Paralysed and frozen by the abundance of opinions and information

There’s a popular saying; ‘Do your own research’ or ‘Do your homework’ or ‘Figure out what works for you’

But in an era of cherry picking, echo chambers and confusing anecdotes for evidence, you are much more likely to find yourself well and truly lost or conflicted long before you find any practice that has universal consensus backing it.

Part of it is the overwhelming number of studies coming out establishing correlation between a variety of health outcomes and foods, food prep, different chemicals and various lifestyle choices.

The other part is the ease with which you can find enough social validation for any lifestyle choice. There’s a person out there eating the weirdest of foods and looking fabulous. Or a friend who died after being on a certain diet.

Between studies (regardless of how weak) and anecdotes (regardless of how whacky), everything can be justified.

Your best bet? Seek out causation as much as you can. Or find someone who can give you a straightforward explanation for why something is plausible or completely implausible.