I think we are in agreement here? Anyway, I think where things typically go wrong is that most Americans’ experience with medicine is an assembly-line type of experience where the doctor might have mere moments with you, and to ask about your symptoms and very little else. They might ask if you drink or smoke, but ask almost no details about what you eat or how much you exercise, how you are sleeping.

I think this is where things go awry - people see a disconnect between this kind of experience and knowing there has to be more to it and that they should probably take the reins and the responsibility for the maintenance side of their health (and I absolutely think they should - no doctor is going to be able to make their patient drop the weight, quit smoking, stop drinking, cut way back on milk, dairy, salt, and sugar, go exercise and work on getting good sleep). Some people involve their doctor in this in an advisory capacity, if they can. And people doing this should be relying on credible medical sources as they do it.

And that last part of it is where it goes wrong - people “doing their own research” when they may not have the tools to separate the wheat from the chaff, and a whole lot of sites/influencers out there just ready and waiting for this type of person…