✅ The 5% Rule
If it hasn’t passed Phase II human trials, there’s a 95% chance it’s a dead end.
🧪 Animal data? Ignore it.
🧍Human trials? Investigate it.
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✅ The 5% Rule
If it hasn’t passed Phase II human trials, there’s a 95% chance it’s a dead end.
🧪 Animal data? Ignore it.
🧍Human trials? Investigate it.
The press propagates so many studies that are supposedly life-changing but when you look them up they are animal studies. Only 5% of animal studies make it to human clinial trials!
For the regular person, these studies should be completely ignored in my opinion until they make it to human trials.
Not all science is equal.
At the top: Meta-analyses of clinical trials 🏔
At the bottom: Personal anecdotes and mouse studies 🐭
If a TikTok influencer quotes a study... ask:
Where does this fit in the evidence pyramid?
#MechanismIsNotOutcome #InVitro ≠ #InVivo #LabVsLife #ScienceSimplified #CancerMyths #TooEarlyToTell
One week it's “Coffee causes cancer.”
Next week? “Coffee prevents dementia.”
What's going on?
☕ Headlines change. But evidence quality doesn’t.
Next time, check: Was it a human trial or a mouse study?
🚩 Influencer "science"?
60-Second Audit:
1. PubMed the claim
2. HUMAN studies only
3. Ignore petri-dish "evidence"
3 HEALTH GRIFTER TACTICS:
🔴 The “Miracle Cure” Bait: Promises rapid, effortless results.
🔴 Cherry-Picked “Studies”: Uses weak science as “proof.”
🔴 Authority Illusion: White coats > evidence.
Your shield? Skepticism + science.