NSAS Idea Suggestion #22 - Dr. Mercola
In this series I propose daily ideas for new members who are interested in becoming #steemstem authors.
I will post an idea a dayish (it is the goal to post daily, but again real life>steemit for now). With this idea I will include a short description about aspects you may be interested in. If you read this idea proposal, and you like it, and you want to write about it:
Obviously "username" is where you write your own username. This is so that I know who is interested in @steemstem and science in general and I am always looking for a good read. This is honor system stuff, so please respect someone claiming an idea. Again, this is just the first step towards writing a good science post. There is more to it. Do your research, use scientific sources and try to use some proper language and attractive design.
This series will have their own hashtag #nsas, so that you can go back and sort through some of the ideas I have shared and what people made out of it. If you decide to use the idea I propose, please also include #nsas on your posts so that I can have a look at it and maybe get you connected in the steemstem group.
Please also visit @steemstem on steemit as well as on Discord. Follow the guidelines and appreciate the community. That means engage, upvote and comment until your fingers bleed.
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Dr. Mercola
If you have ever written a health post, or a critical response to a "health post" you have stumbled upon Dr. Mercola. I once checked out his website and it seemed like he is more of a salesman than actually interested in giving advice. There are many sensational health news, many of which talk about toxic foods . He has a long entry on Quackwatch.org. It appears that many of Dr. Mercola´s claims are not based on science.
This idea is not to suggest to discredit Dr. Mercola, but to look at some of his claims and see what science has to say. It is not a debunking post, but rather a "fact check" post. Things you should include in your post:
- Short introduction of Dr. Mercola
- Facts about website (how much traffic, etc.)
- Description of his website (not just a superficial look, but actually examining it)
- Summary of a few health claims or news posted on this website
- Looking at current research (within the last few years)
- Conclusion (how reliable is this website?)
This idea requires some investigative journalism as well as some solid scientific research. You should try to not go into this thinking "That guy is a scam". I hope somebody picks this idea.
Previous Idea Suggestions:
- Suggestion #1: Onions and their Health Benefits
- Suggestion #2: Tea - The Silent Killer
- Suggestion #3: Essential Oils
- Suggestion #4: Biotechnology And Beer-Brewing
- Suggestion #5: Antioxidant Hype - Claimed by @deholt, build on by @csusbgeochem1
- Suggestion #6: Your Diet Changes Your Gut Microbiome Faster Than You Think
- Suggestion #7: Target Delivery Of Cancer Therapeutics – claimed by @lianaakobian
- Suggestion #8: Science Behind The Conspiracy Theory Phenomenon - claimed by @egotheist
- Suggestion #9: Influence Of Drug Overuse On The Human Microbiome
- Suggestion #10: Does The Brain Talk To The Immune System?
- Suggestion #11: Synthetic Cells
- Suggestion #12: The Forest – claimed by @davidrhodes124
- Suggestion #13: The Science Behind Friendships
- Suggestion #14: Is Bread Certain Death? – claimed by @davidrhodes124
- Suggestion #15: Our Savior Yoghurt
- Suggestion #16: The Perfect Shot
- Suggestion #17: Sexy Science
- Suggestion #18: Just How Dangerous Is Air Pollution?
- Suggestion #19: Charge Transfer In DNA
- Suggestion #20: Engineering Lactic Acid Bacteria To "Vaccinate" Against HIV - claimed by @micro24
- Suggestion #21: The Amazing World Of Neutrophils
Helpful Links
- How To Find Scientific Sources For Free - Post
- SteemSTEM Guidelines - Link
- Everything You Need to Know about Uploading Images on Steemit [Tutorial & MarkDown] – Link - by @katerinaramm
As always,
Cheers @lesshorrible!