Men's Wellness: How It Exploits Your Insecurities 

U ever think about you know asking you're doctor about how to help you're auto immune disease that you probably really have instead of just looking shit up on youtube you remember when you where a kid and you're parents told you hey dont belive everything you see on tv maybe you should take there advise and you know not believe everything you see online swear adults now adays are just over sized children

@Robert Kidnley

All you gotta do is RISE and GRIND, BABY! RISE and GRIND.

You should send all your money to me and Ill give you good advice

@@robertkidnley93 It took 15 years to get properly diagnosed. And even now, different doctors give different advice. I was not looking for random shite on RU-vid - if you had half a brain and any experience of having a long term illness, you'd know that it's sensible to reasearch your condition outside of a doctor's appointment. The shit on the internet - including your semi-literate comment - just makes the job harder.

This is absolutely on the dot. Nothing new under the sun, it's just men being subjected to the same confidence dissolving bullshit from marketers that women have faced for the past 70 years.

@@geoffreyallen3766 This still happened pre-internet, but it certainly came into its own around its formation.

Already unsubbed from one youtuber whom I watched almost daily for a decade because he kept using scare tactics when peddling BetterHair, or whatever that company was called (I don't remember and I'd rather not remember). I did leave several comments asking him to drop them or change the opener beforehand, but it went unseen or ignored. We don't have to put up with that bull, we can choose what we're exposed to. If watching an ad makes you feel bad about yourself, it's not your fault, it's 100% the ad's, and you feeling bad is by design. Don't let them have that power over you! Adblock/sponsorblock if you have to, you deserve better than to be shamed into paying for sham products.

Yes. And isn’t there something uniquely American flavoured about that? Even if we see it everywhere? I’d like to see them do a follow up video to this one? Almost every sentence could have been a whole topic unto itself. The most powerful element of this video, for me, was something they only touched on briefly: the model of American Capitalism, unique to that country, which allows healthcare to fall into the hands of the profiteers, and doesn’t ban the marketing of witch’s brews. A whole video should be dedicated to how American Capitalism has shaped healthcare and created the environment for such a vast market to grow out of vanity, insecurities mixed with genuine, unmet health concerns? Gwyneth Paltrow with a Carpet Bag is an image that symbolises those things for me. She realised that she was past her prime, by Hollywood’s ruthless, sexist metric, and clearly meditated on the solution to that problem, as Hollywood has defined it for her, rather than the mental health problems they create, becoming both the ultimate victim of their unfair, unrealistic standards for women, whilst becoming the ultimate perpetrator, practically recreating an overnight industry leader in pseudo-science and old wife’s tales. She certainly breathed new life into the existing models. She’s Red Dead Redemption’s Nigel West Dickens, for the 21st Century. Not all bad, but certainly a little sinister. There’s a movie script in that, probably? And, with equal rights and progressive attitudes towards women, have come equal exploitation opportunities of cosmetics, wellness and fitness cures for men. Isn’t Captain America the ultimate embodiment of that? Tony Stark famously told him in the first Avengers movie, “Everything special about you came out of a bottle.” To which Steve Rogers should have said, “Well, duh! That’s the American way. And I’m Captain, ‘who,’ again?”

@@geoffreyallen3766 : If only someone was willing to tell women that, if you want to stop ageing, your skin is the last organ you need to treat with cosmetics? Look after your internal organs and never sunbathe; and you’ll find your skin glows and refuses to sag and wrinkle, mostly because you stopped stressing it out with unnecessary cares and stopped abusing it with chemicals. Personally, I invest in the brain as my primary organ of care, and work my way through and outward, from there. By looking after my brain, I’ve saved a fortune in testicular injection and hair loss products cash, which I get to spend on the video games, which make me smarter, if the science is to be believed? 😉

I always get suspicious when they say, ‘what they’re not telling you!”, like there’s some massive doctors illuminati or something.

it's inflammation. Bro. :-)

@@tc2241 Yeah, that's quite a common belief in those types of circles

@M M nah covid protocols actually have a LOT of reliable research and peer review done of them. Also there’s no profit incentive of telling people to do those things besides bettering the general economy by a healthier workforce

Pseudoscience and bro science is every where, feed into tham and the only thing you would get is an empty wallet and worse health.

Progress?

@@kendomyers No. Regress. Progress would be if NO ONE were targeted in such ways.

@@cheriann6461 but now it's EQUAL!! So yeah, progress!! Lol its two steps forward one step back....and now guys will finally understand what women have to put up with...so yes, yay for equality!! Now to just educate everybody better

@@twiceshy9773 shut up man

Thank you for not trying to turn it into some sort of contest. A lot of women essentially say, "Oh, boo-hoo, look who suddenly has to deal with what women have put up with!" It"s terrible when they do it to you just like it's terrible when they do it to us.

Same, like what is toxic poop? You mean normal poop? All poop is technically toxic. Is there non-toxic poop?

Right!!

"Did you know the average person has 10-20 pounds of toxic poop in their body at any given moment?" "I'm tryna eat, bro."

I remember first hearing that ad. Like...don't y'all have a digestive system to push that out?

Why I wish you could block specific ads... I'm not buying it and the poop noises in those ads are rage inducing

It's the knight who wants a big gaping hole in his armor. Except a hole in the armor won't cause you pain for sitting wrong on the toilet.

Wouldn't mind, even if it'd only be to be able to say I have them 😏 Gotta make up for my lack of personality somehow 😂👌

Reading this as my dogs jumping on my balls

I want balls so big they need to be carted around in a wheelbarrow.

It’s to pander to the steroid users 🤯

I thought it was just me!

@@magicash8701 nah, it's a lot of us.

@@rvboyett I had no idea because no body was speaking about it until now

Ikr?

Macabre storytelling has a video essay on the more mental health side of this subject that is a great companion to this video

yeah there was a point in the video where i thought they were going to talk about it but they just sort of skipped over it.

ALL HALE THE GOOD GOD AMWAY

@@wirvingred I think they did it just wasn't a hard it. They seem to put more emphasis on the poor science of the industry.

Is there an example of Tom Brady or a rep actually saying that?

You could actually expand your point to include individualism

The weird thing is i haven't picked up on any of it just from watching his podcasts 😂 only supplement i hear him raving about is DMT

Rogan does seem to hype up a lot of shit, but most of the stuffs he mentioned have generic brand that are cheap for you to try if you really are that genuinely curious. Listen to his podcast if you enjoy it, but don't start buying specific things just because he mentioned it.

Some RU-vid channels should just be seen as entertainment, and not a health care consultant.

@@Ben-rz9cf still can't find what rogan sells lol, they just put it in the video to clickbait

Greg…

It's definitely Greg... Greg Edwards

…. Who’s Greg Edwards? This is clearly Dr. Sparky Sweets

*Dr.Sparky Sweets PHD

unintentionally racist lmao(if you know who craig the brute is)

Its like a more authoritative black Gilbert Godfrey.

Ante Up

He forgot to turn CAPS LOCK off though

@@rijpmajohan that's ok

Omg yes!

He could play Z's brother to a T

MISSING THUG NOTES too‼️ Please bring it back。

I third that

Bring it back. I always search thug notes after finishing every book. So happy when there’s a vid on it.

I’m reading the trial right now!!!!! BRING BACK THUG NOTES

What is thug notes?

Why would you want your days to go faster?

@@crietzsche do you love your job? Do you not have family issues ? Do you not have bills to pay , or responsibilities to uphold to people important in your life? I guess the Question is, is a life a walk in the park for you? Let us all know your secret.

Quality advice my friend ❤️

Lol no joke, whenever I'm constipated I eat a small bag of takis and the next day it works.

Or just take some metamucil and eat lots of stemmy greens like kale or spinach. The turds that grace my butt lips are heavenly. Long, firm, minimal wiping.

@@BlastinRope 🤣🤣

Might as well have your colon cut off before that, you skip over the cancer you'll get after that and go straight for the solution

Yu's a bish, bruh

@@kendomyers clearly a remark from an exceptional individual

@@therickroller2358 Thank you Im glad you can see that

@@kendomyers guess u don't understand sarcasm bc both of these comments were

@@therickroller2358 Were what?

Greg doucette isn't hosting.

@@theirishpotato6588 he means greg edwards. aka the host

@@oopdi I know. I was kidding.

*fasted

@@napoleonkrishnabayu9768 yea but the point of yogi is non competition and self focus. Being intentionally hungry to lose weight is competitive by nature

"Don't be alarmed Mark, it's just tai chi. Take a seat and I'll power through. Supposed to take 45 minutes, I'm done in 10. Stick that up your dojo!"

Waaaaaaa

Hindu mystics never fasted waaaaaa

The sad part about it is that much of this could be avoided if healthcare was treated more importantly in the US. Easy access to doctors can make it much harder for snakeoil salesman to take advantage of you. If you’re seeing your regular doctor on a fairly frequent basis, you’d be able to talk to them about your health concerns rather than let social media tell you what to think about it. Many of the harms that were discussed in the video would be avoided altogether if people actually went to their doctor more. As always, these types of products go for people who have medical care being some of the most expensive costs in their lives. So instead of going to a doctor, they’ll seek out their own self medication to achieve results

@@trevor4950 I've thought the same thing. When treatments in the US cost thousands it easy to be lulled in by 10 dollar essential oil solutions.

@@hunter99225 More like essential snake oil solutions.

Health and wellness are not that straightforward, diets and exercise types can vary pretty wildly person to person, every body is different and it's part of what allows these industries to thrive, because sometimes there's little off things that happen to work for some people. And so long as the doctors are working for profit, some of them wont really have your best interest in mind. This isnt to say their untrustowrthy or hacks or anything, but the amount of money pumped into pharmaceuticals should give us some pause.

@@edwinbeta2806 that’s definitely a valid point. Though I would wonder how that system of profit would change if healthcare were paid for on the national level. It’s possible we would see doctors not needing/wanting to rely on being paid by pharma companies. Not to mention that more time spent with your doctor means they can keep up on how meds are working for you. Any reasonable doctor would be willing to change meds for you if you ask to change it. If it’s not working for you, they’re obligated to help you. And if your meds work but are the more expensive variety, that would be mitigated on the national stage. If Zoloft works for you, then why change it if the meds are affordable you know? It’s negative now because we have a hard time with the prohibitive cost of medications. Making sure it’s easily accessible (aka affordable) means that patients can have the time they need to get the meds that work best for them.

It's realistic if you haven't dug yourself into a hole. 🤷🏻‍♂️

You are doing well if you are healthy and not obese, yet the majority of people need some kicking in the ass to better their lives!

Luckily you still have options. If you're interested in getting the Greek physique, testosterone therapies make access to muscle building possible in retirement.

Dont compare yourself to the influencers dude, just be aware you gotta get some excercise in and that your diet cant consist entirely of unhealthy food and you're on the right track. Keep it up as much as you can, anything more than nothing, small habits will build into bigger ones. Dont try to jump into some big master fitness/diet plan. Just take realistic baby steps in that direction. One of the first things I started doing was just keeping spinach on hand and forcing myself to eat 1 bowl a day.

@@BlastinRope bro. Facts. I had to unfollow every rapper and insta model to keep my sanity. I wanna get rich, but I'm not going to get rich if in my brain I'm thinking of buying a Lambo or re-investing profit into my company. Lambo comes when I can buy it 15 times. Not before.

Followed by even more with an ad at 2:17 where the video complaining about exploiting people's insecurities does exactly that and feeds on people's insecurities about having bad credit.

Even Wisecrack lives in a society 😔

Keeps is just finasteride, testosterone-inhibitor.

They're still sponsored by Keeps. Dropped the same tired advert in their most recent video.

Better late than never. I just had a similar experience with a different topic.

Bro, supplements can definitely help with initial weight loss. They won't be a sustainable diet in the long run but you can use them as an extra 'tool' to losing weight. It's all good to focus on improving your health, just don't get caught in the pseudo science stuff. Good luck :)

I don't recommend living on huel, except maybe if you're on a camping trip or something else short term. It can be effective if you swap out an unhealthy meal for huel. If you're too tired to cook, huel is a big step up on a ready meal.

Simply showing a few images of huel in a video isn't an argument against it.

so does this mean you're for or against pseudo-medicine?

@@pedrojuan3739 Against. Just making an observation.

Except that Finastride and Minoxidil are clinically proven and FDA approved treatments for male pattern baldness. It's not at all a snake oil treatment in the way many of the supplements shown in this video are.

@@johnnydoe6696 there are still extreme side effects

@Thomas Buchovecky it can affect your blood pressure

Pretty sure I've only ever heard "poop bad".

@@mandodelorian4668 then you have been on the Internet far and long enough sir 😏

I suppose in a way there is? Certain nutrient deficiencies can manifest in your bowel movements, and there are some poop based therapies which can be used to redress gut micriobiome irregularities in people with certain GI illnesses. But I don't think toxic and non toxic poop is a productive or accurate way of talking about it.

@@Misstressofdons ah yes... The spice!

I have never heard of that one. Wouldn't toxic poop be a good thing? It would mean you are getting rid of those toxins!

Trust no one brother.

Someone trying to sell you some overpriced trash is the least of your worries. Jingoism, that people who believe differently than you are somehow dangerous, or the unthinking sacrifice that underline most of these improvement regimes are far more destructive. Remember we are walking away from the longest war in US history that was based on fairly dubious evidence.

Yes, as a rule of thumb: "If you must BUY the thing from who is saying that is good, it doesn't work".

@@PittsburghSonido not even yourself

@@redwolfungry Exactly.

They could very simply say, “eat healthy protein and fat, work out, avoid processed foods” and probably save a lot of people.

So basically.: *Regular excercise *Try to eat healthy *Get a enough(regular) sleep Probably solve or helps with 90% of modern health problems. BTW congrats with your results

@@nitat I agree. Then the question comes up about the details of your advice. What foods to eat or avoid for a healthy diet? What is the best way to exercise? No controversy about getting enough regular sleep, other than when to do it. I favor going to sleep early enough to wake up with the dawn. Get out into the sun to reset your sleep cycle.

sure, but it's also ok to be into and nerd out about fitness stuff if that's your thing.

Fully agree. I don't buy or use any extra product other than changing my diet and including exercise. I think the value of changing habits is underestimated. It did wonders for my weight and depression.

I'm just happy I'm not considered overweight anymore. Eat well, live well.

All that can be done without trying to sell you snake oil and brain pills. Meditation is good for you but telling people to meditate to get a longer dick is still lying. Sure it got you to meditate but you're still a schmuck who did it for a big dick,which means you will fa for the next scam Plus everything you mentioned is just science and common sense - did you really need Joe Rogan and some tiktok gymbro to tell you that exercise and sleep is good for you? Isnt that obvious?

@@MTech07 a real doctor and therapist would also tell you that,this is all common sense. So how is this a defence of pseudoscience?

I don't need to get huge or become some "perfect specimen", buthealthy eating and regular exercise has changed my life for the better. Lifting is something I really enjoy and is a huge anxiety relief. Eating regular decently sized and balanced meals throughout the day gives me stable energy levels to actually be productive. also it's good to look better and be more comfortable in your body.

The check already cleared. Rather than feeling guilty they'll just blame Capitalism and psuedomarxist will continue to watch. Everyone wins.

Yes and they had multiple videos sponsored by them, not just once. They should make a whole video just apologizing for the hypocrisy.

@@digdugdat2847 what? you can participate and critique the system at the same time. Like how your mom can handle multiple guys

@@Fleurlean4 apologize?

@@thanksmaybe4103 what is your stake in this? How can I explain it better so you understand? Hypocrisy is dangerous in a content creator who is mostly trusted by their community as providing a benefit while not abusing them. Adversitising Keeps and then making a video explaining the detrimental effect of men’s health world is hypocritical. Given their reputation and desire to continue producing content for their audience, they should APOLOGIZE and make a commentary video on this whole thing. Not only will it make the community feel respected, it will be another video that is fun to watch that will benefit Wisecrack AND the audience…so how is this detrimental to you, another commenter in their video who presumably enjoys their content? Unless you have other motives which would be helpful if explained.

Bruh, I began going bald at age 20, because it's genetic from my maternal grandfather. I began researching shit that would halt/reverse the process immediately, and stumbled upon so much pseudoscientific nonsense that I have never felt comfortable taking the plunge on any of the products I've researched. And my fear is that I'm missing out on the genuine article because the industry as a whole has just completely put me off and jaded me.

@@Laurentus don’t give up. Try and find advice/articles from trusted pubic independent research centers or contact a medical professional on the matter. Or, just learn to love yourself as you are and accept that it’s genetics and it’s not a big deal.

Me offering a product or service that you want is somehow exploiting you. 🙄

@@bluespiral4678 it's more making you want somenthing with marketing and brainwashing and then selling it to you

@@ganjalfilv3rde508....so what separates an ad that has the capacity to brainwash from one that doesn't? Or maybe all forms of solicitation are just brainwashing techniques that exploit?

*[Philip DeFranco just entered the chat]*

As someone who deliberately shaves his head because he can't be bothered to style hair, seeing these "Keeps" ads on RU-vid talking about how men can be 'saved' from baldness often gets a laugh

What is wrong about being bald? Do you drop off the face of the earth? No? Ok then

Have you noticed how JR actively tries not to say that it's entirely possible?

Hearing him took me straight back to high school English class ;-;

I hate his voice

He should state that in all his videos, than people wouldn't mix his opinions for facts.

Exactly fact check the experts he brings on not him. He can only give testimony on what he does. It doesn't make him right or wrong

@@SleepyMatt-zzz I'm pretty sure he does say it in most videos. People listening are just too stupid to take the advice.

I don't think he's dumb. He's at least clever enough that so many people from all walks of life voluntarily go to spend hours talking to him. You probably know him because someone you like spent time talking to him. We can all disagree with him on many points, but certainly isn't dumb. He definitely has a reasonably sufficient IQ. When he says "I'm dumb" it's probably out of some form of humility. Which is not abundant amongst the general population which is why it sticks out.

I would call him more uninformed in some areas.

@Jacks Ragingbileduct i get what they’re saying and all, and Rogan does eat a lot of meat, and what he just loves to talk about it how he gets it because he hunts and all of that. And yes, he is also a businessman, he sponsors stuff. But he never has made that claim. He’s hardly ever one-sided about those kinds of subjects

The Joe Rogan Experience should actually be titled The Dunning Kruger's Club for Lost Boys.

Hypocrites 😂

Smart

Exactly The same people who vape and down vitamins from podcasts won't take life saving vaccines

@@kendomyers Vaccines that have caused well reported and documented collateral effects (like myocarditis and pericarditis) and deaths?

@@ratjoker936 Deaths you say? Of the 13 million J&J vaccines administered, the CDC is aware if 39 cases of TTS developing afterwards, which it reports as the only possible causally linked caused if death to any of the vaccines. It doesnt say how many of those 39 cases were fatal, but if we assume all 39 were _(they werent all)_ thats a rate of 0.0003% of a single vaccine. The mRNA vaccines have no causally linked deaths, and the rate of the heart condition you mentioned occuring is around 0.001%. Meanwhile, around 99% if hospitalized COVID-19 cases right now are among the non vaccinated. The fatality rate of those rare breakthrough infections is around 0.001%. Thats, at the very minimum, over 1000x better odds of survival for the vaccinated, who, again, are hospitalized at 1/100 of the rate to begin with. And what is a vaccine anyway? A tool to prevent a global pandemic that has already claimed at least 600,000 lives in America alone. Meanwhile, Americans will gladly pump shit they have no actual idea about because some filthy lucre influencer told them to. Or they gladly breathe in chemicals through a vape which, due to a mere 18 years of actual use, we dont actually understand the long term effects of, but do often contain chemicals known to cause severe lung conditions and even death.

@@ratjoker936 I had to try to avoid censors so read carefully. Deaths you say? Of the 13 million Jhey und Jhey V's administered, the Sea Day Sea is aware of 39 cases of Tea Tea Ess developing afterwards, which it reports as the only possible causally linked cause of death to any of the Vs. It doesnt say how many of those 39 cases were fatal, but if we assume all 39 were _(they werent all)_ thats a rate of 0.0003% of a single V. The Ehm Are And Aye vaccines have no causally linked deaths, and the rate of the heart condition you mentioned occuring is around 0.001%. Meanwhile, around 99% of hospitalized C19 cases right now are among the non V'd. The fatality rate of those rare breakthrough infections is around 0.001%. Thats, at the very minimum, over 1000x better odds of survival for the V'd, who, again, are hospitalized at 1/100 of the rate to begin with. And what is a V anyway? A tool to prevent a global pdemic that has already claimed at least 600,000 lives in America alone. Meanwhile, Americans will gladly pump shit they have no actual idea about because some filthy lucre influencer told them to. Or they gladly breathe in chemicals through a vape which, due to a mere 18 years of actual use, we dont actually understand the long term effects of, but do often contain chemicals known to cause severe lung conditions and even death.

One is mandatory, the other one is not. Not a fair comparision.

increase my powers? my life is not a movie or an anime

@@only4crap Power is another word for strength, a lot of people get confused by that.