Women Ignore Health Research

And why shouldn't they? Back and forth the pendulum swings and nobody looks at health problems holistically--a hormone here, a vitamin there, a test here, a weird result here. Research, by it's very nature, looks at one tiny sliver of the whole. Variables need to be limited, any "abnormalities" (what's normal, anyway?) excluded from the study. Consumers need to educate themselves and take their own needs into account before blindly following the latest research trends--because those could change tomorrow.

And, keep a few principles in mind:

• Medications manipulate the body unnaturally and ALWAYS have side effects
• Surgery cause other problems for the body, unless you're removing a tumor
• Good genetics only goes so far--how you treat your body matters
• Good diet only goes so far--if you are under constant stress the best diet won't help much
• Happiness means health, health means you can do what you want to do, which makes for happiness