The most recently dry scooping challenge It's a social media trend. TikTok which encourages users to consume a spoonful of dry powder supplement, that is, without diluting the substance in any liquid, as per the recommendations. The practice is condemned by experts at the American Academy of Psychiatry.
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After it became viral, mainly in the United States, members of the American Academy of Psychiatry stated that children and young people should not make use of supplements administered as pre-training for practitioners of activities muscles.
Coupled with consumption greater than the recommended daily doses of nutrients, which can cause damage to the organism by excess, ingestion of the supplement in dry powder can cause choking accidental.
Published in the journal Eating Behaviors and produced by researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada, the study that analyzes the
dry scooping in teenagers states that one in five of them or young adults have already participated in the viral challenge.In addition to accidentally inhaling the powdered supplement, ingesting the substance without diluting it in water or another liquid can cause problems in the digestive and cardiovascular systems.
Spending a lot of time on social media increases the likelihood of participating in challenges
Canadian researchers also made interesting discoveries on the topic.
For them, people who have the so-called muscle dysmorphia, characterized by the search for the perfect body, are more inclined to participate in this trend. Likewise, among the survey participants, which included data from 2,700 teenagers and young adults, those who spend more time on social networks are more exposed to all types of content. Therefore, these people more frequently reported the practice of dry scooping.
Challenges light alert
Just as the scientific community is attentive to the movement of social media to study the impact of certain trends on physical and mental health, influencers report their experiences with the practice.
This is the case of Briatney Portillo, a 21-year-old dancer, who reports having suffered a heart attack after practicing dry scooping. She had to go to the hospital to take care of herself.
It is still too early to say anything, but researchers are committed to the pursuit of education as preventive action to prevent young people from exposing themselves to this and other practices that harm their health.
