Sometimes The So Called Science Is B#ll*cks!

Introduction

Welcome to the launch of the Pat Falvey, Forever Young Club Pilot Study. 

Because this is a Pilot Study, it is totally FREE to join and when you sign up through this special  LinkedIn Link we'll immediately email you a copy of our FREE eBook "Start Your Forever Young Journey Today"; thats the cover of the eBook opposite!

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Article 7 - Forever Young Journey Trilogy

This is the first article in our Forever Young Journey Trilogy which is called "Sometimes the So Called Science Is B#ll*cks".

While doing some recent reading, two issues jumped out at me which demonstrate why we feel the Forever Young Club is such an important initiative. The first was in an article written by a newly qualified doctor in Sweden and the second a chapter in a best selling book written by a celebrated professor in Ireland.

Newly Qualified Doctor

Sebastian Rushworth graduated from medical school in January 2020 and is now practising in Stockholm, Sweden. He recently started a blog about health and medicine to try to get the truth out there as much as possible. As this is music to our ears, here’s the link to his blog, for those of you who are interested.

In his article, he says doctors in medical school receive lots of training in dealing with medical emergencies but are taught very little about how to avoid chronic disease and optimise long term health. Furthermore, he says much of what they are taught is wrong!

He had three lectures about nutrition; that’s three hours in over five years learning how to avoid chronic disease, which is often caused by poor nutrition. One of those lectures, in the last months before graduating, struck a very strong chord with Sebastian. The lecturer showed a PowerPoint slide, and said, “This is your bible; this is what you’re going to tell people.” Here’s what was on that slide:

• Eat more fruit and vegetables.
• Eat more fish.
• Eat more whole grain cereals.
• Eat less sugar.
• Eat less saturated fat.
• Eat less salt.
• Eat low fat dairy.
• Eat less meat.

Sebastian has a strong interest in nutrition and has spent much personal time studying the science. He reckons at least half of the advice on the list was complete nonsense, not supported by the scientific evidence. Yet he was told that this is your “bible”; he feels choosing this word suggests it’s not science he was taught; it was religion!

Can You  Answer This Question? Do you know which of the 8 items Sebastian thinks are “complete nonsense”?

Let us know in the comments section below which ones you think are nonsense and we’ll discuss the topic further in our first podcast and Q&A.

Celebrated Professor

Luke O’Neill is a celebrated professor in Ireland and his new book “Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science” is a best seller. As I often do, I went straight to Chapter 4 on nutrition titled “Why do you believe in diets?” To be honest, what I found didn’t really surprise me! First to be clear, I agree with the sentiments of the chapter title that diets don’t work. I’m sure we’ll return to this topic often.

Luke places considerable emphasis on genetics and new drugs as the solution to overweight and obesity and these may have an important role to play. However, it’s the final phrase of the last sentence, highlighted in bold text, that really sums up the problem we’ve with the so called science and thus the real challenge we face:

“But the bottom line is unrelentingly clear: the vast majority of diets don’t work in the long term, so try to eat less and exercise more.”

Advising his readers that the “bottom line” is to eat less and exercise more is, shall we say politely, way too simplistic and you deserve much better than that. We agree diets don’t work but simply saying “eat less” doesn’t work either! I wrote a best selling book about exercise and I can tell you that simply telling people to exercise more is is b#ll*cks!

That is why we chose Nutrition and Physical Activity as two of our 5 core topics for the Forever Young Club Pilot Study; the others are Physical Health, Mental Health and Mindset.

Let us know what you think of the professor’s “bottom line” in the comments section below and we’ll also discuss this further in our first podcast and Q&A .

Key Message 

I hope this article demonstrates just how important it is for you to make sure you have access to accurate, reliable, science based information you can trust. This will enable you to make good decisions about your health so you can develop an active, healthy, sustainable lifestyle and achieve your goals and dreams.

Key Action

You can Start Your Forever Young Journey by downloading a copy of our free eBook here: https://gxmju2tq.pages.infusionsoft.net

Your Comments/Questions

We’d love to hear what you think of this core article on Physical Health. Please leave your comments below and let us know if you have any questions. If you prefer, please feel free to email me at at [email protected].

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Jim Kirwan

Forever Young Club Pilot Study

Email: jimkirwan@ynlm,ie

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