I kind of like the idea of would-be health prophets publishing their
biomarkers or allowing the general public some other way of
verifying their actual lifestyles.  I think the core issue here is
one of very basic honesty.  We just read here about how Airola & Fry
cooked their books to some extent, and it is not as if these are
isolated cases.  J.I. Rodale [who maintained that he would live to
125] keeled over from a heart attack while taping the Cavett Show,
Adelle Davis (who smoked and ate fried liver daily for breakfast)
kicked at 72 (I believe) from cancer, John Tobe died young, Shelton
died before his time by being such a workaholic, & Durk
Pearson/Sandy Shaw are walking proof that popping loads of
antioxidants, etc. will not overcome various indiscretions.  I'd bet
good money that each of these prophets would have resisted biomarker
publication, while somebody such as Norman Walker who lived as he
preached (to my knowledge) would have probably welcomed it.  This
should tell you something.

The study of human nutrition is an ongoing field, and if these
so-called experts are not willing to open up on their primary
research subjects (i.e., themselves) what validity does their work
hold?  We are all human & subject to our various indicretions, &
failing to be open about this serves no one, least of all the
person who is deceiving himself.

--Doug Schwartz
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