Where Does One Find Reliable Health Information?

Download My Free Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Keto and Fasting 👉 https://drbrg.co/3wQGr6I

how does someone really know if information on  health weight loss or whatever is trusted credible and reliable that’s the topic of today now of  course most people go online they do a search and usually whatever is first they pick that as  the most credible or reliable information and so that’s what i did i actually went online  and i typed in the best way to lose weight and then what i did is i ordered their booklet and  so what we’re going to do today is we’re going to go through it and i’m not going to mention who it  is whatever i’m just going to kind of go through it and i want to evaluate it from two viewpoints  one from my viewpoint and two from a consumer’s viewpoint what you’re going to find out there is  so much information and data in this booklet and really no emphasis on the most important things  versus all the other stuff that may not matter what is the most important thing to know about  this do i have to read the entire article an entire book and then do everything or do i just  focus on one thing or two things that is a big issue so what makes something credible is that  the number of studies that are backing it up the problem with studies is most people don’t read  them they’re relying on second-hand information and also there’s a ton of manipulation and bias  in the area of research what about testimonials i like testimonials especially if they’re video  or picture because that doesn’t lie i think even though it’s anecdotal i think they’re credible  also reviews they can be faked but if i see a comparison with two different products and one has  a lot more views i’ll have a tendency to buy that product over this product over here and before  i get into it i want to share with you a very interesting observation that i made just being  in practice for 30 years whatever is touted as the most reliable information the most credible  the most trustworthy information especially if it’s in the area of mainstream i usually look in  the exact opposite direction i have found through experience that it ends up not being the most  reliable information and what happens if someone has a fixed idea and knows everything about it  it’s almost impossible to teach them anything because they won’t look at the information  they already have their mind made up so when you evaluate something you have to look at the  information yourself you have to ask yourself does it make sense you have to differentiate is it fact  from opinion so let’s go through this this booklet i read the whole thing and the first thing  we’re talking about there is no secret that two and three american adults way too much the  question is why as it turns out there isn’t one simple answer darn it i was looking for  that simple answer it starts with a combination of genes and environment we live in today okay  so right there talking about genetics okay and a little bit later they they said that scientists  have found 127 different genes related to obesity but that’s pretty much it so now the point is okay  what can you do if you have a genetic weakness there’s not much you can do so right there if  it’s genetics and i’m a consumer reading this i’m like oh i guess i just have bad genes and  there’s nothing i can do about it right and so then they talk about stubborn hormones they talk  about leptin okay which has to do with appetite and then they get into consuming high calorie  foods and too little exercise okay i mean we’ve heard that a million times right we know  that going on a low calorie diet this does not work so then they get into the power of genetic  influences could be up to 40 of your bmi which you know what that’s just opinion that’s not  a fact i totally actually disagree with that but if i was a consumer i’m like oh geez i might  have to go check my genetics there that could be why i’m not losing weight so any diet that i do  and it doesn’t work i can just blame it on my genes right all right next part here we’re  talking about calories and portion control having again it’s like eating less calories it says right here in in one study researchers  offered volunteers four different serving sizes of macaroni and cheese okay when served the largest  portion the volunteers polished off 30 percent more food than when given the smallest portion  they didn’t report feeling any more full than when they ate the smaller size now let me just say  something about this right here this information is just very confusing because what they’re  omitting is the fact that if you eat any carbs at all especially macaroni and cheese you’re going  to stimulate insulin and insulin is going to cause hunger so as far as portion size whether you have  a big bowl of macaroni and cheese or a little bowl it’s still going to make you hungry and  this gives us no good advice or information and then here on this page it talks about metabolic  syndrome okay that’s like when you have high blood pressure high cholesterol you’re pre-diabetic  and you have visceral fat right here but nowhere in there do they talk about what causes  that high levels of insulin so you’re omitting that piece of data they’re talking about you  should lose weight to improve your metabolic syndrome just like right here lose weight keep it  off and maintain a healthier weight my whole thing is let’s get healthy first so you can lose weight  but that’s not their motto all right next page we have some tips brown bag it at least three times  a week add two healthy foods to your shopping list rethink your drink all right these are all tips  that are pretty low on the list of importance all right next page it says avoid ultra high  calorie foods and they’re talking about fats right saturated fats well we know fats are necessary to  be able to satisfy you so if you’re going low fat lean which we’ll get to in a  little bit you’re just going to be actually more hungry because there’s nothing  there to satisfy you especially if you’re doing snacks okay this next part they’re talking about  strict calorie counting isn’t the best strategy okay well that’s good and then we get over here  it says beating hungry with a high quality diet so there’s a quote here it says eating processed  carbohydrates raises insulin levels and insulin drives calories into fat cells for storage  well thank you right here is the most important sentence of the entire book but there’s no other  mention of this okay so they’re actually telling us that you know process carbohydrates gonna raise  insulin and you’re gonna store fat but the next part of the page it’s it’s giving you all  these carbohydrates you should be eating it says right here good carbohydrates although  processed carbohydrates can lead to weight gain not all carbohydrates are bad in fact carbohydrate  heavy foods such as peas beans lentils fruits vegetables and whole grains can be a healthy  part of your weight loss well not if you’re the average person in america not if you have  insulin resistance not if you are over the age of 40. you have to stop the q-tip when there’s  resistance here’s the thing even when i wrote my first book i recommended consuming fruits this  is probably i don’t know maybe 10 years ago and i was eating apples every day those apples were  keeping me overweight i think i weighed 211 pounds i’m 180 now and all i did is remove the apples  i mean so an apple has like 19 grams of sugar and then they’re recommending whole grains not  a good idea all right next page here we get into consuming fiber foods again more  grains one of the easiest ways to sneak more fiber into your diet is to increase  the intake of whole grains what about vegetables they don’t mention that people who on a regular  basis consume whole grains tend to have lower bmi and less body fat than those who don’t eat  whole grains i would love to see that study and i’m no