Receptionist: Take three herbal pills with breakfast.
Dooley: I rarely eat breakfast.
Receptionist: It’s the most important meal of the day!
Dooley: All meals are equally important. And can you back up what you state?
Receptionist: Sure – It boosts metabolism!
Dooley: No, it actually doesn’t, according to a bevy of literature and basic physiological rules of metabolism.
Receptionist: It regulates your blood sugar levels!
Dooley: Not unless you are diabetic. Research has supported for decades that intermittent fasting improves insulin reception and contributes to longevity.
From where did the receptionist’s line of thinking originate? Eating doesn’t boost metabolism or improve insulin sensitivity. It does the opposite.
I have 20 peer-reviewed articles on a draft that I could show the receptionist to support my theory. When I asked the receptionist to back up what she stated, she had nothing.
Receptionist: If I don’t eat breakfast, I can’t think!
Dooley: Have you ever in your life went one week without eating breakfast, while charting your blood glucose and how you felt?
Receptionist: No way! I’d never make it.
Dooley: You’re very certain about something you’ve never tried.
Is it all about mere discipline? Saying “no” to oneself is so challenging, that one is willing to believe a fallacy in lieu of solid evidentiary support.
Think why you think how you think. Consider backing it up, not only with literature but with tested experience.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley