I walked into the book store today and couldn’t help but overhear an overweight man giving advice to an overweight woman. The new magic pill was “an alkalizing green drink” that would cure all her overweight and health issues. She was diligently taking notes on what he had to say…

Recently, I noticed Oprah was giving out some more healthy living advise. Millions of people take her words as gospel doctrine. Isn’t it a bit ironic that she hasn’t been able to even stabilize her weight? Here’s a lady who has millions of dollars, any personal trainer she could ever want, an entire chef crew, an awesome home gym, catered everything, and she can’t keep her weight under control. THEN, she has the nerve to give out advise to other people? haha. The funny thing is people listen.

The other day my roommate told me that eggs are bad for you because they have fat and cholesterol in them (don’t worry I quickly enlightened him on the truth).

One of my favorite quotes is:

if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.

Nothing could be more true when it comes to health. There is so much conflicting information out there it’s a joke. SO without further ado, here’s a NO BS, 2 filter guide, for filtering all the conflicting health advice out there.

1. who’s giving it?

Would you take advise on attracting women from this guy?

Would you take financial advise from this guy?

Would you take yoga lessons from this lady?

hmmmm….

So why on earth would you take fitness advise from someone who isn’t fit? Why would you take health advise from someone who isn’t healthy? Why would you take advice from a doctor who isn’t vibrant and healthy herself? It makes no sense.

I always find it funny that someone would give much, if any, merit to some bodybuilder workout routine who is injecting steroids, hgh, among other things. Why would you look to these guys for advise? You’re NOT PLAYING THE SAME GAME on the same field.

2. does it fit into the evolutionary picture

This is really simple folks. Evolution has been confirmed time and time again through many scientific disciplines. Adaptation is observed. Mutation is observed. The human body evolved over a LONG period of time. What did early humans eat? What did early humans do? I wrote about this extensively here.

The next time you hear someone tell you that “eggs are bad for you.” You can ask yourself “would a hunter gatherer have eaten eggs?” If the answer is yes, you know that they’re full of it.

If humans ate it 10,000 years ago, then you should too. Why? The human genome is not much different today then it was then. Our bodies thrive off the same foods. Natural meats, fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts. If some study comes out that determines almonds are bad for you, I’ll call BS. Why? Because the human body evolved eating nuts.

Sam