How to recognize health rumors?

At the end of many so-called wellness articles are asking people to come and follow the public number that published the post in order to receive more health and wellness knowledge. However, after we followed, we found that what we received was not information about health and wellness, but many advertisements for selling products. This shows that the purpose of posting these health rumors is to hype up the account and use it as a platform for advertising. The purpose of publishing “rumors” is to make money. According to the collation of “pseudoscientific” information 1, even eat 3 days cabbage detoxification: WeChat “cabbage detoxification method” popular quite fire: cabbage, mainly leaves with water to boil, not add oil salt, can be appropriate to put a little chili or peeled ginger, even eat 3 days. WeChat said, so “eat after the discharge of the stool …… if you adhere to 21 days will discharge five colors of stool, that is the five organs in the poison are cleared.” Cabbage is indeed rich in crude fiber and vitamins, but this is the main food, no oil salt will cause the body low sodium, limb weakness “paralyzed” in bed, and can even affect the heart and lung function, resulting in life-threatening. Experts laugh that this is the same as Zhang Wuben’s “eat eggplant fat absorption” is nonsense. “Pseudoscientific” information 2, blood drops to save lives there are three methods: According to WeChat circulation blood drops to save lives: paraplegia, crooked mouth and eyes, immediately take the sewing needle will be the patient’s earlobes the lowermost point pierced, each squeeze out a drop of blood, the patient immediately cured, and the healing does not leave any sequelae; sudden cardiac death occurred, immediately take off the patient’s socks, with sewing needle respectively After the sudden death of heart disease, immediately take off the patient’s socks, stab the tip of his ten toes with a sewing needle and squeeze out a drop of blood from each of them. The patient appeared cerebrovascular accident by pricking blood simply can not be solved; sudden death of heart disease, cardiopulmonary resuscitation is what should be done, do not waste time looking for needles, prick blood; acute respiratory distress, the principle of first aid is to keep the patient’s airway open, while calling 120. “Pseudoscientific” information 3, the room placed onions to prevent colds: Recently, the “Put an onion in the room can be effective against the cold” post in the WeChat circle is frequently forwarded, allegedly because the onion can adsorb germs in the air, can “prevent the cold”, “can also prevent H7N9 “. The sulphur compounds contained in onions have anti-bacterial and anti-cancer effects, the nitrogen compounds contained in them have the effect of lowering blood sugar and blood lipids, and the flavonoids contained in them have the effect of antioxidants. But the premise is to eat into the stomach, absorbed by the body, placed at home will not play a role in disease prevention.