The following article was commissioned by a medical based journal originally in 2011. Written by the site author, Dave J. Lomas, and verified before publication.
It is truly remarkable how easily people will fall for the latest fashion trend or the latest health food fads without ever bothering to check out the facts first. This is not a new thing however but something that goes back decades upon decades. Let’s take the subject of vitamin tablets for example. Many times over 40 plus years I have seen people spend a small fortune on vitamin tablets, regularly without fail on a daily basis, thinking that their health will suffer if they miss even one dose. Although you can try to explain that taking too many of these things will result in the body just simply urinating them out as surplus waste, or that they risk Kidney failure if they overdose on them on a regular basis too much, they will still continue to think that they are a vital necessity to their health, and not harmful at all. Even when you try to explain to them that taking such things are a pointless waste of time and money, unless prescribed by a doctor due to pregnancy or maybe some form of short term ill health problems that requires such vitamin supplements for a short period of time, or trying to urge them to seek medical advice from their doctor first before assuming that they know better than any medical expert when it comes to what to take, or what not to take, they will still sadly however continue to take them simply because media advertising, and others who often also lack true knowledge or training in such things, say so. Vitamin tablets are not the only so-called health based fashion trend that continues to dominate society, there are many other examples also, when it comes to what you think is good for you based on what others say. Even though in reality many of these things have little or no true health value whatsoever, or is somewhat misleading at best, people are often more likely to take such things than spend a bit of time talking to their doctor about their concerns first. The thing is that in some cases it can create future medical problems for yourself, if you listen to such things, without first checking out the details with a recognised true professional expert beforehand. Gluten free products are also yet another misunderstood item that people constantly fail to do their research on. Gluten free food and drink items are a much needed thing for some people, on much needed medical grounds, but for the vast majority of people this is simply not the case or a problem at all. Many people will have symptoms like not feeling well or an upset stomach, for example, and will think that it could be an intolerance to something like Gluten, due to what people say and advertising on that subject, but often this is down to simply overeating a lot of fatty foods, rich foods or large quantities of food far too often for their own good. Something that people will suffer from more and more as they get older if not careful by the way. Anyway, sadly yet again just like throwing bottles of vitamin tablets needlessly down themselves without first taking professional advice, so it is often the case when it comes to many people thinking that they can self-diagnose their own symptoms and can come to their own conclusions regarding if they need a gluten free diet or not. These very same people will also often decide what is gluten free, or not, even though it tends to be a lot of guesswork on their part in the main, Sadly they will do all these things without ever doing the sensible thing and taking a simple test from their doctor first to find out for sure if they have such a problem or not. The thing is if they, or you, are not gluten intolerant then they, or you, are failing to find out what illness, if any, is being overlooked instead, and making them or you feel ill. It could also result in more serious medical problems in the future if they, or you, fail to find the true cause of the symptoms rather than randomly guessing what is wrong, often based on all that advertising and false rumour based hype, we see all the time. There are many examples of people falling for advertising based, or rumour based, myths that people follow blindly all the time, but sadly, once they get such a thing into their heads then all of the advice in the world will simply not shake them out of it, or even persuade them into taking steps to find out from a medical expert first, because they prefer to trust a product advertiser or take a rumour as fact rather than make the effort to see a doctor and find out in the proper way. Take the case of antibiotics as yet another example of how people, and even doctors sadly on this one, can be misled through lack of research and understanding. Many people at one time thought that the taking of antibiotics would help them fight the flu, and other such nasty viruses, but they all failed to realise that such tablets did not directly cure such things, such as the flu, but simply increased and helped the immune system to fight and resist various infections. Sadly constant use of these tablets, that many people often ending up demanding on a regular basis from their doctors, (and in some cases doctors also gave them out far more than they should of done in the past), only resulted in the body getting used to them, and as a result they became ineffective, and over a period of time such viruses became resistant to them in the end. There are many reasons why such false stories about the benefits of some items come along, that range from some very clever advertising so people can sell more of their pointless products, to so-called experts who spread rumours about how one form of food item can cure all sorts of things, even cancer, even though there is no medical evidence to back up such silly claims at all. Sadly however, as stated before, many people fail to have the intellect, or simply cannot be bothered, to check on such false claims for themselves and rapidly become convinced that all sorts of things can cure even the most deadly of diseases. The amount of false, or at best misleading, stories on how one type of fruit can cure all sorts of things to bizarre stories like standing on your head will make you live for 2,000 years is truly remarkable – and yet many hundreds of thousands of people fall for it all the time. The humble Yogurt is yet another misleading food item when it comes to its health benefits. The claims that yogurt contains healthy bacteria is true – or at least it is true so far as if it contained bad bacteria then no one would buy the stuff and it would not be made available in shops due to health and safety reasons, of course, but the fact is that all food and water based items contains harmless bacteria that simply does no harm to the body at all and simply passes through the body without leaving any side effects behind one way or the other. The thing is that product advertisers will simply take that ‘harmless bacteria’ based fact and call it ‘healthy bacteria’ to help sell more of their products. In reality however, and proven through testing, such products do no harm at all but it also gives no true benefit, or only very limited benefit, compared to what some people would have you believe. When it comes to helping the body in various ways it makes no difference at all when it comes to harmless bacteria in food items, but call it healthy bacteria, and it does put the idea into people’s minds that they need to take it everyday. And take it like a hooked on drug they do – by the thousands. Some advertised products do not lower blood pressure or cholesterol or any of those things in a way that some claim it does, via some very clever but somewhat misleading advertising, so the need to check first with various online reliable research and qualified medical experts is a wise course of action to do before wasting a lot of time and money on bogus, or not needed, treatments and tablets. The amount of misleading cases of this nature are somewhat never ending over the years unless people, and you, take the time to look far more closely at what others are trying to sell you. From ‘Doctor Good’s’ elixir of youth potions to so-called tonic wine that contains no medical health benefits, whatsoever, this misleading problem will still be around sadly long after we are all gone. You would think that such misleading advertising, that often results in false claims and rumours by others, would be somewhat illegal and stopped in its tracks by now but in many cases clever wording can often overcome such legal matters. Keywords to look out for when people make claims of such wonderful benefits are in the main ‘could’ and ‘may’. Could make you lose fat, may help you to live longer etc .. offers only a chance and not a factual guarantee, which of course, is an ideal get out situation for people who make such products when no benefits show up. Being hooked on drugs is bad enough but being hooked on useless tablets and treatments that have no value at all has just got to be even worse in the end. Don’t let false addiction win – don’t get hooked on useless tablets. 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