While the list of absurd and deadly medical advice goes on and on (do a web search if you are curious), each was successful for the same reasons: authority figures such as doctors or government institutions said something was good for us, lots of money was put into advertising to create compliant behavior in all of us, and most of us stopped thinking for ourselves.
How are things that happened decades or even centuries ago any different from what is happening today? Today we know that cigarette smoking is bad for our health and even deadly, no one even thinks twice about this well known fact.
What we have let slip our minds are the industries that spent millions of dollars in advertising, and yet, still made more in profits in selling us those highly addictive products—which they knew at the time were bad for us. These companies hid evidence, lied, and manipulated in the pursuit of profit. Their concern was for their shareholder, not their fellow humans, be him/her a stranger, neighbor, friend, or family member.
There was an agenda then, and there is an agenda now. The players may vary, but the game is the same, and there is still an agenda.
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Don’t think that because someone calls themselves a medical or healthcare professional that everything they say is truthful or in your best interest and everything they do is right for you. YOU decide if you are participating in informed consent or misinformed coercion.
The 100 Year Lifestyle is committed to providing you with the resources you need to make informed choices so you can live your best and longest life possible. More in-depth articles will be coming your way soon. In the meantime, if you want to speak to a local provider directly about how to make the best decisions for yourself and your family, schedule an appointment today!
Don’t think that because someone calls themselves a medical or healthcare professional that everything they say is truthful or in your best interest and everything they do is right for you. YOU decide if you are participating in informed consent or misinformed coercion.
The 100 Year Lifestyle is committed to providing you with the resources you need to make informed choices so you can live your best and longest life possible.
More in-depth articles will be coming your way soon. In the meantime, if you want to speak to a local provider directly about how to make the best decisions for yourself and your family, schedule an appointment today!