B09- Social Media and Education

 Having access to all kinds of information can be helpful and detrimental to consumers who do not use contextual thinking. Often consumers will believe things they read on social media even when the sources providing the information can be riddled with flaws. Aspiring influencers will put out their tips and viewers will immediately follow them without considering the differences in how their bodies will respond to these actions. An example I can think of is posts I have seen floating around social media for years, "If you are hungry eat an apple, if an apple doesn't sound good maybe you aren't hungry." Some people will read this and immediately follow it which can lead to an unhealthy relationship with food, for some people if an apple does not sound appealing it may be because your body is needing a different nutrient besides an apple.

    Social media has been leading the game as far as producing new fad diets, recipes, and workouts that are the "best" just recently the keto steak, avocado, and eggs diet meal has been to lates obsession in the fitness community. Over easy eggs, medium rare steak, and smashed avocado creating a low carb high fat meal advertised as over 100 grams of protein. This meal has taken over TikTok For You Pages and many viewers immediately started using this as a base for a diet. While it is great to be able to show new ideas that many may have never seen before, consumers immediately take what they are shown as the best with no deeper thought. Like the Keto diet is good for people with specific goals however carbs are necessary for a majority of people to maintain a healthy and balanced diet. The issue with everyone having the ability to post their own versions of trends, is viewers will see this and immediately follow because "everyone is doing it" with no regard to if that will be helpful for their own personal goals.

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