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When Pseudoscience Crashes Christmas: A Scientist’s Survival Guide.
Looking to tackle science misinformation with your friends and family? Here's an evidence-based toolkit to help.
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Dr. Andrea Love
2
More vaccines exist today than 40 years ago. That's a good thing.
Every new vaccine means fewer deadly diseases and more lives saved—that's the ultimate goal of scientific progress.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Seed oils are NOT causing colorectal cancer.
Media clickbait and wellness influencers are lying about a recent study that didn't even look at potential dietary factors in colorectal cancer.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Vaccines STILL don't cause autism, but RFK Jr's anti-vaccine rhetoric is alive and profitable.
This claim was fabricated by Andrew Wakefield in the 1990s to make money. RFK Jr. has been exploiting the dangerous lie for 25 years.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Aluminum vaccine adjuvants are not causing food allergies
RFK Jr. is, yet again, spreading dangerous and false information on immunology concepts he doesn't understand
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
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RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
 • Dr. Andrea Love
4
The Congressional "American Health and Nutrition Roundtable" was an egregious display of anti-science disinformation
 • Dr. Andrea Love
7
Is Andrew Huberman more scam than science?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
Sugar doesn't cause - or feed - cancer.
 • Dr. Andrea Love
3

Recent posts

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RFK Jr. claims to want healthy food, but demonizes the science that makes it possible
RFK Jr. is responsible for unfounded fears and avoidance of safe and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Dr. Andrea Love
1
Conventional produce is safe to eat and isn't covered in harmful pesticides
The USDA pesticide residue report demonstrates the SAFETY of conventionally-grown produce, contrary to claims of anti-science activists like the EWG.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
9
Mehmet Oz is the OG wellness grifter: his millions were made by lying to you
His career prioritized personal gain over public health and he will do the same to CMS and its beneficiaries.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Vaccines are the real MVP: they've been saving lives for hundreds of years.
RFK Jr. and others who erode trust in life-saving medical tools are dangers to our society and they do not care about improving health.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Foresters and farmers want to combat health and science disinformation too
Insights from my presentation at the Oregonians for Food and Shelter Annual Conference
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Mammograms do not cause cancer - and more breast cancer truths.
Misinformation spread by wellness influencers and unqualified celebrities undermine critically important science and health interventions
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Why do people selectively reject science?
Even those who "believe in science" fall prey to echo chambers shaped by feelings, biases, political ideologies, and community groups, which often…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2

Pesticides

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RFK Jr. claims to want healthy food, but demonizes the science that makes it possible
RFK Jr. is responsible for unfounded fears and avoidance of safe and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Conventional produce is safe to eat and isn't covered in harmful pesticides
The USDA pesticide residue report demonstrates the SAFETY of conventionally-grown produce, contrary to claims of anti-science activists like the EWG.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
9
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Foresters and farmers want to combat health and science disinformation too
Insights from my presentation at the Oregonians for Food and Shelter Annual Conference
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Why do people selectively reject science?
Even those who "believe in science" fall prey to echo chambers shaped by feelings, biases, political ideologies, and community groups, which often…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Food Babe's disinformation, chemophobia, and scare tactics are the real toxic ingredients
Vani Hari's claims are not only false, they undermine public trust in science, scientific experts, governmental regulations, and safe, accessible food.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
The Congressional "American Health and Nutrition Roundtable" was an egregious display of anti-science disinformation
Legislators platforming pseudoscience personalities under the guise of "health advocacy" is an insulting distraction from REAL issues that impact…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
7
Glyphosate: a low toxicity herbicide is the target of a highly toxic disinformation campaign
Glyphosate is safer than nearly all other organic and conventional herbicides, yet has been plagued with fear-based messaging for decades.
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Dr. Andrea Love
6
Let's work together to improve science literacy and health
Rejection of science and anti-science policies and laws impact all of us.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Trust in science dies when health professionals spread disinformation and refuse to correct mistakes
The American Academy of Pediatrics refuses to acknowledge their statement on GMOs and food safety is in direct conflict with scientific consensus.
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Dr. Andrea Love
1
Chemophobia - the fear of chemicals - is a public health crisis
Low science literacy and lack of biology, chemistry, and toxicology knowledge exacerbates this global health threat.
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Dr. Andrea Love
Glyphosate doesn't cause Celiac disease or alter gluten structure
Trace levels in food products like Banza pasta don't pose a risk to your health
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Dr. Andrea Love

Immune System and Immunology

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More vaccines exist today than 40 years ago. That's a good thing.
Every new vaccine means fewer deadly diseases and more lives saved—that's the ultimate goal of scientific progress.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Seed oils are NOT causing colorectal cancer.
Media clickbait and wellness influencers are lying about a recent study that didn't even look at potential dietary factors in colorectal cancer.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Vaccines STILL don't cause autism, but RFK Jr's anti-vaccine rhetoric is alive and profitable.
This claim was fabricated by Andrew Wakefield in the 1990s to make money. RFK Jr. has been exploiting the dangerous lie for 25 years.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Aluminum vaccine adjuvants are not causing food allergies
RFK Jr. is, yet again, spreading dangerous and false information on immunology concepts he doesn't understand
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Mehmet Oz is the OG wellness grifter: his millions were made by lying to you
His career prioritized personal gain over public health and he will do the same to CMS and its beneficiaries.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Vaccines are the real MVP: they've been saving lives for hundreds of years.
RFK Jr. and others who erode trust in life-saving medical tools are dangers to our society and they do not care about improving health.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Mammograms do not cause cancer - and more breast cancer truths.
Misinformation spread by wellness influencers and unqualified celebrities undermine critically important science and health interventions
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Why do people selectively reject science?
Even those who "believe in science" fall prey to echo chambers shaped by feelings, biases, political ideologies, and community groups, which often…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Vitamin C: Scurvy Savior or Immune Overdose? More of a Good Thing Isn’t Always Better
The dose makes the poison with ALL things, even essential micronutrients.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
At-Home Allergy Tests are not an alternative for trained clinical allergists
These tests fall under the unregulated wellness industry that sells pseudoscience under the guise of health.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Sugar doesn't cause - or feed - cancer.
This pervasive myth is propagated by wellness influencers who don't understand cancer biology to exploit health anxiety and sell pseudoscience.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3

Chemicals

View all
Seed oils are NOT causing colorectal cancer.
Media clickbait and wellness influencers are lying about a recent study that didn't even look at potential dietary factors in colorectal cancer.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Aluminum vaccine adjuvants are not causing food allergies
RFK Jr. is, yet again, spreading dangerous and false information on immunology concepts he doesn't understand
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
RFK Jr. claims to want healthy food, but demonizes the science that makes it possible
RFK Jr. is responsible for unfounded fears and avoidance of safe and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Conventional produce is safe to eat and isn't covered in harmful pesticides
The USDA pesticide residue report demonstrates the SAFETY of conventionally-grown produce, contrary to claims of anti-science activists like the EWG.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
9
Foresters and farmers want to combat health and science disinformation too
Insights from my presentation at the Oregonians for Food and Shelter Annual Conference
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Why do people selectively reject science?
Even those who "believe in science" fall prey to echo chambers shaped by feelings, biases, political ideologies, and community groups, which often…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Food Babe's disinformation, chemophobia, and scare tactics are the real toxic ingredients
Vani Hari's claims are not only false, they undermine public trust in science, scientific experts, governmental regulations, and safe, accessible food.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Vitamin C: Scurvy Savior or Immune Overdose? More of a Good Thing Isn’t Always Better
The dose makes the poison with ALL things, even essential micronutrients.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Misinformation & public outcry harms health & safety: the paraben case study
Unfounded fears about safe antimicrobial preservatives illustrate the snowball effect of scientific falsehoods.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Are food dyes used in the US banned in other countries? No, not really.
Different countries use different naming systems. A lack of fact-checking allows misinformation to spread which undermines science, public health, and…
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Dr. Andrea Love
3
The Environmental Working Group is an anti-science activist organization
So why are politicians letting them influence policies and law?
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
The Congressional "American Health and Nutrition Roundtable" was an egregious display of anti-science disinformation
Legislators platforming pseudoscience personalities under the guise of "health advocacy" is an insulting distraction from REAL issues that impact…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
7
ImmunoLogic
ImmunoLogic
Dr. Andrea Love, a microbiologist and immunologist, discusses the facts, the fiction, and the fraud behind science and health topics.

Supplements

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Mehmet Oz is the OG wellness grifter: his millions were made by lying to you
His career prioritized personal gain over public health and he will do the same to CMS and its beneficiaries.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Food Babe's disinformation, chemophobia, and scare tactics are the real toxic ingredients
Vani Hari's claims are not only false, they undermine public trust in science, scientific experts, governmental regulations, and safe, accessible food.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Vitamin C: Scurvy Savior or Immune Overdose? More of a Good Thing Isn’t Always Better
The dose makes the poison with ALL things, even essential micronutrients.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
The wellness industry is bad news for healthcare
This $5.6 trillion unregulated industry exploits health anxiety and misleads patients and providers
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
Are Americans really riddled with parasites? No.
Parasite infections are uncommon in developed nations. But the wellness industry wants to profit by making you believe otherwise.
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Dr. Andrea Love
Toxic mold is the latest pseudoscience diagnosis
As usual, celebrity attention and wellness industry disinformation exploit health anxiety
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Dr. Andrea Love
Adrenal Fatigue: another fake diagnosis
No, 80% of people are not secretly suffering from this mythical ailment
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Dr. Andrea Love
4
Probiotic supplements: no evidence they offer health benefits
These dietary supplements are not regulated for efficacy or safety
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Dr. Andrea Love
I am the expert for this week's WIRED Tech Support: Pseudoscience Support
Yes, I tackled MANY of the common claims you hear all over the internet
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Dr. Andrea Love
Homeopathy is a scam that causes real harm.
Not a single homeopathic "medicine" is FDA-approved. These expensive sugar pills have zero science behind them.
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Dr. Andrea Love
3
Dietary Supplements are not regulated for quality, safety, or efficacy
And that's a far bigger problem than many people realize.
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Dr. Andrea Love
6
Huberman’s Cold and Flu podcast hypes unproven wellness ‘hacks’ that he profits from
All while ignoring and dismissing actual evidence-based interventions
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Dr. Andrea Love
Top posts
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
 • Dr. Andrea Love
4
The Congressional "American Health and Nutrition Roundtable" was an egregious display of anti-science disinformation
 • Dr. Andrea Love
7
Is Andrew Huberman more scam than science?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
Sugar doesn't cause - or feed - cancer.
 • Dr. Andrea Love
3
Vitamin D: Can we Finally Stop Beating this Dead Horse?
 • Dr. Andrea Love
4

Wellness Industry

View all
When Pseudoscience Crashes Christmas: A Scientist’s Survival Guide.
Looking to tackle science misinformation with your friends and family? Here's an evidence-based toolkit to help.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Seed oils are NOT causing colorectal cancer.
Media clickbait and wellness influencers are lying about a recent study that didn't even look at potential dietary factors in colorectal cancer.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Vaccines STILL don't cause autism, but RFK Jr's anti-vaccine rhetoric is alive and profitable.
This claim was fabricated by Andrew Wakefield in the 1990s to make money. RFK Jr. has been exploiting the dangerous lie for 25 years.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
RFK Jr. claims to want healthy food, but demonizes the science that makes it possible
RFK Jr. is responsible for unfounded fears and avoidance of safe and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Mehmet Oz is the OG wellness grifter: his millions were made by lying to you
His career prioritized personal gain over public health and he will do the same to CMS and its beneficiaries.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Mammograms do not cause cancer - and more breast cancer truths.
Misinformation spread by wellness influencers and unqualified celebrities undermine critically important science and health interventions
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Why do people selectively reject science?
Even those who "believe in science" fall prey to echo chambers shaped by feelings, biases, political ideologies, and community groups, which often…
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Food Babe's disinformation, chemophobia, and scare tactics are the real toxic ingredients
Vani Hari's claims are not only false, they undermine public trust in science, scientific experts, governmental regulations, and safe, accessible food.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
3
Vitamin C: Scurvy Savior or Immune Overdose? More of a Good Thing Isn’t Always Better
The dose makes the poison with ALL things, even essential micronutrients.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Misinformation & public outcry harms health & safety: the paraben case study
Unfounded fears about safe antimicrobial preservatives illustrate the snowball effect of scientific falsehoods.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
The Environmental Working Group is an anti-science activist organization
So why are politicians letting them influence policies and law?
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love

Infectious Diseases

View all
More vaccines exist today than 40 years ago. That's a good thing.
Every new vaccine means fewer deadly diseases and more lives saved—that's the ultimate goal of scientific progress.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Vaccines STILL don't cause autism, but RFK Jr's anti-vaccine rhetoric is alive and profitable.
This claim was fabricated by Andrew Wakefield in the 1990s to make money. RFK Jr. has been exploiting the dangerous lie for 25 years.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
Aluminum vaccine adjuvants are not causing food allergies
RFK Jr. is, yet again, spreading dangerous and false information on immunology concepts he doesn't understand
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Mehmet Oz is the OG wellness grifter: his millions were made by lying to you
His career prioritized personal gain over public health and he will do the same to CMS and its beneficiaries.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Vaccines are the real MVP: they've been saving lives for hundreds of years.
RFK Jr. and others who erode trust in life-saving medical tools are dangers to our society and they do not care about improving health.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
4
Listeria in your frozen waffles? Blame Trump-era food safety rollbacks
Trump administration budget cuts and deregulation of food safety is increasing the risk of foodborne illness and putting all of us in harm's way.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Vitamin C: Scurvy Savior or Immune Overdose? More of a Good Thing Isn’t Always Better
The dose makes the poison with ALL things, even essential micronutrients.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
5
Everyone 6 months and older should get a flu shot every year
Misunderstanding of influenza viruses and vaccine misinformation causes unnecessary illness, hospitalizations, and death.
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Dr. Andrea Love
COVID-19 Round-Up: Vaccine FAQs
The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines are approved by the FDA. Let's tackle some common questions and misinformation.
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Dr. Andrea Love
5
The mpox outbreak in Africa is declared an international public health emergency
No, this is not the start of a pandemic. No, you don't need to panic. Here's what you should know.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
1
Let's work together to improve science literacy and health
Rejection of science and anti-science policies and laws impact all of us.
 • 
Dr. Andrea Love
2
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