What Health Programs Can You Trust?

Kevin Gardner
3 min readOct 16, 2019

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You are probably constantly bombarded by various ads and commercials about the latest and greatest health products, movements, and trends. This makes it extremely hard for you to one, not focus on anything health related and two, have no idea where to start if you want to become a little healthier and reach your health related goals.

There are so many products and programs that are a waste of money and do not provide any results. There are also products that provide results but are extremely unhealthy and can cause a lot of harm. You want a program that you can follow that is safe, healthy, and gets you closer to your results.

Here are 5 things that you can do to make sure you can trust your health program:

Do Some Research

You can find a lot of stuff on social media and even on the internet that is not accurate and contains lies about certain products and diets. You are going to have to do some serious internet searching and see the sides of all the arguments. Keep you mind open and realize that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. To become healthy, it is going to take hard work and consistent effort.

Ask the Professionals

At the end of the day, your favorite women’s site or even the search results in Google may not be the most credible. The best thing that you can do is to go straight to the original source or health professional website. This means going to the university or government website that has published the article and see what it has to say.

This may seem tedious or even unnecessary, it will help you to know what the facts are and what is false information. Stay away from programs that promise you losing a lot of weight without working out. You will also want to avoid programs that require to buy a bunch of food and drinks from their company.

Ask Your Doctor

Just because someone has their own TV show or they are featured in a magazine does not mean that they are the most knowledgeable. The best thing that you can do is to go and ask a trusted medical doctor.

Your family doctor is a good place to start. Since they are practicing medicine on a daily basis, they may be a little more knowledgeable than a TV host or guest. If you do not feel like you can trust your doctor, get a second opinion from a doctor that you do trust.

Be Smart

Keep doing things that are smart. Choose supplements from honest companies. Look at different Thrive reviews to make sure that you are getting the products that are right for you. It is important to keep up with what credible studies are saying about different trends and fades.

It is best to stay away from trends and different products that everybody seems to be using. You can hire a professional, such as someone who is a dietician or a gym trainer. When it comes down to it, listen to your gut and see what makes sense.

Change Things to Meet Your Needs

Overtime you are going to experience different health concerns and problems. Focus on one thing at a time and broaden your horizons once you have the hang of one thing. Maybe you just found out that you are overweight and it is unhealthy for the rest of your body. You may decide to put fitness at the top of your priorities.

Or you may find out that you are allergic to a certain food and now you have to change your diet. Just because something works for someone else does not mean that you have to follow it, just find what works for you and stick with it.

What are some health programs that you use and follow? Comment below to start the conversation!

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Kevin Gardner
Kevin Gardner

Written by Kevin Gardner

Kevin Gardner graduated with a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from UCLA. He works as a business consultant for InnovateBTS

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