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Posted on: 2023-11-06
Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

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“There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-11-06
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Posted on: 2023-10-12
No cure for diabetes currently exists; Facebook posts claiming otherwise use manipulated videos of news to promote fake diabetes cure

Claim:

“New medicine normalizes blood sugar levels after the first use”

Source: Facebook, Anonymous, 2023-10-12
Misleading
- Health
Posted on: 2023-09-15
Viral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD

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Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer

Source: TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, Social media users, 2023-09-15
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Posted on: 2022-09-29
Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but evidence so far doesn’t show that diabetes causes Alzheimer’s

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“Alzheimer’s most of the time is preventable. It’s not genetic, and it’s type 3 diabetes, which is insulin resistance of the brain”

Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-29

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Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

No cure for diabetes currently exists; Facebook posts claiming otherwise use manipulated videos of news to promote fake diabetes cure

Viral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD

Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but evidence so far doesn’t show that diabetes causes Alzheimer’s