The longer I've been into working on my own health the more skeptical I've become of the whole "wellness industry". Why? Seeing how the compute lack of regulation lets snake oil run rampant, being burned by people that turned out to be quacks or grifters, watching people fall into quackery more and more, etc. It not only leads well intentioned people down bad paths but undermines faith in scientifically grounded lifestyle choices, medical interventions, et cetera. Yeah big pharma has lots of warts and even with regulation we have people like the Sacklers who get away with murder. It still pales in comparison to what is going on in the alternative health/wellness industry. It's not that there aren't good things in there it's that the singal to noise ratio sucks and the most viral content is more often than not at best misleading and many times dangerously wrong. #health #rant