Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Trigger warning: this video discusses disordered eating, health anxiety, and death.
Links:
My Chronic Illness Journey: youtube.com/watch?v=Csj3bDtRbCA&t=2170s
Instagram: instagram.com/stateofkait
Resources:
NIH: Chronic conditions in women: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10077654
NIHR: Why Do Women Feel Unheard? evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/womens-health-why-women-feel-unheard
NIH: Advancing Research on Chronic Conditions in Womenncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK604853
NIH: Concentrations of parabens in human breast tumours
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745841
Global Wellness Institute: History of Wellness globalwellnessinstitute.org/what-is-wellness/history-of-wellness/#:~:text=Our%20modern%20use%20of%20the,in%20the%20title%20as%20contrast
2024 Global Wellness Economy Monitor globalwellnessinstitute.org/industry-research/2024-global-wellness-economy-monitor
Did Clean Beauty Go Too Far? allure.com/story/is-clean-beauty-over
CDC Measles Cases and Outbreaks cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
Nieman Lab Do You Own Research Paper niemanlab.org/2024/01/asking-people-to-do-the-research-on-fake-news-stories-makes-them-seem-more-believable-not-less
Imperial Bioscience Review: Debunking clean beauty and its fear of parabens imperialbiosciencereview.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/debunking-clean-beauty-and-its-fear-of-parabens
The Conversation: how social media gave rise to fraudulent wellness influencers theconversation.com/apple-cider-vinegar-how-social-media-gave-rise-to-fraudulent-wellness-influencers-like-belle-gibson-249432
The Conversation: Why do we fall for wellness scams? theconversation.com/why-do-we-fall-for-wellness-scams-our-cultural-biases-and-myths-are-often-to-blame-250790
Routledge: ‘Link in bio’: fake cancer cures, radicalization pathways and online harms on TikTok openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34219
ABC: How Instagram wellness became a gateway drug for conspiracy theories https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-06-16/wellness-instagram-influencers-veer-into-conspiracy-theories/12348776
Wired: The Blogging Revolution wired.com/2002/05/the-blogging-revolution
BBC: How wellness became big business bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/558FD1c2hXHCh1wJfN6lkKS/how-wellness-became-big-business#:~:text=In%201948%2C%20the%20idea%20of,A%20multi%2Dtrillion%20dollar%20industry
Nature: Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y
Vox: Goop Is Selling Jade Eggs For Vaginas vox.com/2018/9/6/17826924/goop-yoni-egg-gwyneth-paltrow-settlement
New Yorker: The Cancer Scams That Foreshadowed MAHA newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-cancer-scams-that-foreshadowed-maha
Teen Vogue: These Vegan Bloggers Say Periods Are Toxic teenvogue.com/story/vegan-bloggers-say-periods-are-toxic
PLOS: The Dangers of “Do Your Own Research” and “Believe in Science” dnascience.plos.org/2024/10/24/the-dangers-of-do-your-own-research-and-believe-in-science
Forbes: Ignored And Underrepresented: The Impact Of Excluding Women In Healthcare Research forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/03/07/ignored-and-underrepresented-the-impact-of-excluding-women-in-healthcare-research
Washington Post: Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/17/do-your-own-research-study
Children’s Defense: Child Poverty childrensdefense.org/tools-and-resources/the-state-of-americas-children/soac-child-poverty
Science Daily: Lack of females in drug dose trials leads to overmedicated women sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812161318.htm#:~:text=Gender%20gap%20leaves%20women%20experiencing,often%20as%20men%2C%20study%20shows&text=Summary%3A,on%20men%2C%20suggests%20new%20research
AAMC: Why we know so little about women’s health aamc.org/news/why-we-know-so-little-about-women-s-health#:~:text=Throughout%20history%2C%20doctors%20have%20considered,of%20pharmaceuticals%20and%20medical%20devices
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Shop my favorite beauty products here: shopmy.us/stateofkait
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FTC: This video is not sponsored and it is not meant for children. Some links are affiliate and if you click on them I will earn a small commission from your purchase.
Trigger warning: this video discusses disordered eating, health anxiety, and death.
Links:
My Chronic Illness Journey: youtube.com/watch?v=Csj3bDtRbCA&t=2170s
Instagram: instagram.com/stateofkait
Resources:
NIH: Chronic conditions in women: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10077654
NIHR: Why Do Women Feel Unheard? evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/womens-health-why-women-feel-unheard
NIH: Advancing Research on Chronic Conditions in Womenncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK604853
NIH: Concentrations of parabens in human breast tumours
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745841
Global Wellness Institute: History of Wellness globalwellnessinstitute.org/what-is-wellness/history-of-wellness/#:~:text=Our%20modern%20use%20of%20the,in%20the%20title%20as%20contrast
2024 Global Wellness Economy Monitor globalwellnessinstitute.org/industry-research/2024-global-wellness-economy-monitor
Did Clean Beauty Go Too Far? allure.com/story/is-clean-beauty-over
CDC Measles Cases and Outbreaks cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
Nieman Lab Do You Own Research Paper niemanlab.org/2024/01/asking-people-to-do-the-research-on-fake-news-stories-makes-them-seem-more-believable-not-less
Imperial Bioscience Review: Debunking clean beauty and its fear of parabens imperialbiosciencereview.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/debunking-clean-beauty-and-its-fear-of-parabens
The Conversation: how social media gave rise to fraudulent wellness influencers theconversation.com/apple-cider-vinegar-how-social-media-gave-rise-to-fraudulent-wellness-influencers-like-belle-gibson-249432
The Conversation: Why do we fall for wellness scams? theconversation.com/why-do-we-fall-for-wellness-scams-our-cultural-biases-and-myths-are-often-to-blame-250790
Routledge: ‘Link in bio’: fake cancer cures, radicalization pathways and online harms on TikTok openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34219
ABC: How Instagram wellness became a gateway drug for conspiracy theories https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-06-16/wellness-instagram-influencers-veer-into-conspiracy-theories/12348776
Wired: The Blogging Revolution wired.com/2002/05/the-blogging-revolution
BBC: How wellness became big business bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/558FD1c2hXHCh1wJfN6lkKS/how-wellness-became-big-business#:~:text=In%201948%2C%20the%20idea%20of,A%20multi%2Dtrillion%20dollar%20industry
Nature: Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y
Vox: Goop Is Selling Jade Eggs For Vaginas vox.com/2018/9/6/17826924/goop-yoni-egg-gwyneth-paltrow-settlement
New Yorker: The Cancer Scams That Foreshadowed MAHA newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-cancer-scams-that-foreshadowed-maha
Teen Vogue: These Vegan Bloggers Say Periods Are Toxic teenvogue.com/story/vegan-bloggers-say-periods-are-toxic
PLOS: The Dangers of “Do Your Own Research” and “Believe in Science” dnascience.plos.org/2024/10/24/the-dangers-of-do-your-own-research-and-believe-in-science
Forbes: Ignored And Underrepresented: The Impact Of Excluding Women In Healthcare Research forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/03/07/ignored-and-underrepresented-the-impact-of-excluding-women-in-healthcare-research
Washington Post: Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/17/do-your-own-research-study
Children’s Defense: Child Poverty childrensdefense.org/tools-and-resources/the-state-of-americas-children/soac-child-poverty
Science Daily: Lack of females in drug dose trials leads to overmedicated women sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812161318.htm#:~:text=Gender%20gap%20leaves%20women%20experiencing,often%20as%20men%2C%20study%20shows&text=Summary%3A,on%20men%2C%20suggests%20new%20research
AAMC: Why we know so little about women’s health aamc.org/news/why-we-know-so-little-about-women-s-health#:~:text=Throughout%20history%2C%20doctors%20have%20considered,of%20pharmaceuticals%20and%20medical%20devices
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Links:
Camera rstyle.me/+MZqknWePu0yLkyF-3yFK5g
Lens rstyle.me/+hy9ZrHhT8ZOWtO7ZjJVG5Q
Mic rstyle.me/+ydgR-fySJYlhjnREl4HlKA
Key Light rstyle.me/+lQ0_I4-vZ-Uz3gBHwQoPjw
Soft Box rstyle.me/+UM4mlnFg4IEEVzP9AFvZI
Shop my favorite beauty products here: shopmy.us/stateofkait
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FTC: This video is not sponsored and it is not meant for children. Some links are affiliate and if you click on them I will earn a small commission from your purchase.
