I would say that since the pandemic in 2020 there are very few things that surprise me.

I usually don't get disturbed by medical facts or even new diseases,

and of course we're trained in health care to maintain our composure and professionalism.

But then came Tik-Tok. That's right, you know where we're going with this.

Tik-Tok has had some crazy health trends,

and the rise of pseudo-influencer culture has brought about all kinds of health

trends that are dangerous and downright ridiculous.

Though not everything on Tik-Toc is bad for you.

Don't get me wrong, I learned a great pasta recipe

that I made just before making this podcast.

And I used it and ate it and it was lovely.

But the health trends can get people heard.

I'm Dr. Nakeetson-Paul,

your friendly neighborhood internist and and gastrantroologist,

and we're going to revisit Tik-Toc health trends. Yes, we said goodbye a couple of months ago,

but like the Australian breakdancer, it keeps coming up over and over in the news and your patients are going to ask you

about it so let's cover it.

Kue that music my man. Now a new study was done that actually found that 57% of millennials and Generation Z

Tik-Toc users reported being influenced or actually

adopted nutrition trends they learned on the platform.

And so someone went out and said, well, let's take a look at these and how many of them are accurate.

Now, you might be thinking 5, 50, 10%, it turns out that only 2% are accurate compared to public health and nutrition guideline.

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