what your doctors are telling you

[buttons]

so anyone who knows me in real life knows i'm the most gullible health conscience person ever.
i follow dr douglass very religiously but came across an article about moderate smoking & frequent drinking saving your life. i do believe everything on earth has their uses (minus some people unfortunately) or else they wouldn't be here. anywayyy i want to share this guys work:
http://douglassreport.com/find-out-w...t-telling-you/

basically, he says (stuff you're normally told to avoid):
- a vegetarian diet is bad for you
- coffee is good for you
- beer is good for the bones
- we don't NEED water, especially not tap because
- it contains fluoride. yes, that stuff in your toothpaste. a poison used to kill rats. & absorbs into your blood easily. (fyi i don't use toothpaste. nor shampoo. if you're not a narrow-minded brainwashed ****** then by all means ask for my alternative. both my hairdresser and dentist say i have healthy teeth/gums & hair so sorry i won't listen to society if something works for me)
- sun IS good for you. just not when you're wet.
- low-fat, not high fat, contributes to breast cancer
- low cholesterol is worse than high cholesterol
- hydrogen peroxide can save your life. idk how o
- intense exercise is bad for you (yoga ftw)

(articles here if you want to read: http://douglassreport.com/daily-dose-news/)

he's not even a troll btw but his articles do bring some humour to them ;p
so who agrees with what? or am i just being my over analysing, perfectionist self? are we brainwashed by our health advisor's? does everything in this world kill us? are there certain rules we MUST take in order to life a successful, healthy life?
anyone follow any rules they "should" go against? i can provide negatives on any "health" recommendations if anyone wants but i'm off for my 7 hours sleep (which is better than the 'necessary' 8.....)

[Metric1]

I'm gunna keep living my life then hahah, what kind of shampoo do you use?

[ben]

sounds kl

[Nemo]

what do u use instead of toothpaste?

n good, all vegetarians must be eradicated

[wixard]

i'm gonna be honest
everything kills us these days so i don't really give a ****
i'm going to die some way or another so i don't really care if it's from bad health
i'm sure my non meat diet and shampoo use wont bring that much harm/damage to me

[FlyingJesus]

Stress is the biggest killer, that's why studies into drinkers and smokers living longer or whatever can never really be 100% accurate - wealthy areas of the South of France or whatever they (stereotype alert, so sue me) sit around drinking wine and smoking heavy tobacco, eating huge amounts of red meat, eggs and dairy. They also have a far longer life expenctancy than a health conscious teetotal city-dweller with a fast paced job and a vegan diet, because unless you hve specific health problems that require you to cut down on certain food types (diabetes or stuff like that) having a steak instead of a quorn sausage isn't going to take years off your life, but constantly worrying about it might

[Inseriousity.]

I think most vegetarians are more concerned with the ethical treatment of animals rather than the health aspect so even if it was considered bad for them, I doubt many would change that habit. (un)fortunately I love burgers too much to care.

100% of keep fit fanatics die. That's my motto and favourite statistic

[lawrawrrr]

All of his points have some truth in them, especially those ones listed. But, as far as beer and hydrogen peroxide? Moderation. Or death...

[Casanova]

Hydrogen peroxide may be good because it opens your pores/cuticles and I can only assume it does the same when intaken via your diet. ie it helps you induce certain goodness from what you're consuming. But then it could work the opposite way?

Personally I don't think anything is 'correct' in life. I think everyone is different. Precisely the reason why there's roughly ten treatments to one problem. If everything in life was 'right' in theory we wouldn't have any issues for anyone.

I never listen to my doctor. The last one I had was a legend. Lovely guy. I normally end up losing it with doctors because they ignore me or play down my problem. That's the opposite of what I want!

[Jordy]

Call me naive but the website's for "subscribers" and you have to pay to access half of it, it could all just be made up to make a load of money..?

And for instance I'm vegetarian but I don't suffer from any of the following and never have done, so it makes me wonder whether the rest is nonsense as well;

• VEGETARIAN KIDS ARE SICKLIER. The Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine reports that children reared on these diets are at higher risk for 'impaired psychomotor development.
  
• VEGETARIAN DIETS WON'T EVEN MAKE YOU MORE REGULAR. Even teenage vegetarians are 8 times more likely to use laxatives!
• AND THEY could SAP YOUR SEX LIFE AND YOUR STRENGTH. This is not a myth. In fact, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have linked meatless, low-protein diets to slumping sex function and muscle loss and bone damage.

I agree with FlyingJesus though, a lack of stress and happiness is key to a long and healthy lifestyle.