Health 101's Dealing with Conflicting Information

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Dealing with
Conflicting Information
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by Don Bennett, DAS

At a very young age, I realized that there was "the truth", and there was "people's interpretation of the truth". I firmly believed that it was in my best interest to know the truth. So since I had a keen desire to know what was "the truth" (synonymous with "reality"), I had to come up with a way of discerning it.

Here are the criteria I use to find the truth of any given situation:

1. Seek the truth though the Heavens may fall.

2. Use your common sense, not someone else's.

3. Have no biases. Easier said than done, but doable.*

4. Don't have preconceived notions. (see #1)

5. Don't look at things in isolation. Weight both the positives and negatives, and give them equal attention. Drinking alcohol has positive effects on the body... but on balance the negative ones far outweigh the positive ones.

6. Don't assume letters after someone's name means they are more knowledgeable than someone else... they can only know what they've been taught, and curriculums can have agendas that are not in your best interest.

7. When someone tells you something, ask, "What is that based on?" If they can't give you an intelligent answer, take their statements with a grain of salt.

8. When someone tells you a fact, remember that it is only their opinion.

9. Keep in mind that people who disseminate information may have erroneous "facts" based on their biases, prejudices, addictions, and/or mis and disinformation.**

10. When you've reached your conclusions, try with equal vigor to disprove them.

11. When dealing with health issues, above all, look to nature (i.e. how does the body work). Nature always tells the truth.

And always remember, what can do you great harm is what you know, that just ain't so.

* For this to work, your internal list of priorities must be in order. If it's a health issue you're researching, and health isn't at the top of your internal list of priorities, you may draw inaccurate conclusions.

** disinformation: Deliberately misleading information made public in order to influence public opinion.

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