So much bad info!

qpmomma1
qpmomma1 Posts: 220 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Every time I join a Facebook group I get frustrated and leave because of all the bad information. I just want to join a FB group where I won't get told to "eat clean" and "go on a detox." Someone actually told another woman that 2% milk was bad and not to drink it everyday. I also see "eat 5 meals a day." When I said I only eat 2 meals but I get my calories in I got told my body will go into "starvation mode". I am so done with it. Why all the bad information?? If I say anything that goes against what everyone else is saying I get ganged up on. I am working with a dietitian from the hospital. I am going to take her advice over some random person on the internet. I am just looking for a supportive FB group.

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  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    A lot of people have made a lot of money off "bad information." That's why it lingers. They sell it and stupid and/or desperate consumers buy it.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    qpmomma1 wrote: »
    Every time I join a Facebook group I get frustrated and leave because of all the bad information. I just want to join a FB group where I won't get told to "eat clean" and "go on a detox." Someone actually told another woman that 2% milk was bad and not to drink it everyday. I also see "eat 5 meals a day." When I said I only eat 2 meals but I get my calories in I got told my body will go into "starvation mode". I am so done with it. Why all the bad information?? If I say anything that goes against what everyone else is saying I get ganged up on. I am working with a dietitian from the hospital. I am going to take her advice over some random person on the internet. I am just looking for a supportive FB group.

    good luck with that on fb lol
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Behind most of those Facebook groups is a MLM product.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,494 Member
    FB is a cesspit of bad information, unfortunately. So many woo-peddlers and MLM sales people.
  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
    You don't have to go to Facebook for that garbage, there's plenty of it here on MFP. Look at the thread below this one for example.

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  • qpmomma1
    qpmomma1 Posts: 220 Member
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    Behind most of those Facebook groups is a MLM product.

    I'm starting to agree :(

  • AdrianChr92
    AdrianChr92 Posts: 567 Member
    I have a friend who works at herballife. We don't talk about her work any more
  • qpmomma1
    qpmomma1 Posts: 220 Member
    TheBeachgod wrote: »
    You don't have to go to Facebook for that garbage, there's plenty of it here on MFP. Look at the thread below this one for example.

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    I need to just stick to MFP.
  • Colorscheme
    Colorscheme Posts: 1,179 Member
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    Behind most of those Facebook groups is a MLM product.

    If anyone of those MLM's worked, then it would be all over the news.
  • Odilerubia
    Odilerubia Posts: 80 Member
    I am laughing, not at you, but it sounds exactely as pregnant women: they go totally nuts with everybody giving them advise.
    You know what is worse: being fat and people starting to tell you about this wonderful diet, Im like Did I actually ask this?
    Once I reacted to the person: well, I know a very nice store where they sell these very nice glasses... he asked me what I meant: I said, well, did you see the glasses you are wearing now.....
  • Kyrenora
    Kyrenora Posts: 133 Member
    I'm an admin for a healthy living group on FB. I squash that nonsense the second it pops up.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited January 2016
    qpmomma1 wrote: »
    TheBeachgod wrote: »
    You don't have to go to Facebook for that garbage, there's plenty of it here on MFP. Look at the thread below this one for example.

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    I need to just stick to MFP.

    In all honesty, it's often not much better. Too many people who still believe in woo and old wives' tales that won't die. As you read through threads and get a feel for it, you'll start figuring out which posters are advocating science/evidence-based material and which ones are spouting fairy tales based upon fiction.
  • qpmomma1
    qpmomma1 Posts: 220 Member
    Kyrenora wrote: »
    I'm an admin for a healthy living group on FB. I squash that nonsense the second it pops up.

    What group?

  • qpmomma1
    qpmomma1 Posts: 220 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    qpmomma1 wrote: »
    TheBeachgod wrote: »
    You don't have to go to Facebook for that garbage, there's plenty of it here on MFP. Look at the thread below this one for example.

    d92malpl6ceq.jpg

    I need to just stick to MFP.

    In all honesty, it's often not much better. Too many people who still believe in woo and old wives' tales that won't die.

    Yeah, but it seems that the bad info gets called out.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    Kyrenora wrote: »
    I'm an admin for a healthy living group on FB. I squash that nonsense the second it pops up.

    You must be quite busy with that.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    qpmomma1 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    qpmomma1 wrote: »
    TheBeachgod wrote: »
    You don't have to go to Facebook for that garbage, there's plenty of it here on MFP. Look at the thread below this one for example.

    d92malpl6ceq.jpg

    I need to just stick to MFP.

    In all honesty, it's often not much better. Too many people who still believe in woo and old wives' tales that won't die.

    Yeah, but it seems that the bad info gets called out.

    Yes, that part is true at least.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    I hear you.

    I was a member of one of the Jillian workout groups on FB....Horrible. VLCD recommendations, praises on extremely fast unhealthy weight loss, MLMs, hours and hours of workouts per day, fear of certain food groups, and a LOT of he said she said BS... And when the ad info gets called out, a SWARM of attackers were sure to be nearby.

    All I wanted was workout buddies. Eh.
  • amy_kee
    amy_kee Posts: 694 Member
    Stick with your dietitian. Most people just spout off at the mouth--chiming in with their opinion as a fact.
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