“I’m Just Saying What Works for Me” – The Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Health Charlatans

In today’s world of endless health advice on social media, the race to stand out has driven influencers to make bigger, bolder, and often more outrageous claims. With so many people shouting for attention, nuance gets thrown out the window, and extreme opinions start sounding like fact.

If you want to sell a product — a diet plan, a supplement, a course — it helps if you sound absolutely certain, even when the evidence isn’t there. And when called out for saying something that’s wildly unscientific? There’s always a fallback:

“I’m just showing what works for me.”

It’s a clever trick. By hiding behind personal experience, these self-styled experts get to say whatever they want — and dodge responsibility when challenged. You can’t question their “truth,” even if what they’re promoting flies in the face of basic biology or decades of research.

A few examples you’ve probably seen:

• Carnivore diet influencers insisting humans don’t need fibre (despite overwhelming evidence that fibre is essential for gut health).

• Clean eating advocates suggesting that specific foods are “toxic,” without any credible scientific basis.

• Hormone diet marketers claiming certain foods “balance your hormones” — a claim that’s scientifically vague at best and misleading at worst.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with finding an approach that works for you. If someone feels better eating a certain way, that’s great! But here’s the catch: you can’t have it both ways.

If you’re just sharing your personal story, stick to that.

If you’re making sweeping health claims to sell products, you have a responsibility to back them up with solid evidence.

Otherwise, it’s dishonest. It misleads people. And ultimately, it undermines real, evidence-based approaches that could actually help.

At Life is Movement Clinic, we believe in sticking to what works — and what the science supports. No fads, no miracle fixes, no nonsense.

Just real advice, real results, and real care.