Question: Is it fun looking at headlines and telling people if the facts are true or false and why?

David Nunan answered on 16 Nov 2015:

Hi,

It is fun but it’s also really important. Take these 2 examples: one is a new diet fad where people inject themselves with a product that’s been made from the urine of pregnant women (no – I’m not joking!).
There’s also one about male bodybuilders buying human breastmilk from the internet in the belief that it will make them bigger.

Needless to say the science behind these two is very poor and these practices are more likely to be dangerous for your health. If people don’t know that these stories are false then there could be a lot of people harming themselves unnecessarily. It’s important that people are told the facts so they can make up their own minds based on all the information about benefits and harms.