislead people.

Its on Instagram today, tomorrow it'll be on another medium. Same shtick, same audience.

[vaninsha]

"A $7 drink with no alcohol in I hear ya lady 👍

[apaksl]

As Sawbones says "Cure alls cure nothing"

[MabitzaRitchie]

Just read a recent blog entry by her that was talking about not needing to eat three meals a day, just one big meal and snack as much as you want whenever you want. She used some terms that made me curious so I went looking for photos or videos of her and this is the first I found. It confirmed my suspicions, I was right, she is obese.

[IMSOSwiftz]

i have acne... and i drink celery juice every morning and it’s clearing up my face more than any other products like proactiv

[ayde]

I mean, I agree: the juice of any plant(fruit or Veggie) mitigates one of the primary benefits of the produce: the fiber. Commodification of food-stuffs is definitely a problem for people trying to find what's healthy, and how they should eat. Unfortunately, you're missing the point by attacking Celery's health benefits/ grouping together realistic benefits, with extremes. I think, also, for an article that's trying to present the information from the basis of "scientific evidence" you really didn't include very much information relative to scientific research . Granted, there isn't enough nutritional research regarding the recommended amounts of certain anti-oxidants, and Phytonutrients; so the relative amount and effects of their relative concentrations are not applicable. I guess it just goes along with all the other opinion-based vantage-points we all perpetuate relative to diet: sometimes even by our own FDA: the most prolific example being the food pyramid itself: being designed more to perpetuate and support a federal subsidy of grain agriculture in the wake of the great depression, than a guide for healthy or normal quantities of food to ingest. Although scientists have rectified the chart; the public still proliferates it to a large extent: given our level of awareness, and the effort we put into understanding food, and health. Honestly, though, we might just be able to survive on whatever depending on the bacteria our individual gut-micorbiomes are hosting (currently). Anyway, Celery's a pretty healthy Veggie! Those watery veggies can be especially good for us: just take cucumbers: the best plant-based source of collagen (necessary for cell repair, and no, you can't absorb adequate amounts by putting it on your skin directly like most cosmetic companies want you to believe).

Celery: 1 cup contains (DV) 40% Vit K, 8% Potassium, Manganese 6%, Calcium 4%, Dietary Fiber 7%,

Contains: apigenin, luteolin, polysaccharides, and phytonutrients

Preliminary reasearch shows that it reduces Hyperlipidemia which makes it a great substance to consume with high-fat foods (like PB).

Conclusion: Please don't believe that the health benefits of eating plant-based foods are pseudo-science. We're on the cusp of many discoveries in the realm of health, and unfortunately; it's all happening against the current of our current health-system which has its funding channels set deeply within the Pharmacological aspects of treatment. Which has been great for advancement! We're able to treat things' at extreme levels: but we're really only scratching the surface of what the cause of certain ailments truly are. Our recent discovery relative to Cholesterol's presence v it's involvement with cardiovascular health is just one of many examples. Science is a slow- often inconclusive process. It really can't be tied-up neatly (like this video-article is trying to do).

Eat your Vegetables! Just, not in juice form.

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[PeachesLemons]

Instagram and influencers have ruined the wellness industry for those of us who have spent years studying qualification in the field 🤔. People would rather get advice and help from gurus online with heaps of followers, then a practitioner in a clinic with less followers. Real shame

[hnanetoo]

Watching this while eating chocolate 😬

[thesmartonepoint]

There are no "Superfoods" . No one food is superior to any other. What's important is a balanced diet.

[scruffyrodriguez]

No one ever thinks of going to the gym...

[gabrielmcwethy]

I absolutely love her writing! Her article about Goop is hilarious.

[ayulenthealthcare]

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[rokujones]

So gullible and uninformed people use Instagram

[thegonz]

What a waste of time. You can't call yourself a journalist for God's sake. Get a degree loose 30 pounds and post again. Celery is water??? WTF.