Why is Nutrition Information so Confusing?

There is so much information out there about what is healthy, what we should be eating and what we should avoid. It seems that every other week there is a diet of choice and every jump into that wagon and declared it the best thing ever. Why is nutrition information so confusing?

Is really hard to know who to listen to and what to believe.

Look at Your Data Source

A great recent article written by Dr. David L. Katz a very well-known and respected nutritionist expert. Harvard educated and currentlythe Director, Yale Prevention Research Center; Founder/President.  I had the pleasure to attend many of his talks about nutrition and have never been disappointed. In this recent article he addresses the data and some of the most popular diets.

Highly Recommend Reading this Article

Dr. Katz’s new article: The Internet Is Littered with Dubious Diet Tips, Let’s set the record straight.  He addresses all the myths that are out there and tries to explain what is wrong with those believes. He further addresses the importance reading scientific studies and be able to assess how good are these studies and what were their limitations.

He also touches on the influence the food industry has in some of the guidelines like the food pyramid that come from the government. Which leads us to ask, who are they protecting? Us, the consumers or the food industry?

He also recommends deeply doing more than a google review and really review the data. He best summarized it when he said “To figure out what’s real, we must look for all relevant evidence on the topic instead of selectively screening for an opinion; we must judge everything by the same criteria, whether we’re inclined to like it or dislike it.”

Whenever you are reading any information please do with a small amount of skepticism. Don’t believe everything you read, look at the source of the data, can you trust what they are telling you? Where else can you find reliable information to verify what you are being told? Is there some financial benefit to the person giving you the information? 

If nutrition is something you are interested in knowing more, maybe take a night class at your community college, read more reputable books on the subject and seek people you trust to give you the correct information.

Take all the information you get with a grain of salt, question everything you are being told and always go deeper to get more answers. Look at your source, is it someone knowledgeable in the subject or just someone who thinks they know what they are talking about.

Unfortunately, when it comes to nutrition your doctor is not the best source, on average; doctors only get anywhere from 10-15 hours on nutrition out of the eight-plus years they go to school. You are better off talking to a nutritionist, someone who studies the subject and knows it really well.

Educate yourself, learn, expand your base knowledge and apply to you. You are the expert in you, no one knows you the way you do. Take care of yourself to avoid debilitating diseases that age us prematurely and rob us of precious years.

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