Check Health Claims with AI
Paste a link to a health video — YouTube, TikTok, or an Instagram Reel — or a podcast. BSmeter pulls out the main health claims, scores each one 0-100, names misleading framing, and searches for evidence sources on the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium).
How to Check Health Misinformation
Three simple steps to check the claims in a health video. Works with YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, podcasts, and audio files.
Paste a Health Video Link
Copy the link to a health video — YouTube, TikTok, or an Instagram Reel — or a podcast episode or audio file, and paste it into BSmeter. Sign in with a free account to run the analysis.
AI Analyzes the Claims
BSmeter transcribes the audio, extracts the main checkable health claims, and gives each one a 0-100 credibility score. It names rhetorical moves like Missing Context or Anonymous Authority, calls out logical fallacies, and searches for evidence sources on the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium).
Review the Claims and Sources
Get a claim-by-claim breakdown with the reasoning behind each score, plus evidence source links for the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium). Results are AI-generated and can be wrong, and sources may be imperfect, so read them yourself — and talk to a doctor or pharmacist before changing any treatment. Open the browser extension on a YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram video to see the same results right on the page.
Why Use BSmeter for Health Fact-Checking
Health misinformation spreads faster than accurate medical information. BSmeter helps you check what a video claims before you act on it.
Health Claim Extraction
Paste a link to a health video — a YouTube explainer, a TikTok wellness tip, an Instagram Reel, or a podcast episode. BSmeter transcribes the audio and pulls out the main verifiable health claims, from treatment efficacy to nutrition advice, so you can see exactly what's being asserted.
COVID & Vaccine Claims
Vaccine and pandemic videos are full of checkable assertions. BSmeter scores the main claims the video makes and, searches for evidence sources you can read yourself on the weakest one (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium). It's the same claim-by-claim analysis BSmeter runs on any topic — not a special medical database — and results are AI-generated, so they can be wrong.
0-100 Credibility Scoring
Each health claim BSmeter pulls out gets a 0-100 credibility score with an explanation of the reasoning behind it, and the video gets an overall score, so you can see at a glance how much of it holds up — and why.
Treatment & Supplement Claims
BSmeter scores claims about medications, supplements, alternative treatments, and procedures — dosage claims, side-effect warnings, success rates, and purported benefits. When a video sounds far more certain than the evidence allows, BSmeter names the move: Confidence Mismatch, Cherry-Picked, or Missing Context.
Nutrition & Diet Claims
Diet, superfood, detox, and weight-loss videos make lots of checkable claims. BSmeter scores the main ones, names the framing behind them, and links evidence sources for the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium), so you can separate what holds up from what doesn't.
Rhetoric & Fallacy Callouts
Health videos often lean on 'doctors say' or 'studies show' without naming anyone. BSmeter names rhetorical moves like Anonymous Authority and calls out logical fallacies, so you can tell when a claim rests on persuasion rather than evidence.
4 Warning Signs of Health Misinformation
Learn to spot the most common tactics used to spread false health information — before you trust or share it.
The 'They're Hiding the Cure' Narrative
A hallmark of health misinformation. Claims that pharmaceutical companies, governments, or the medical establishment are 'suppressing' a miracle cure or hiding the truth about treatments. Real medical breakthroughs are published, peer-reviewed, and replicated — not hidden in secret vaults.
Citing Studies That Don't Exist or Prove the Opposite
Health misinformation often references 'studies' without providing verifiable citations, or cites research that has been retracted, debunked, or actually says the opposite of what's claimed. Look the study up yourself on PubMed or the journal's website and check for a retraction notice. When a video leans on unnamed studies or experts, BSmeter names the move: Anonymous Authority.
The 'Natural' Fallacy & Miracle Cures
Just because something is 'natural' doesn't mean it's safe or effective — and the phrase 'miracle cure' is almost always a red flag. Misinformation promoters exploit the naturalistic fallacy to sell supplements, detox programs, and alternative treatments that haven't been proven safe or effective in clinical trials.
False Expert Credentials & Celebrity Endorsements
Health misinformation frequently features people using inflated or fabricated credentials — 'doctor' from a non-accredited institution, 'researcher' without publications, or celebrities promoting treatments with zero medical expertise. Real medical professionals have verifiable credentials from accredited institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about fact-checking health claims with BSmeter.
How does BSmeter fact-check health and medical claims?
Paste a link to a health video (YouTube, TikTok, or an Instagram Reel) or a podcast or audio file. BSmeter transcribes the audio and extracts the main verifiable health claims — about treatments, vaccines, nutrition, diseases, or studies. Each claim gets a 0-100 credibility score with its reasoning, rhetorical moves and logical fallacies are named, and BSmeter searches for sources on the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium). Results are AI-generated and can be wrong, and sources may be imperfect, so check them yourself.
Can BSmeter check COVID-19 and vaccine-related claims?
Yes. BSmeter analyzes COVID-19 and vaccine videos the same way it analyzes any other video: it extracts the main checkable claims, scores each one 0-100, names misleading framing like Missing Context or Cherry-Picked, and searches for evidence sources on the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium). There's no special medical database behind it, and results are AI-generated and can be wrong, so treat them as a starting point and check official public health guidance and your doctor.
Does BSmeter work with nutrition and diet claims?
Yes. Diet, supplement, and wellness videos are full of checkable claims — about superfoods, detox programs, weight-loss products, intermittent fasting, or keto. BSmeter scores the main ones, names the framing behind them, and links evidence sources for the weakest one (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium), so you can see which claims hold up.
Is there a free version for health fact-checking?
Yes. BSmeter has a free plan: sign in with a free account and analyze up to 3 videos a day, up to 30 minutes each. Basic ($3.99/mo) raises that to 50 analyses a day on videos up to 60 minutes and adds Find Evidence on any claim and an automatic source search on up to the 3 weakest claims of each analysis that score under 50 (Free: the weakest one), and Premium ($8.99/mo) handles videos up to 2 hours. The browser extension for Chrome and Firefox shows results right on the page when you open it on a YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram video, and there's also an Android app.
How is BSmeter different from general fact-checking websites?
General fact-checking sites like Snopes and PolitiFact rely on human editors, who can only cover a small fraction of the health content published every day. BSmeter uses AI so you can check a health video yourself, on demand, without waiting for someone to cover it. Human fact-checkers provide deeper, more authoritative analysis; BSmeter lets you check the videos they never get to. Its results are AI-generated and can be wrong, so every score shows its reasoning.
Can BSmeter catch misleading health advice on social media?
For video, yes. BSmeter analyzes health videos from YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram Reels, and when you open the browser extension on one of those videos, it shows the claim-by-claim results right on the page. It's well suited to the claims in detox-tea promos, unproven supplement pitches, and wellness-influencer advice: each claim gets a credibility score, and moves like Anonymous Authority or Confidence Mismatch are named.
How accurate is BSmeter's health fact-checking?
Accuracy depends on the claim and on how much reliable evidence exists for it. BSmeter's results are AI-generated and can be wrong, and the evidence sources it finds may be imperfect. Every score shows its reasoning, and the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium) comes with source links, so you can check the analysis yourself. BSmeter is not medical advice — talk to a qualified health professional before acting on any health claim.
Does BSmeter check alternative and complementary medicine claims?
Yes. BSmeter scores claims about herbal remedies, acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, and traditional medicine the same way as any other health claim, names moves like Confidence Mismatch when a video sounds more certain than the evidence allows, and searches for evidence sources on the weakest claim (the 3 weakest on Basic and Premium). To dig deeper on your own, systematic reviews (such as those in the Cochrane Library) are a good place to see how strong the evidence for a treatment really is.
Don't Trust Your Health to Misinformation
Before you follow that health advice, take a supplement, or share a health video, check what it claims with BSmeter. Free account: 3 analyses a day. BSmeter isn't medical advice, so talk to a health professional before acting on any claim.