Sreeraj Rajendran

Andrew Huberman does not take the flu shot. Andrew Huberman also, all by himself, confirms why people should not listen to him. "I do not work in a hospital or a clinic and I do not see large numbers of people (read: patients) on a daily basis." For someone who spends a whole lot of time scripting podcasts and recording in front of a few people, away from actual clinical work, misinformation comes easy and inherently. Huberman, the neuroscientist advise on how to keep influenza a highly contagious viral disease at bay? Cold showers, sauna, deep cold plunges - because they "activate" the innate immune system 🥀 - it is just the begining of 2024 and this is such a great start to heath disinformation. What Huberman, a neuroscientist has completely and ignorantly missed out (because he is not a clinical doctor) is that flu shots: Prevent risk of stroke across adult population: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu… Vaccination reduced severe influenza-associated illness among adults by 32%: academic.oup.com/cid/article… Prevents absenteeism among healthy working adults, reduced absence from work and was a highly cost-effective tool in the context of healthcare expenditure and work productivity: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3226… Was associated with lower post-influenza death rate among older adults with breakthrough influenza, even during seasons with "antigenic-drifts:" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3724… Have compelling evidence to show that vaccination was associated with a decreased risk of major cardiovascular events, particularly myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular death: nature.com/articles/s41598-0… Get your flu shots as advised by your doctor, because in part two or three of the series, Huberman will start selling supplements to prevent the flu. PS: For Indians, please follow these influenza vaccination guidelines published here by the Pulmonology/Respiratory Society: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…

Research in Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy in India. From: @ScienceIsDope_ Podcast youtu.be/eoCkPGHrQmw?si=Fqa7…

The presenter asks Virat Kohli, the star Indian cricketer - "Why did you become a vegetarian?" His answer is mind-boggling. He starts with his source of advice - an Accupuncturist. Accupuncture is a pseudoscience. It has no meaningful principles or reasonable action. It is not based on scientific knowledge and is a form of quackery. Large systematic reviews confirm that there no good evidence of benefit, which suggests that it is not an effective method of healthcare. Virat then speaks about his cervical spine disc prolapse. He then speeds towards his stomach where he claims that eating meat was making stomach more acidic, because of which the calcium from his bones were leaking off. So the solution - make it alkaline. So he quit meat and became vegetarian - to make his stomach less acidic, more alkaline, to prevent calcium loss in bone and thus, cure his cervical spondylitis. This is pure and unadulterated nonsense. The stomach is acidic and will remain so whether you want it or not. Acid production is the unique and central component of the stomach's contribution to the digestive process and also plays a role in protecting the body against pathogens ingested with food or water [sciencedirect.com/science/ar…] You cannot make the stomach alkaline, unless you ingest enough alkali - which will of course kill you. Calcium does not leech away because the stomach is acidic. Eating meat does not cause calcium loss. In fact, increasing the protein intake from 1 g/kg body weight to 2 g/kg, given as meat, did not have an adverse effect on calcium metabolism. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3533…]. Going vegetarian does not mean one becomes gauranteed calcium sufficient. Vegetarianism is a culturo-religious factor and not a norm. People choose it because of various personal reasons and it is not one based on strong evidence from medical science. It is not superior to other diets, except of course, is better than veganism, which is the most inferior form of diet from scientific standpoint. Cervival neck disc bulge is not treated by going vegetarian. There are actual scientific guidelines for it. See here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK54… and here: spine.org/documents/research… And no one should ever ask an Accupuncturist for any advise on health, because they themselves have no clue about human anatomy or physiology and they are not real healthcare providers. They are quacks. I like Virat Kohli. The guy is a national treasure. But I am sorry to say that he is very health and science-illiterate and a prototype of the beggarly scientific temper that define majoirty of Indians in today's India. Doctors, scientisits, science communicators, (real) health influencers, we need to do better.