I am once again requesting a Lone Star Tick emoji to save these people from themselves. I had to labour in ms paint to make this just give me an alpha gal allergy please.

I think my favourite one is the one about heating raw milk. That's pasteurization we already invented that.

  • Nephron [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I think it might just be sheer contrarianism.

    Everyone is telling them to eat vegetables to be healthy, and they don't like being told what to do.
    Like anti-vaxxers, they form online echo chambers and convince themselves that they are part of the community of outsiders who know the real truth. There is money to be made and so "Doctors" appear and begin confirming their beliefs while selling supplements.

    And like anti-vaxxers they just ignore all the bad things that happen as a result of their choices.

    Also the average person in the US is so unhealthy, due to a myriad of reasons, that people want some extreme other option, whatever is furthest away from conventional health advice.