Never take health advice from individuals such as Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, PewDiePie, Elon Musk, Doctor Oz, Doctor Huberman, Bill Gates, JD Vance, Barack Obama, Jensen Huang, Hassan Abi…
Some of these people are fools.
Some of these people are snake oil salesmen looking to sell you stuff.
Some of these people happen to be rich. And they think that because they are rich, they can figure out anything.
Even when they are well-meaning and very smart, they get things wrong.
The most reliable health advice is produced by top research universities.
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Duke University
- Cornell University
- Technion
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ecole Polytechnique Féderal de Lausanne
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Zurich
- King’s College London
- University of Amsterdam
- University College London
- Imperial College London
- Karolinska Institute
- KU Leuven
- National University of Singapore
- McGill University
- Tsinghua University
- Cambridge University
- Oxford University
I’m not saying scientists from the University of Hawaii aren’t good, but these institutions excel in cutting-edge research and academic reputation.
Let’s say you are interested in eating better. Where can you get reliable information about that?
KU Leuven:
https://www.kuleuven.be/healthy/en/students/physical/food
Stanford University:
Let’s say you are interested in fighting depression. Where can you get reliable information about that?
Cambridge University :
Let’s say you are interested in better sleep. Where can you get reliable information about that?
Harvard University:
Stanford University:
https://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/insomnia/documents/StrategiesforTroubleSleeping.pdf
Most of the claims you hear on social media are total non-sense. Usually, it’s some doctor or some rich tech freak coming out with a new miracle stuff.
“You need to inject peptides guys I also eat raw meat. It will be significantly boost your biomarkers. The science is clear”
- Jake, CEO and software developer from San Francisco
“My advice to listeners is to take a dose of Ketamine mixed with L-Theanine and BPC 157. The science is clear”
-Doctor Phil on Joe Rogan
(He just happens to sell that 😂)
This is all junk science that is likely to send you straight to the hospital.
“I got the basics. I want to stay up to date. Where should I get recent reliable knowledge?”
First, recent knowledge is rarely super reliable.
Second, most of the cutting edge health research is actually done by top universities. And they are careful to not overhype things. Look at the bold parts.
Our digestive tract contains some 1.5 kilograms of bacteria. This gut microbiome, long overlooked by doctors, has been gaining attention in recent years as scientists discover that its role extends well beyond digestion: these bacteria can influence our immune system, metabolism and even mental health. Yet a lot remains to be learned about how they function.
The gut microbiome, also known as the human body’s “second brain,” can affect mental-health conditions such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder as well as neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Some of these bacteria produce dopamine, serotonin and other neurotransmitters that interact directly with the brain and nervous system. “These neurotransmitters create feelings of happiness, contentment and well-being. If they aren’t produced properly, our mental health can suffer” says Goemans
“Probiotics are living bacteria found in fermented foods and available as supplements,” says Goemans. However, their efficacy hasn’t been scientifically proven and can vary depending on the bacteria strains and patient in question
https://actu.epfl.ch/news/gut-microbiome-serves-as-a-second-brain-regulati-3/
In the future, eating citrus could perhaps be part of a strategy for managing depression that also involves these more traditional pharmaceuticals. But more research is needed before we can conclude that.
I would love to see a clinical trial done to definitively show that eating citrus can lower the risk of depression, or maybe even alleviate the condition in some cases. There’s such a huge unmet need for depression treatments, and eating citrus doesn’t really have any major side effects, so it would be great to see how much this simple treatment can help
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/02/eating-citrus-may-lower-depression-risk/
Listen to universities. You really can’t go wrong with their advice.
They are usually a lot more reliable than ANY of the stuff that Jordan Peterson/Joe Rogan/Jeff Bezos/Hassan Piker may claim ###
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It’s amusing to me how this isn’t the first of these accounts post “health advice” with an appeal to authority falacy within the last week.
This community in particular gets a lot of these fly-by-night accounts that do this sort of thing, for some reason.
Sounds like it’s time to implement a time limit for new users to make post. 2 weeks for new posts but allow comments right away.
Frankly no, don’t even take advice directly from research universities unless you’re a qualified doctor or have cleared it with one. Just because a paper is written in the same language you speak, does not guarantee you will understand it completely, and you may not even realise you’re missing something important.
Your doctor will be able to tell you what is right for your body, a random medical researcher has no idea you even exist. Everyone is different and there are plenty of changes to your lifestyle you can make that could cause problems if they’re not right for you.
The content on the website of universities is aimed at the general public and be assumed to be safe and reliable.
https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/
It’s not aimed at scientists. The scientists read the papers.
Since this link wasn’t part of your post, and your post kind of prescribes health actions from news releases, I’d argue you’re making a separate mostly independent point here
Although agreed that there is a pretty large issue with some people treating some bros online as a trusted source of information and not getting the obvious red flag that they are selling these same
And that being particularly irritating if you know someone like that and they happen to be loud about freedom of speech (so use that as a shield while trying to convert anyone in their orbit).
Not sure if i should take your advice tbh, you aren’t a universities after all.
Joke aside, I’m not gonna go look for research paper on how to do drywall or fix my bike or maybe carpentry, so it really depend on what sort of topic it is, and i’m not gonna go to that extreme.
None of those things are Health advice.
Original title doesn’t specified what advice.
That makes sense. As you were.
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Research isn’t advice, either—it can provide the data to make an informed decision, but you still need to figure out what information is relevant to your particular case and how it applies.
In particular, you shouldn’t read a random study or research paper and take it as an actionable recommendation—you need to be familiar with other similar studies, and how they fit into the current state of the rest of their field.
YSK that taking health advice from youtubers, celebrities and podcasters is a terrible idea.
This is mostly correct. Huberman, for example, is not a good source. But Rhonda Patrick seems decent.
Only take advice from research universities
This is not great advice. I’ve seen so many articles on sites like Harvard that contain harmful misinformation and no study citations.
Always look for citations to studies. But even that is not enough. The source can be cherry picking to push an agenda, or simply ignorant of other conflicting research. You really have to put a lot of effort in to find quality sources.
It’s not easy to find quality information, but sites like sciencedirect, eurekalert, and medicalexpress, are some of the better sources.
I need to see some credentials before I take advice from you.
Not sure if your comment is serious, but credentials are not a valid way to determine that information is accurate.
I thought that this is how we promote Darwinism.
It reminds me with one YouTuber I used to say when I was still a young teenager. Back then, he said that despite his popularity, he isn’t a motivator, doctor, or psychiatrist to be idolized. As a viewer, he suggests to as professional or actual expert to help with your problems, rather than cope it with ambiguous online activity (like him).
Despite his struggle to became what he want now, it’s a good thing to take note that not all people share the same level, even him to anyone that follows him. It’s a good thing to do a research and think twice about what people said on the internet, rather than take it literally and say how “genius” such speech was (pretty much Brainrot logic)
YSK that your processes and ideas are just as flawed as everyone else’s, and people realize just as well as you do where they can or should get their information.
and people realize just as well as you do where they can or should get their information
That’s definitely not the case. Some of the most popular sources of information are terrible (Eg: reddit and other social media, huberman).
The Cleveland Clinic is also a great resource. They’re a world class hospital that puts out medical information on the internet. So like WebMD but by actually respected physicians
when did Hassan Abi gave health advices?
Researches are too technical you still need people that are good and simplifying the concepts
