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50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Two thirds of what "fitfluencers" say is wrong

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Tv & Film, Business, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A new study by BMC Public Health analyzing the posts of fitness influencers shows that about two-thirds of what they post on social media is wrong…and may be doing more harm than good.

Should there be some kind of vetting performed on the information they provide, should they be banned for posting self-serving misinformation, or is this just a “buyer beware” situation? We chat about these questions and offer a critical piece of advice for evaluating any social media post.

Dean Saddoris joined us for this one. You can find Dean on IG @deansaddoris.ck and at caffeineandkilos.com

Listener resources: Fitness influencers study New York Times coverage

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Transcript

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0:00.0

We got two breaking stories.

0:10.6

What?

0:11.6

Two.

0:12.6

Don't let them break me.

0:13.6

Dose.

0:14.6

New evidence, science.

0:15.8

Science caught up.

0:17.2

No alcohol is good for you.

0:19.4

And hot people on the internet don't know how to work out.

0:23.4

Those are like the breaking stories in the fitness space this last couple weeks.

0:27.8

Dude.

0:28.8

Alcohol is not good for you.

0:30.8

Newse alert, news alert, news alert.

0:32.8

And all these hot people working out on the internet that are really hot have no clue what they're doing.

0:38.4

Correct.

0:39.4

Yeah.

0:40.4

That's shattering people's brains.

0:41.6

I, uh, I saw like when they were kind of first putting out like the alcohol was like new study shows.

0:46.8

Yeah.

0:47.8

And I put it on my story and I'm like new study shows, neuro toxin.

0:52.8

Yeah.

0:53.8

Not good at any amount.

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