Do you know any contradictions in our knowledge of health?

[UCF Knights]

Focusing around health, diet, fitness or any of the 7 dimensions of wellness(social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, intellectual, physical wellness), What are several contradictions or issues about health that you have seen in the scientific literature or in popular media?

[Daniel Nartram]

half of EVERYTHING taught about medicine and the human body is either missing most of the hard, cold, facts, or is just plain wrong. It is a continually changing field, and we are learning more every day. A LOT a garbage gets printed that has nothing to do with science - here is a real example... The Canadian Government wanted a FOOD GUIDE. The various research groups put out recommendations for the "Canadian Food Guide" and had 4 food groups. Simple, Scientific. But, the Dairy Industry whined and complained and lobbied, and a new, artificial, un-scientific, stupid food group was ADDED ! and ever since, in Canada, there are now 5 food groups, the 5th, totally fictitious group is "DAIRY" and everyone in Canada thinks it is "real"-- it is a CORPORATE lobby, pile of 'hoodoo'. Money, and Marketing, Corporate PROFIT... The entire medical industry in like that... Or take FLUORIDE in all the drinking water in North America - supposedly to reduce cavities, putting Fluoride in water was first proposed by the Nazis in Hitler's Germany, as a poison to lower the health and IQ of the "masses" to separate them from the "ELITE" ( Government ) control... The scientist who came to North America, and lobbied for this "new and Improved" addition to water, was, oh golly, from Germany, and if you look up the hideous effects and STRENGTHS and potency of poisons, you find Fluoride is half way between Mercury and LEAD as a deadly poison. If you look up the actual chemical used in Fluoride toothpaste, it is listed as a RAT POISON. .... But we drink it by the thousands of pounds daily in North America! DUH.... There is almost no aspect of modern day medicine and practice that actually IS unaffected by Corporate Greed, stupidity, outdated myths and errors.... I would not know where to start.... Good luck with this topic...