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      Do not get me even started

      (for reading convenience, these are links for Rhonda Byrne, James A. Ray, Mehmet Oz, The Awareness Center, Deepak Chopra and Chirstiane Northrup. Her rap sheet is a lot (a lot) longer but I need to go to work)

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          After the Oprah episodes they did a compilation episode of all of the bastards Oprah gave us that they’d previously covered, including Dr Phil. It was like 9 hours long. I couldn’t finish it.

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            Phil McGraw, I like to point out has a bad reputation and still got a prime time drama about his career on CBS called Bull.

            There are been allegations that the work environment on the set of his talk show was toxic for those working on it. On top of that, there had been allegations that guest who were on certain types of medications would have it withheld before taping. Separate from this there was allegations that guest would often be given alcohol and illicit drugs before taping.

            I’ve only watched like five minutes of this show ever, where a mother tried reaching out to her daughter that was engaged in sex work. She wanted to get her daughter to stop the sex work. Everything McGraw said was vile and victim blaming about the daughter’s lifestyle. It was utterly disgusting.

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    The was quite literally the playbook of Andrew Wakefield when he published the 1998 fraudulent paper in the Lancet that purported to link MMR vaccines to autism, kicking off our entire modern round of anti-vax nonsense.

    He stood to make millions selling test kits to people suddenly fearful of vaccination, IIRC. They’re all scum, seeking to rake in money on the very fears they’ve stoked.

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    Wait iHerb is a Dr. Oz company? Dang, I’ve used them several times, gotta remember to avoid them in the future

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      It’s a really bad move by iHerb. They made him a brand ambassador or some shit in 2023. The company was doing fine then they had to get in bed with Brainworms’ buddy.

      You can find all sorts of info on the press releases. Bunch of really lame brain marketing bullshit.

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      Regardless of who owns it, I’m not sure I would trust any other supplement marketplace. I’m never buying supplements from Amazon ever again.

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    And when these MAGA morons give their autistic kid “the cure” and it doesn’t work they’ll blame democrats for “tainting it” or some stupid bullshit idk I fucking hate it here

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    Ugh, and folinic acid is just a vitamin that can, in some cases and conditions, help with some language processing issues.

    Like it can help with apraxia. It’s not a cure for autism. Or anything.

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    Everyone knows we’re not coming back from this, right?

    Pandora’s Box is open. Cat is out of the bag. Genie is out of the bottle.

    Bury all these fucks 6 feet under and it’s still already too late. The institutions have been weakened. Brains have been rotted. Copycats will step up to fill the vacuum. Congress is still infected. It’s over.

    It’ll be like the end of Return of The King. It’ll take a while, but it’s still the ending.

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    Excellent news. Autism finally squared away. We can dedicate our scientists to finding a cure for trumpism.

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    It is men taking power over women and deciding how they should be treated. What else to expect from a rapist?

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    Could have been worse, like realizing it’s genetic and issuing mandatory sterilizations to both the autistic people and their parents.

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    I think this is based on poor understanding of genetics. A lot of neurodivergent people have mutations in a gene (MTHFR) that deals with processing folate, but that doesn’t mean they have reduced folate by itself. But, taking folic acid if you have decreased ability to process it can actually cause health problems. I’m not sure what the difference is for folinic acid, but this just all sounds very pharma-bro and unscientific to me

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      I did an undergrad report on MTHFR in regards to how smoking reduces folate levels which can lead to birth defects in babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. Did not know about the neurodivergence connection! Might give that avenue a read

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      You should watch hbomber vid on vaccines and autism if you are prepared for a bit of rage. It’s def not based on any science or any poor understanding

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          A corrupt doctor did horrible things to vulnerable child patients (e.g. dangerous colonoscopies without proper consent) in order to make a B.S. article claiming the MMR vaccine causes autism, all to help a friend sell an alternative—separate Mumps, Measles, and Rubella vaccines—and make a shitload of money. It backfired, he lost his medical license and accidentally convinced half the U.S. that all vaccines are evil.

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          All vaccine/ autism pseudoscience that saw prominence starting in the 90’s based on one fraudulent paper written by a guy who claimed to be a doctor but was just straight up abusing kids to back up his claims and to sell his own product which was just MMR vaccine delivered in three seperate shots. Product developed before fraudulent paper.

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            I’m aware of that. I am not sure why you told me to watch that video when I was trying to figure out why they chose folinic acid supplements specifically. Because folic acid and folinic acid can really make people with MTHFR deficiency sick, and for some it also worsens their autism symptoms.