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Opinions vary a lot, because people vary a lot, and because of this science "that applies to everyone" is very hard to do. There's no question that there us go
by bruce511 3y ago
Opinions vary a lot, because people vary a lot, and because of this science "that applies to everyone" is very hard to do.
There's no question that there us good medical science, but equally there is a lot of junk-science and so in this age of "hearing everyone's opinion", it can be hard to separate fact from opinion.
I think we can agree on some stuff. Smoking is bad for you, exercise is good, and so on. Keeping your weight down, more accurately keeping % body fat down, and so on.
Making small, incremental, sustainable changes to lifestyle that trend you in good directions, are definitely the best.
GPs are (with respect) not a terribly good source. They tend to see sick people all day, and gather lots of superficial anecdotes. Which is not to ignore them, but to understand their POV. But it's worth taking their opinions on board as an hypothesis.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoThanks for the reply. Yeah, I get that it's a muddle. It just feels like it shouldn't be ;) The ambiguity seems to point to "we don't understand this very well yet, but this is what we think you need to do", which would be fine if that's what anyone said. But it's presented as "we know exactly what's going on here, and this is what you need to do", and then different people give contradictory advice with exactly the same level of confidence.