Who Should I Listen To?
Why is there so much confusion when it comes to health and why are ‘experts’ teaching contradictory information? There appear to be three primary reasons for the confusion.
First, there are many professionals who may be very sincere and smart but haven’t been in the wellness for enough years to have a complete understanding of all the scientific literature available. For example, a particular topic may have 100 published scientific articles but the results are contradictory with 80 papers pointing in one direction and 20 in the opposite direction. If a scientist is knowledgeable, he chooses the direction of the 80 papers but you need to know all hundred exist. If a scientist isn’t fully informed, he/she may choose among the 20 and even be passionate about it because they have “scientific proof”. Best to listen to someone who has been in this industry for a long time and knows all 100 articles.
Secondly, some ‘experts’ choose the wrong definition of healthy. If they find a diet that can temporarily help people quickly lose weight or decrease glucose, they assume that it’s healthy for everyone and translate the temporary benefit and extrapolate it inappropriately into an unverified long-term benefit. That’s why a thorough understanding of longevity studies is most important because those studies often reveal that temporary benefits don’t necessarily translate into longevity or long-term health.
Thirdly, unfortunately, there are professionals whose sole focus is money and they use their degrees and status for monetary gain. Sadly, there are many professionals who are like this and unless you really know the science, you can’t differentiate the greedy from the sincere.
Additionally, the last people you want to listen to about your health are movie stars and celebrities. Just because they are beautiful or thin doesn’t mean they arrived there in a healthy way. Celebrities and movie stars, on the average, aren’t the longest living people on the plant so that should provide some insight for you.
You have to find someone to listen to and hopefully, with our years of unique global experience, you will entrust us with leading you down the path to optimal health.