100%. For example right now the meat and dairy lobby groups are pushing hard for everyone to eat for more protein than they need. Now, I have people who can't tell the difference between a cytokine and a histone without using Google, even if it slapped them round the face, telling me they need 100g plus a day in Brotien. Its just a coincidence that this so called health advice makes those groups a lot more money.

One of my past flatmates literally self-diagnosed himself with diabetes out of nowhere and started extreme dieting - made all sugar and high-carb foods haram and even started mixing his own flour to make it "multigrain". Since we were sharing kitchen expenses all of our meals then started involving coarse bread and either chicken or tofu at all times. Made me constipated for a while.

I think all he really wanted was an excuse for that diet and it does seem to have worked well in him; shame it didn't do so on me and just made me eat outside more instead.

What would be some good search terms for classes that would teach nutrition bonus points if you have a particular course in mind. Thanks!

alot of people buy into the "flouride-free" gluten free, and inflammation, lysine diet apparently.

When I read "nutritional hexes" I assumed this would be honeycomb related.

My body is an engine that turns food into lifting a hundred pounds of machinery. I dead lifted a generator about a week ago, yet it was the tree I felled a month ago that fucked up my shoulder.

my boss does a "cleanse" once a month. IDK what she takes but she also believes ivermectin cures cancer, sooooo....
Its no coincidence that she is one of the sickest "healthy" people ive met. She has no health conditions or chronic illnesses. Shes in good physical shape and doesn't smoke or drink. Exercises most days, etc. Yet, she "cant get out of bed" or has some mystery stomach flu or something like that about once a month. Funny how that seems to line up just after her cleanses. I suggested once that she was making it worse with the cleanses but she just doubled down.
Willfully ignorant and proud.

I'm a personal trainer with certifications in fitness nutrition (I'm not a dietitian, those are actual licensed medical practitioners you go to see about dietary needs. I can legally provide guidelines, but I can't prescribe meal plans.)

Our body is great at getting rid of toxins and waste products. It's almost as if we've evolved ways of dealing with such things. Anyone talking about "toxins" and "waste products" as if they're 'stuck' in your body is either very ignorant, or trying to sell you snake oil. Probably both. I've seen a lot of it, especially in my profession. People making up bullshit to sound knowledgeable and sell you something you don't need. And yeah, a lot of trainers are just as ignorant and just trying to sell you something you don't need.

EDIT: In case anyone wants to sink their teeth into the topic, there's a very good book I read as part of my course work, called "Nutrition, 6th Edition" by Dr. Paul Insel; Don Ross; Kimberley McMahon; Melissa Bernstein. It's all very well sourced and kept up to date as modern science catches up. Available on AA if you don't want to buy it.

Oh how I hate the whole idea of detox and clean as it relates to nutrition. I worked at a health food store when I was young and while there was good nutritious food there, plenty of good people, the whole idea of 'clean' comes from a very dark place. I remember the raw foods guys and the idea of breathetarians. Like the less physical and embodied you were, the better person you were, enlightened. The idea of the physical world being unclean and something you should try to be free of, I hate it.

It really is more of a religious idea than anything to do with physical health. I think you have to enjoy being embodied, love the physical plane of existence, to have a healthy body. Not perfect.

ETA: OMG another comment reminded me. Also the colonics people trying to get literally clean inside, horrified at the stuff that came out of them, convinced it was toxic. I'm sure they are all dead by now.

Also: Replace "super" (as in "superfood") with "sacred" and it works just as well.