I really do not appreciate it, or understand the presumptuousness, when people promote homegrown diet and exercise plans with all kinds of pseudo science claims, such as proclaiming ‘I am celiac intolerant’, ‘do not eat evil bread’. No you are not. It it is not. This is what celiac disease is, you are just fat and bloated and eat too much, of everything. Or when some newly evangelized nut claims drinking aloe vera will boost their immune system and make them live forever. News flash, immune systems can not be boosted (and you would not want them to ‘boost’ either since that is what they do when a foreign pathogen is invading you, you do not want that on a daily basis). You can live healthily and maintain your body well, yes, but you can not boost anything,

The fact is, there is ample scientific evidence as to what is healthy and what is not. The are plenty of very well educated researchers out there who do know what celiac disease is and what it is have and to live with it. The world does not need homegrown experts touting all kinds of drivel. Sick people do not need to be fooled into buying expensive supplements, fads and trendy (always expensive somehow) new diets. Sick people need science. If you do not know what you are talking about, based on empirical evidence, research and years of studies, shut up.

When it comes to daily life, of course do what makes you feel good, eat what makes you feel good, what works for you. But do understand the difference between what you like, what suits you personally and what science. They are not the same. Do understand the difference between correlation and causation, and do not base health recommendations on anything that just happens to work for you, because that says nothing, absolutely nothing, about what de facto works.

I know how I feel best, I don’t eat (too much) candy or (too much) bread or pastries or cookies. Usually I eat stuff like that once a week only. I adore all that stuff, and if I could I would stuff my face, but I feel better the less of it I eat and I can control my weight better not stuffing my face with it (duh). This is not science, it is my own trial and error and what I have come to experience personally. What I believe. Yes, believe. It is not based on science, it is based only on my personal feelings and beliefs. I will never claim anything else. I will, when prompted tell everyone how I lost 25 pounds (steadily gained after a few years on first undiagnosed Haschimotos/Hypothyridism and then on a regimen of, for me non functioning thyroid medication) started feeling much and lighter and more energetic. I will never ever claim it is method or the truth. It is only what I did, what worked for me. It is not science since it has not been proven or tried, it is my personal lifestyle choice and I will never claim it is anything more, nor less.

Dabbling in science health and medicine is stupid. It can be really dangerous. Either you know what you are doing, ie you are an expert, or you don’t. If you don’t, do whatever hell you want with your own body, but do not dish out advice as if you were an expert, it is dangerous and irresponsible.