Podcast Appearances
They do.
Things are changing all the time, but I always take it back to what the cornerstones are.
So if you're getting advice that really is going against what most credible professionals are saying, what consensus views are saying, then that's really worth raising a sceptical flag.
If someone's coming from left field and says, no, everything you've been told before is wrong, this is the secret to good health, particularly if they're selling your product, a book, online 12-week program and so on.
That's always something to be cautious of.
Yes, you can choose to follow all sorts of people on social media, but how do you determine who's good and who's bad?
Well, I always take it back.
If you want to keep up to date, the number one best site on the internet, it's called examine.com.
It is staffed by PhD nutrition researchers.
And what they do is they go through all of the latest research and they give you unbiased digests of it.
They evaluate supplements, new research, and they put it into context of what it means for you.
Most of their information is free, but they do have a subscription model.
I have no affiliation with them, but I say that because they don't sell anything.
There's no commercial relationships with food companies.
They're not selling supplements.
They just purely look at the evidence and the research and have loads of free stuff.
So for anyone who just wants to keep up with a little bit of nutrition,
examine.com is probably the best site on the internet.
That's a big call for me to say, you know, with 25 years of nutrition research and say, that's a great one.
You can find a case for any food or nutrient either causing or preventing any disease that you care to mention by cherry picking a study.