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[@_kd_]

Your editor deserves a raise "doctor thinks bread grows in the ground" had me rolling

[@carenneetienne4449]

SAME!!! I almost choked on my food!!

[@dingodelta]

Eggs come from cows because the milkman delivers them

[@LeocardoemMacau]

​@@carenneetienne44497

[@michaelcarter4895]

Well wheat grows from the ground.....if you interpret it loosely then he's not wrong.... lol

[@_kd_]

@@michaelcarter4895 yeah I don't disagree gluten containing foods grow in the ground (and think that was likely what he was getting at), I just loved the "breaking news" clip they added 😂

[@yasaminwhy8212]

I am not a mosquito-ologist, but I can tell you that when my family went on holiday to Malta a couple of months after my mum finished chemotherapy, she was the only one in our party who didn't get ravaged by mosquitoes. I had bites EVERYWHERE and she was happily lounging beside the pool unbothered. (Oh and she's 10 years cancer free! ❤️)

[@marcialitt4431]

I know someone who while he was going through heavy chemo watched a mosquito land on him, thought, don't do it, watched the mosquito bite him, and watched the mosquito die. Another friend says mosquitoes are far less interested in him since chemo

[@samanthabroaddrick2529]

That's awesome about your mother being ten years cancer free! ❤

[@PrisonbreakSPNheroes]

The official name is Entomologist. People who study bugs. I wanted to google it. Although I prefer the name mosquito-ologist.

[@darbyoshieles4088]

Mosquitoes do not bite me or my sister.

[@yasaminwhy8212]

@@samanthabroaddrick2529 thank you!! It is. I live in awe of her!

[@notryan2278]

The washed fruit water being the same colour as the apple cider vinegar had me in stitches.

[@beccadawn264]

I literally was like... you can't... be that ... slow?

[@theoldaccountthatiusedtous6767]

I laughed out loud. Also, maybe there is a little dirt in there, but isn't that why you wash fruit? For pesticides, but also because there might be dirt? I wonder if she's seen a strawberry plant and seen how close to the ground it is.

[@oddlygaming920]

Fr same

[@thegirlnamedjessicamccown9194]

FR. the face dr mike made was close to mine. i was so lost. people can be so dumb... in such a concerning way...

[@EM2theBee]

I'm so glad I'm not on TicTok.

[@jaimemarston6200]

Johnny Cakes is an incredible cake decorator/designer. They look so realistic. He also does videos with the Try Guys now from time to time. I just adore him! He’s so talented, hilarious, relatable and genuinely kind. It’s was nice to see him in this video too.

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Was going to comment the same thing. I remember him once or twice from the without a recipe series, but became obsessed with him after Is It Cake. His channel is a great and I live that he has his own series on the Try Guys channel now.

[@PoopyMcStinkertons]

Try Guys Fly Guys Shy Guys Sly Guys High Guys the list goes on and on

[@jjbud3124]

I gave CPR to a bird many years ago. It fell into a water bucket and was floating motionless in the water. I took it out, held it upside down by its legs and gently squeezed (as in CPR) it's "chest". Water poured out. After a few minutes the bird revived and after another few minutes it flew away. I often wondered if the little guy survived or maybe got pneumonia and died. Whatever happened it was a very long time ago.

[@josha6118]

you are a good person cus most people would just let the bird die and think "it doesnt matter because there are thousands"

[@Habib12312]

i recently found a dying duck. It was in the water and struggling to keep its head over the water. At first i assumed that it was sleeping (i have almost never seen a duck sleep or learnt about them so i wouldn't know) so i left it. I tried turning it over after a bit but it just went back. I thought something was wrong so i brought it on land and gave it cpr. Later on, others had seen what happened and called some people over. They took it away in a towel and (hopefully) it survived.

[@jjbud3124]

@@josha6118 TY. Every creature deserves a chance.

[@SyntaxWyntax]

A hawk probably immediately ate it

[@Waybah_YT]

I love what u do to animals

[@digdagster]

I currently work in a mosquito research lab in the department of UF Entomology. Mosquitos are attracted to the carbon dioxide in our breath. Interestingly, mosquitos are attracted to those with a higher metabolic rate (which explains why some people are basically mosquito magnets). Carbon dioxide is also a popular choice for various mosquito control devices and many use dry ice for this reason!

[@restezlameme]

That is so weirdly interesting. Do you have links to any literature on the subject?

[@Ecrfour]

They're also attracted darker colors, and sort of attracted to UV light as well

[@slaphappyhobo]

alright

[@aham639]

Can you tell me why i dont get mosquito bites? Idk if they dont like me or i dont react to the bites but i need to know why lol

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

Huh that's very interesting, thank you. I'll have to do some more research on this but it could explain why my dad and I get more "attention" than the rest of my family. No fun!

[@pippermintnoelle9314]

Related to the upside down roller coaster: When I was nine, I rode one of these with my two older sisters at the fairgrounds and it stopped like this for five minutes or so. We were all freaked out, but it became really scary when me and my sisters realized that my seat belt was not tight enough across my body so I began slipping. They struggled to hold me up and the entirety of everyone on the ride were screaming for the operator to bring the roller coaster carts down because I was in danger of falling to my death. The operator had stepped out and was nowhere to be seen for that five minutes. Eventually the ride was brought down and everyone got off. I remember so disoriented and scared my sisters brought me back to my parents. I don't remember what happened after that, but I kind of hope that the operator was fired.

[@tarabotelho6692]

I hope so too, and this is why I’m scared of roller coasters. I’m sorry you had to go through this. Did you ever go on another roller coasters after that?

[@michmill7007]

@@tarabotelho6692 wouldn't bet on it

[@minetruly]

If the ride was stuck, maybe the operator left to find help?

[@SavageLynelSpear]

My moms harness came off at a state fair when she was a kid, and it was one of those rides where you’re like in a cage and you spin around, and she was like thrown all over the place and stuff.

[@rebeccaholloway3066]

I rode this as a kid one time. I rode it with a girl who was a lot bigger than me, the belt barely even touched me. I was crying by the time I got off bc I had to hold on for dear life the whole ride

[@abdullahasifnawaz7191]

"THE BREAD COMES OUT OF THE GROUND" had me laughing so hard.

[@Seendnoodz]

Dr. Mike you’d be so proud, I went on a cruise and they were trying to sell me a detox and they asked “have you ever detoxed?” I said “every day! My liver and kidneys are fully functional!” 😁

[@NorthernWanderer.]

Hahaha, good one!

[@lovely__shadow9305]

Me to my mom

[@clairer342]

Damn you flexed so hard on them, love it 😂

[@emilelesaffre]

"And I'm sorry yours don't work, Mr."

[@Wolfe888]

What did they say back?😂

[@mailowmailow5207]

"it is clinically proven" into "i need testers" is absolutely priceless and if you cannot find this fallacy yourself then you might have more problems than you think

[@ErebosGR]

She said "wholesale" testers. She's running an MLM scam.

[@justgames21xd32]

Lool

[@KBRoller]

"If we had a clinically proven pill to lose weight safely, wouldn't you take it? Good, so you can help us say it's clinically proven even though it isn't!"

[@RochelleLang]

She lost me with the horse eyelashes

[@soap5461]

as someone else who has EDS and Gastroparesis, this cheered me up ❤️❤️ i usually watch you during bad flare ups to help distract myself!

[@user-zl8wq1dl6r]

same!

[@joshuas193]

My brother had Gastroparesis. They treated it by giving him a botox injection. His stomach now empties normally now. Before they said he had one of the worst cases they'd ever seen.

[@amethyst1062]

I guess Botox can be good

[@GogiRegion]

⁠@@amethyst1062Botox has a ton of medical uses. It works by paralyzing muscles, and it does it really well. It’s mostly used to prevent headaches, from my understanding.

[@guts60]

Not only was the water the color of the vinegar, but you can see how the strawberries shrunk and turned white in the bowl. They literally just destroyed most of the stuff in the fruit and left it as a white husk of dead plant cells

[@revendax2584]

I was with Dr mike on this one. I facepalmed so hard at this woman. The sad thing is not that they're wrong, its that they're so sure of what they're saying that they post it on tik tok and then probably get hard roasted later for looking like an ID10T.

[@g.strobl4458]

It is just as possible that people like her are lying through their teeth because it gets them more clout.

[@amicaaranearum]

Many people are confidently wrong about many things. It’s the Dunning-Kruger effect in action.

[@jd13dox]

Also, strawberries are a darkly pigmented fruit. People literally make dyes out of things like this

[@KBRoller]

@@revendax2584The worse part is that many people will *not* roast her, and instead will *believe* her and then change their eating/buying habits over it. I used to work as a bagger in a supermarket, and one woman came in complaining about the cost of organic food -- while buying hundreds of dollars in only organics -- but said she "had to" because she believed she was "allergic to all GMOs of any kind" and "can't trust that conventional produce isn't really GMOs". I tried briefly to explain that's not how GMOs or biology work, she was confident that it was, and I gave up and sighed. People are getting scammed out of what little money they have due to ignorant fearmongering, and it's kind of disgusting on the part of the people doing the mongering.

[@BruceZart020]

Your editor is amazing, really accentuates your reactions on a higher comical level. Thanks for the continuing medical education and laughs :)

[@shanicemupamombe5703]

Yes kudos to the editors for doing a fantastic job. I really liked the edits at 6:59 and at 2:38 and 2:49

[@GSxxxRGirl]

But they allowed Dr Mike to say "pacifically" xD

[@danielland3767]

Makes it palatable as well

[@souleater4242564kodd]

Amazing? They kept the mansplaining of hematoma/bruise in, the entire joke being deflated because he felt the need to explain what everyone knows through the point of the joke

[@TBATG]

Whos the 700th like?

[@user-qo1hb1kk8y]

I love that you help us know that we are not supposed to do stuff that’s make you sick you are a amazing doctor ❤

[@fyxation]

Regarding the gummies section: it's also true for melatonin gummies. Multiple brands were tested and found to contain way more active ingredient than what their labels promised. The active ingredient breaks down the longer the product is on the shelf, so they overdose the product so it stays potent enough to work. This is especially problematic since there are melatonin gummies specifically for kids. Giving them a few milligrams more than you think you're giving them might not be that dangerous, but there have been several cases of small children getting poisoned by eating an entire bottle. Chubbyemu even has a video about that subject. I get the supplement makers love for gummies--promising better absorption than pills or capsules--but they just seem like a really risky product given that gummies were originally candy. Whether it's gum drops, gummy bears, or sour patch kids... that's what kids think of when they see them and chew them, right? Of course, if the child is old enough, you can teach them the importance of knowing the difference. But what if they're not old enough to understand that conversation? What if they're curious, anyway?

[@K0sm1cKid]

Keep your gummies on top of the fridge where the gremlins can't reach em'

[@Lavi-does-arts]

@@K0sm1cKid💀

[@savinebabe]

That’s why there’s child locks and why you, oh idk, watch your damn kids like a normal parent??

[@GogiRegion]

I agree with the dosage part, hard disagree on the gummy part. If you have kids who cannot understand the difference, you should keep it locked up. You should have your medications inaccessible anyways, so I don’t see how it’s hard to keep it with those.

[@Lerrae1908]

people who study mosquitos (Culicidology) say: they like when you have a strong smell (like BO smells and breath cuz of CO2), but blood type preference in various populations does appear to exist. If you're being targeted you're either expelling more of what they like to hunt us with (ie: you're breathing faster or something), or they like your blood type better than your friends'.

[@DarthDose]

CO2 concentration in breath is not smell though. They do detect it, but that is not the same as the sense of smell.

[@Ansemite]

But that other guy said BO is unnatural!!

[@XAutumnXFlowerX]

I heard bees go for the face because the most vulnerable part of the bear is the nose so they can detect breath.

[@Nixeu42]

@@DarthDose We can't smell CO2, no. Mosquitos, insomuch as they can be said to smell, can.

[@jetanimations]

I must either be breathing like crazy or smelly as hell bc I got 61 bites this summer

[@oreobunn]

That killed me 😂 First they did surgery on a grape, now they did chest compressions on a frog! I was just as surprised as Mike when it worked 😂

[@petmach]

As the fun ruining guy, I'd say its more likely the frog initially played dead, which some of them do if they can't escape predators.

[@DT_1605]

​@@petmachthat's what I thought as well. I have seen frogs do that when my cats were chasing them.

[@kristicollett7887]

I've done cpr and chest compressions on several types of animals and humans. The best are always the ones who survive, but I learn from each, so it's worth it every single time.

[@JoyfulNerd400]

It was playing dead, and its a thing they do to escape a predator when running is not an option. Frogs can still technically breathe in water. This was completely unnecessary, and 100% did more harm than good

[@Erika-us2ws]

Me too. Do frog’s hearts even beat at the same bpm as a human’s

[@SiriustheYao]

The difficulty it took to be diagnosed with hEDS is honestly depressing. And I feel like I wouldn't be so bad off now if I had someone who would have listened to me earlier

[@Star1412s]

I'm going through that now. Don't know if it's eds for me or just hypermobility, and most doctors around me aren't willing to even diagnose it.

[@clairer342]

Ever since the TENS unit became accessible for non-medical people, I have wondered if it would be good for people with paralysis. Would they be able to give their muscles a safe and effective workout? Does this hurt or have a lot of danger? I hope the cosmetic sculpting uses can lead to even more uses for more groups of people. Love the videos doc! 💖

[@Rae1336]

I might just be a terrible person, but I love when Dr. Mike gets pissed off at the most outrages “medical” facts. 😂❤

[@Kerosene.Dreams]

Because it's pretty sexy seeing the Russian full force.

[@llewisdolphins]

You are not horrible, it's funny sh#$ 😂

[@charleslong-cu9ey]

@@llewisdolphinsyou couldn't be more right

[@ajh.4131]

Nah, it’s the best part 😂

[@justynas1167]

Not a mosquito expert but I’ve taken a medical entomology class (where we only covered medically relevant critters) back in the day and heard that they sense our CO2 emissions so maybe they go for people who are more metabolically active? 🤔

[@deltalima6703]

If you are not producing CO2 then mosquitos are the least of your problems.

[@DisturbedBurger]

Predatory saliences. Their nervous system is sensitive to signs of life....CO², thermogenesis, kinetics....all of it. They sense your fear and vigilance, and subsequently the more you move the more alluring and tasty you are.

[@SouthernAngel843]

Yes, mosquitoes are attracted to sweat, body temperature, pregnant women, drinking alcohol and certain chemicals like lactic acid, high metabolism, high carbon dioxide. There are also evidence that blood type (O) attracts mosquitoes more than blood types (A or B). This information comes from studies done by Pfizer, CNN, OFF, & Nature.

[@lillianmason6738]

I read that too. But I also read that it's the females who suck the blood for mating and laying eggs. Gross .

[@jonatandewaele637]

that is part of the reason, but they're also attracted to certain body odors and I thought heat (which would lead back to metabolically active people falling victim more often), not sure about that last one though

[@Maswartz226]

I love how pissed you get at some of these quacks.

[@grayr5255]

Dr Mike is one of the only doctors online I’ve ever seen that makes content that addresses EDS so casually and well 😭💕💕💕 it’s so nice to see someone educated on it you have no idea how many doctors I’ve seen that go “what?” When I tell them I have it LMFAOOO

[@R.J0701]

Dr. Mike is the reason why I never ever use those air blowing machines in public bathrooms. Shaking my hands all the way baby!

[@Nathan_Bookwurm]

I never thought about germs growing in there. Been avoiding air blowers for ages cuz they're so loud and takes an age to dry compared to a paper towel or drying it on my own clothes 😂😂 There's probably still more germs on the door knob or door from all those people who don't clean their hands.

[@sweetdisposition279]

​@@Nathan_Bookwurmthe germs don't actually grow in the dryers, they just aggressively blow the germs in the air directly onto your hands

[@Laura_Norda]

I take my own hand towel to work so I don't have to use the hand dryers. 👐

[@Quzga]

I've avoided them ever since Mythbusters

[@thruyou]

It's really not that bad. They'll get there with the next thing you touch.

[@sootspirit5556]

Mike messing up the brain check-up thing, the one with the fingers switching, is oddly reassuring

[@laurao3274]

I found that to be easy, but I also know sign language, so maybe that's why.

[@ValeriaCastaneda]

@@laurao3274B B hmm n

[@NikitaOsito]

@@laurao3274 I think it's a learned skill. I recently started studying ASL, and it gets kinda tricky sometimes with words I haven't practiced that much, even if I know what I'm supposed to be doing.

[@Galiant2010]

Because it doesn't mean anything. It's like doing Patty Cake with someone, it's just a learned muscle thing. It's no more stimulating than rubbing your belly with one hand while patting your head with the other hand.

[@sillycats909]

ding dang dong ding dang dongg

[@dianathompson4004]

I must say I have enormous respect for you (Dr Obaz) considering the manners in which I received my complete treatment for Hpv after taking your medication. God bless you for coming through for me Doc!!!!!

[@KERPZz]

4:20 thank you for this! I have a big high school placement test coming up and I read an article about this in the reading comprehension section of my practice test so this was a good reminder for me to study lmao

[@HeisenbergFam]

Dr. Mike is like a shield that takes the brunt of insanity of TikTok and makes it watchable

[@PatrickStarLovesYou]

...Do you ever SLEEP?

[@Kaalefv]

WHEN MAETH TOTURIAL????/??///?

[@Robyamdam]

ctrl + C ctrl + V

[@OmniSync]

​@@HeisenbergTheOGwtf 💀

[@PixyEmilie]

I just love Dr. Mike’s outbursts when he hears medical nonsense 😂😂

[@crollwtide9452]

0:24 I have used those Dyson hand dryers before...the issue I see with that is that the air can circulate back upwards toward your face, and if there's any heavy droplets flying around in that circulation, it can blow back into your face.

[@peterburi2727]

I have been saying that about hand dryers for years. They atomize any liquid that gets near them. Most are not cleaned on a regular basis.

[@CarsonGiology4155]

Dr. Mike- " Can we give science classes to these people so that they can understand how the body works?" Love this quote. Basically sums up every "health hack" videos.

[@SonicsniperV7]

I wonder how many know how the body works, they just don't care because they think they can sell you something

[@kamya7104]

“ The ColOur of the water is the colour of the VineGar ” , “ Bread Grows in the ground” - Dr Mike, 2023

[@AJDudz12]

I used to be extremely active. But after my second labor and delivery I can't do anything nearly as active as I used to and would say that ab device is something, as a disabled person, I would LOVE because I legitimately cannot safely work my abs anymore and it's very rough being unable to work out/have the body I could without my physical limitations

[@AJDudz12]

TLDR: the ab machine could be revolutionary to disabled folks that legitimately cannot "just work out without the machine"

[@seamusrichardson5601]

I'm actually taking an intro level entomology course this semester. According to the lectures I've seen on mosquitos so far, they can actually detect which type of blood you have even from across the room, and favor certain blood types over others.

[@he5524]

I want a shirt that says "Bread Grows from the Ground"

[@jahleelanderson5543]

Tbf he's right

[@iamacatperson7226]

​@@jahleelanderson5543depends how you think about it

[@raymondgilbert7887]

I would love to see Dr. mike talk to someone like hank green about the environment. Particularly about how negative environmental factors effect the public health of areas that have historically been neglected.

[@livenandlove1980]

He should have him on his podcast!

[@stephentidwell2022]

The same could be said about John Green. Though the conversation would end up being all about tuberculosis.

[@josephhorne7868]

This needs to happen

[@_daisy_]

​@@stephentidwell2022yess!

[@brittanypanda3322]

I would love to see him talk to hank about anything. I dont care what the topic is, i would watch it.

[@melissatrible4214]

It actually can be a very good idea to wash your fruit (especially strawberries) in vinegar water. It kills mold spores, which means your berries or other delicate fruits are very unlikely to go moldy on you. For the same reason, you can sometimes use vinegar to deal with, eg, a mild yeast infection, or dandruff. The yeasties don't like the acidity.

[@AprilDecember]

Funny, about the hand dryers, because recently the local casino I bowl at started removing all paper towels from their restrooms in favor of dryers. I grab a bunch of the seat liners & use those.

[@lorialma2235]

Dr Mike just made me lol. Total ParENTERAL nutrition = nutrients given through a central line to bypass the digestive system. Total PARENTAL nutrition = breastfeeding, lol. 😂

[@katherinemurphy2762]

I thought something sounded funny there!

[@livewellwitheds6885]

I said it wrong for like two years 😂

[@llewisdolphins]

I caught that too and I snorted, lol 😂

[@davidlaki]

It's embarrassing how adorable I find it when Dr. Mike gets all intense.

[@NexusSamurai]

I KNOW RIGHTT

[@WilliamRBl00m]

dont be embarassed its very normal to find grown men cute

[@theresasanda8845]

Fr😍

[@theresasanda8845]

⁠@@WilliamRBl00mummm ok ….same-.

[@candermannn]

@@WilliamRBl00m I think you could have worded that better

[@BIBINIM1]

Thanks for the contents dr Mike, i get to learn and be entertained at the same time 😊

[@bookwyrm247]

It’s been a long time since I studied bugs but I think the mosquitoes go for blood for the iron and proteins in it, which their eggs need. So they go for people that tend to run warmer.

[@ChristineWaters]

I nearly died laughing at the "Bread grows in the ground!" scene. LOL.

[@samthesam]

Hepatologist and longtime fan here-- we are doctors like you! But we deal with stuff like the liver, gallbladder, etc :) (Not a mosquito expert)

[@laughingvampire7555]

I took some first aid training in my work, and they told me about the risks of mouth to mouth infections so I have to check first for any fluids, and If I don't carry one of those valves then just do chest compressions that also blows some air in.

[@jaysoncowan5763]

i am a mosquito-ologist from years of living in Canada and being eaten so often. If you drink enough beer they will stop biting you. So the trick is to keep a cooler of beer on hand. Yuppie doctors from the city who drink fruity wine drinks are the primary diet of mosquito. I hope this helps.

[@reid3031]

I'm not a mosquito-ologist, but I can tell you from lots of experience that mosquitoes are attracted to potassium (which apparently is perceivable through the skin to them) and I've heard (and can confirm 😭) that they like light-colored people. So a blond white person in light clothing schlorping down coconut water, you're lit up like a dutch brothel to mosquitoes.

[@nonideal]

They’re also drawn to C02, much like bees are when they choose to attack and protect a hive.

[@Writing4MySoul]

9:35 out of all the things I expected to see this morning, seeing my old classmate in a Dr. Mike video was not one of them 🤯

[@Lay-wp5ug]

4:09 MY SOUL LEFT MY BODY WHEN I SAW THIS 🤣🤣🤣

[@aiden3627]

Definitely going to ask my G.I. specialist about the Ehlers Danlos digestive condition because we have not been able to figure out why my stomach is so messed up and I don’t have Ehlers Danlos syndrome, but I have a benign joint hypermobility syndrome that is caused by the same gene that causes Ehlers Danlos syndrome, so I’m curious to know if it could be related so I’ll definitely be asking my doctor about that

[@devsananimator5554]

as a person with adhd and pretty bad misophonia i can't/find it incredibly difficult to use hand dryers in bathrooms so i prefer using hand sanitizer instead. my school recently swapped from paper towels to hand dryers, and while i tend to steer clear from public bathrooms anyway it's only worsened the issue for me.

[@kyraamethyst2005]

Same, but I am Autistic and I have misophonia!

[@laurawhitehouse2333]

Same here, Autistic and have misophonia. I find hand dryers very difficult to deal with. I don’t use them and try to leave the bathroom as quickly as possible because other ppl are using them

[@ceshmate1953]

The whole handdryer thing is bullshit. You can get the same bacteria by just waving around that container in the same bathroom stall.

[@Tori_T_Artist]

Same! ADHD here

[@TheTekknician]

ADD, Autism with misophonia - oh, glorious life. ADD turning my attention TO the sound, misophonia making me want to destroy the world to stop the sound.

[@SniperRifleCat]

7:10 Mosquitoes are attracted to O blood and wierdly enough, people who have just eaten bananas

[@mayflyrose8195]

Really ? Because i rarely eat bananas and my blood's A+ apparantly, yet if i'm there no one around me gets biten and i'll be covered in bites 😭

[@lightningcodi2587]

Pros of o blood Universal ( prolly ) Cons of o blood Mosquitoes

[@S.S.Sunnnny]

Banana are honestly so gross😅

[@Bengt2509]

@@mayflyrose8195a is second

[@Geckoreo]

@@S.S.Sunnnnydon’t forget to consume enough potassium.

[@allcorpsenobones]

I don't know if it's because I'm watching Doctor Mike, but every ad I've gotten in the last hour has been those collogen ads "as we age, our natural collogen production may decline...". I went back into the video and forced and ad, and got it again.

[@upc2h22]

My issue with the first one is the air drying of the hands does not sanitize, so it was an inconclusive test. it's supposed to be whenever you wash your hands. The dryer is just meant to dry the hands not to get rid of germs...

[@wraithgaming8927]

11:17 *Me who has a joint condition* "Welp, been nice knowing you guys!"

[@Oarack_Bbama.]

Nice knowing you to and rest in peace

[@foam3132]

Me and my Ghanaian bros will be giving you that custom casket and that pallbearing dancing treatment

[@ernestaddo9578]

​@@foam3132We will make it beautiful and sweet 😂

[@lizroar04]

Dr Mike out here saving us from buying fruit to make us smell better, all while educating us on where bread comes from😂❤

[@chianne_away_]

So, I have small fiber neuropathy. I was diagnosed 4.5 years ago. Before then, I used to eaten alive by mosquitos. While I was at my sickest (whenever I could make it outside, I was bedridden for a time) everyone else would get eaten up and I wouldn’t have a single bite. I’ve done IVIG, I’m now close to remission, and I just got my first mosquito bite. Honestly, it made me really happy, it felt like a sign that I’m actually getting better ❤

[@ItsAsparageese]

I'm no expert but I'm one of those freaky mosquito-magnet people, and according to my research, it's about exhaling more carbon dioxide than other people (hence obesity being a risk factor for skeeter-magnetism). It's insane, people often don't believe me until they see me covered head to toe in the most effective decently-safe repellents I can muster and still swatting dozens of skeeters on my body while no one else gets touched. And the skeeter species in my area that are most resistant to my preferred repellents are the ones I have the worst reactions to (welts up to 2-3" diameter sometimes). It's really crappy to deal with. I have to take quercetin about 3/4 of the year to mitigate the reactions and still smother myself in safe repellents and often still use DEET sprays on surrounding surfaces, just to avoid full-body torment.

[@JustaLittleGuy98]

I'm not a mosquito-ologist (lol) but I remember coming across theories that mosquitos are more attracted to O+ blood, and to people who are larger or exercising, because they're breathing out more carbon dioxide and following trails of elevated carbon dioxide plays into how mosquitos track down a target.

[@JacksonTerrier]

I did chest compressions on my dog. He was coughing and just fell over. Wasn’t breathing, moving, and stiff. He started breathing again but only lived another five months. I can’t complain considering he was almost 16 years old.

[@saraschu2735]

Not a mosquito scientist, but I have strong swelling reactions to mosquito bites (concerned about developing a more severe allergic reaction) so my doctor and I have been looking into ways to make me less likely to get bit. Pheromones, blood type, stress, and diet can all play a role in the smell of your sweat, which can attract more mosquitoes. Citronella in lotion or soap, long sleeves and pants, eating more garlic, and adding a vanilla extract perfume (not sweet smelling fair warning) has helped me. These solutions don't work for everyone, but they've helped keep down bite frequency while we try to figure out my immune reaction to the bites. My experience and solutions are all North American based, and it's possible the species of mosquitoes in different environments may react differently. Stay safe and hopefully keep the mosquitoes away!

[@PriscillaMariee843]

Mike has the best reactions to tik toker disinformation.

[@joshhjoness]

7:05 Mosquitoes are more attracted to people with blood type O. They come with an interest in carbon dioxide, high-contrast clothing worn, the bacterial population on your skin, and the infrared rays emitted from the body. Source: Blood Feeding Preference of Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes for Human Blood Group Types and Its Impact On Their Fecundity: Implications for Vector Control

[@XDfrenchfryIDK]

Thx ☺️

[@electropopmep288]

Well im type O.... Welp i guess i have to deal with this then :))

[@bamboozled1449]

3:45 😂😂 he was so doneee

[@sierrarose4]

Dr Mikes reaction to the fruit guy was everything 🤣🤣🤣

[@Koakoa45]

My grandfather died of cancer back in 1968, one thing he noticed that he was unwell is he went from a mosquito buffet to them not coming near him.

[@ashnabi8375]

Not only do you entertain viewers that are not doctors or nurses, you educate real medical professionals that watch your videos. You are one of the best doctors too. Keep it up!!

[@_MrSniper_]

Hey there youve inspired me to become a doctor when im older

[@some_youtuber]

omg that's amazing

[@rhyswilliams5968]

That's nice bro hope u do become a successful doctor

[@Dino.001]

W

[@Zechariah_iscool]

I think your parents would b proud

[@x3nomelee528]

Don't

[@VadersFirst]

3:37 To be fair, I've noticed a huge change in the taste of fruits these days. I've always washed my fruit exactly the same since I was a kid. For some reason I noticed the same very strong flavor present on all of my fruits and vegetables. It made it so I couldn't actually eat them because it made me lose my appetite. My wife started washing them with baking soda added to the water and letting it soak for a minute. The flavor was gone. It just tasted like fresh fruit. I'm convinced there's been a change in the pesticides being used and I was tasting that (or my pallet developed more for some reason) and washing with baking soda removed that extra funk from the pesticides.

[@fleshandcolor]

I had vertical banded gastroplasty in 1997 and it failed last year (Nothing would pass and they couldn't see why on imaging. . I was on a heart TPN line for a while to wait til surgery to reconfigure my stomach. Nothing by mouth for little over a month.

[@kristicollett7887]

EDS is actually a spectrum disorder. My son is on the hypermobility spectrum. The joints in his arms and legs actually move in multiple directions, which can cause him to dislocate quite easily.

[@jeffreysamraj7121]

'The colour of your water is the colour of your vinegar' got me 😂

[@jeffreysamraj7121]

@@-Mathias-R 🤣 i was wondering where my comment had gone off to . Thank you 😂

[@livewellwitheds6885]

yes, it is but there are also many different types which can have a huge impact on overall prognosis. a lot of people who don't know much about eds don't know there are types [which are technically all separate conditions] or only know of H-EDS as its the most common

[@ReyRena]

I have hEDS too! But I know someone with vascular EDS which is soooooo dangerous

[@joywebster2678]

I have mild heds, but as I aged I found out I have Veds. So yes severity can vary, but so can the mix of types.

[@Cloverpip]

I’ve had eds my entire life and constantly get undermined by doctors and it’s so nice to see dr mike knows about it!

[@gearzdesign]

The bread grows out of the ground part got my laughing hard

[@gabriellawless2202]

They were singing ‘Staying Alive’ to keep rhythm during the frog CPR! I can’t believe you didn’t call that out😂

[@sarahkwast1250]

Those machines that simulate crunches may be seen as useless to many people. However, as someone with POTS who can't physically do crunches most days, this type of machine is a game changer! I will be asking my doctor about possibly using or even buying some of these devices for myself.

[@victore8342]

What is POTS?

[@tendrel135]

You can get a Tens machine, for home use. It has electrodes you place. It's like what they use in PT

[@tendrel135]

​@@victore8342postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

[@colbytucker2178]

There’s alot of other ways to exersise ads

[@nightspicer]

@@victore8342 you get dizzy/fatigued when you change your body's position

[@genomenom]

Dr. Mike. On the topic of mosquitos- researchers discovered a receptor (cpA neurons) that mosquitoes use to detect both carbon dioxide and skin odor, and they identified compounds that interact with the receptor.

[@lorenakoran2]

About mosquitoes .... 1st off I'm not a clinical expert. I used to get bit up the worst in my family. My dad would rarely get but at all. At some point in my adulthood, to my delight, the little buggers lost interest in me. For a while I thought it was because I ate a lot of garlic but over time I started noticing that it really didn't matter what I did or did not eat. I tried to research this every now and then but there wasn't really anything scientific I could find untill I came across an article that made a lot of sense. It claimed that one could work up a tolerance to mosquito bites if they were to get bitten a lot, like excessively. Which is what happened to me as a kid, I always got it the worst. I don't know for sure about my dad but he did spend his young childhood summers in the swamp area of Florida and very likely got "eaten alive" by bugs there so he too may have built up a tolerance. This doesn't answer why folks like me got but more than others, but if it's true it would answer why I rarely get bit anymore.

[@karaweimer827]

this is amazing! I've never watched KZbin videos more informative and is so so funny.

[@marcpower4167]

3:51 and why use vinegar? The fruit will absorb it and it'll taste horrible.

[@malakmokhtar7256]

It doesn't actually

[@Freepalestinesos]

Ye

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

That standing up with crossed legs maneuver..I've never been able to do that..not as a kid, not as a teenager.. still alive, in my 60s.

[@sterling5052]

Hey, my uncle was a semi-pro power lifter before arthritis took him down, I used to train with him a lot back when he could, he taught me a lot about the kinematics of the human body in relation to working out, though by no means am I extensively educated in the field. He only knows about the difference because when he started out training in powerlifting he was using the softer metal and was getting a lot of bend/inertia rebound, which, for a powerlifter isn't ideal, powerlifting you want a stiff bar because you're training your body to be able to handle that weight purely with muscle force and strength training the parts of your body that take the loud most, with minimal focus on the technique that makes it easier to do whereas olympic lifting and other things like bodybuilding rely on the soft ductile bars because it helps absorb the kinetic inertia; Olympic lifters and body builders rely on solely being ABLE to achieve the task of lifting given under the set parameters so inertia absorption is ideal because you're saving that extra load applied which conserves energy in-between lifts and on the up squat when you're trying to lift over the head I could be very wrong, but by my understanding the bar bens in those weight lifting comps on purpose, While they are lifting insane amounts of weight which would naturally bend a bar especially with the applied inertial energy on the down squat and up squat ; it's not just the insane weight causing the bend. The metal they use for that level of weight and context is specifically alloyed to be able to be very ductile so it bends and absorbs energy without weakening the grain structure of the metal. In other words, it would be much more impressive if the bar was stiff. With all the math applied you're saving an additional required force to move that weight by about ~12-18% of the max weight being lifted, when averaged I believe that's ~105lbs that's deducted on simply the down squat, pushing up depending on applied force will change that percentage either larger or smaller so let's call that average a minimum. Obviously, yes the down squat would also vary but it would have much less variance so I kept the averaging quite simple Powerlifters like to make fun and call that cheating. Of course it takes a lot of power, and training to move that weight but to do it with a stiff bar requires even more power and training is all I'm saying.

[@riceracm]

7:10 _PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION!!_ For some reason, one of my daughters is constantly being bitten by mosquitos more than anyone else in the family. She actually gets pretty upset and laments “having sweet blood,” as she calls it, and I feel so bad for her. ☹️

[@grandparicksfirstassistant3386]

Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide that we exhale.

[@RedCanyonWolf]

So happy to see Nurse John make a reel appearance. He is a gem.

[@AmyKatz06]

A couple years ago, I was with some friends and just one of them was not getting stung by mosquitoes, one of them told us that he had just read an article where it says that it might be because our smell or more specific our blood type, since then I’ve been asking people (mostly classmates) during lectures where I know there are a bunch of mosquitoes and yeah… blood has a lot to do with it. We are just an ice scream store for the mosquitoes, they choose what flavour crave that day 😆

[@Popartastic]

An amazing pizza place where I grew up had a very old fashioned towel dispenser. It had a reusable/shared clothe towel that rotated in a circle for everyone. It was brown. It was AWFUL. They only finally got rid of it in 2015 or something. Now that I think about it I really hope the staff used a different washroom NOOOO

[@CBerries]

I've been saying this since they were first installed. Germs need two things to grow: Heat and Moisture. Makes no sense to add heat to wet hands and expect them to have less germs.

[@thecrashdocs]

As a certified mosquitologist, I can confirm that most mosquitoes are attracted to the opposite sex, however some may be attracted to the same sex. The mosquito population is still adapting to the realisation that mosquito love is mosquito love, but they are coming around to the idea. Hope this helps! :)

[@GuitarGod035]

😂

[@vamsikrishna-]

2:38 I just thought of a long cubed bread growing to the plant underground like a potato 🤣🤣

[@vixiscampin5745]

any time i have a headache and i press on the top of my skull it worses and hurts pretty bad. a few years ago i hit my head pretty hard on some concrete and broke my arm. they didnt do a head scan at all and its probably some injury from that tbh. the headaches started after the injury too and theyre mostly in the general area i hit my head.

[@chinaunhinged1970]

I've done a lot of research on this. Mosquitos are attracted to humidity, concentrated CO2 levels (they literally spaz out around sodas), and specific body odors that the body gives off. That particular chemical is found in different amounts on people's skin throughout the population, more or less when sweating. I would also assume they are attracted to body heat a tiny amount. Use deet on your clothing when camping, people. But only when the deet is dried.

[@steph0587]

I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I’d love to see more about it on your channel sometime! There’s a lot of misconceptions about it that even a lot of doctors have. Not all of course, but some do.

[@jenniferdevinney541]

I have EDS too! What a small world!

[@loranpayne840]

EDS squad checking in!

[@jomoncon]

A couple of years ago, around 2019, I started losing an extreme amount of weight - going from 120 to 100 lbs in about a month, all the while eating constantly. I just knew something had to be wrong. Finally my blood work showed my blood chemistry was way off - similar to someoe who had severe eating disorder. I had a small growth on my pancreas, luckily, non-cancerous, that was removed. However, the remaining part of my pancreas was still not doing what a pancreas does. I was still losing weight, until I was down to about at my lowest 85 pounds. I was started on TPN, 24/7. There was a insertion in my upper arm with a catheter that ran close to my heart. That's where the TPN was administered. I was on this for about six months, at home. I was told that this type of insertion is almost impossible to keep clean or sterile in a normal home atmosphere. So of course, after a couple of months, I came down with sepsis. Back into the hospital. After being on the TPN 24/7 for about five months, I was switch to only 12 hours a day. When I finally started gaining some weight back, we went to first TPN every other day and then every third day until I could finally get off of it. That stuff really saved my life.

[@acwells01]

Do the dryers spread germs because we don't wash our hands thoroughly enough before using? So we just end up circulating remaining germs on our hands as the air blows?

[@whatwilliwatch3405]

6:43 Someone I know *used to* get absolutely devoured by mosquitos. We would joke that we wanted him along whenever we did something outdoors, because once they caught a whiff of him, they ignored the rest of us - he would literally look like he had chicken pox afterwards. Then he had a medical crisis that resulted in him being put on blood thinners. Guess what? Now mosquitoes won't touch him. Our hypothesis is that the blood thinners fundamentally changed some aspect of his blood that was making him a prime target. No way to know for sure, but we all found that to be a very interesting development.

[@EwokPanda]

Vinegar is actually super useful for washing fruits in humid environments, as it helps them to not mold so quickly. Especially berries.

[@littlemissmel88]

Yes, I came here to say that! I soak my strawberries for a few minutes in vinegar water then pat them dry and they last weeks!

[@Nothingcomestomymindyay]

The girl in the video mixed baking soda and vinegar which cancels each other out tho lmfao

[@kianabrown2865]

The roller coaster one scares me. I have hydrocephalus (condition where brain doesn’t drain cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) properly) and I’ve always been told to never be upside down for long periods of time otherwise pressure would build up in my head. If I was on that ride, I would probably die. 😅

[@lucialma]

I would be very interested to know why the passengers were left hanging upside down rather than staff manually pushing the coaster to a safer location to unload them. That’s not healthy for anyone, but I imagine there are other neurological or circulatory conditions besides hydrocephalus that could make this situation very dangerous.

[@rachelannstanley]

I'd actually really like to know what's up with the mosquito thing. I always got bitten/stung whatever. Really bad too, like I get the big bumps or the ones that look like pustules and burn. But since I started smoking a few years ago, I noticed it's not so much anymore

[@sheroou13]

Not a mosquito-ologist but i have done some research into it and theres many factors they think affect the odds of getting bit. Blood type is one, another is foods you eat.. you should look into it its interesting