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I know the idea is to be snarky and calling them "new age" somehow makes them less than real science, but the reality is there is some amazing science that has been done that shows how these different chemicals influence our brains and our behaviors. Good video on the topic with in-depth explanations from real scientists:
HAPPINESS: A Guide to the Drugs That Can Help You Get There -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAmgNoWzVk&t=29s
The scientist in the video:
https://www.archventure.com/team/axel-bouchon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Odekunle
I mean the point wasn't that these chemicals don't exist or that they're not important for our brain chemistry, but the way influencers just make up shit about them (like in the image).
I get it. We should be skeptical of what we hear from influencers on social media. IMHO the way to debunk pseudoscience is with real science. There is some amazing scientific work done in this area and I wanted to highlight that.