Why Evidence-Based over what’s popular?

Evidence-Based Practice combines what has been studied by science and how that looks in real life. The evidence informs the practice, and then the practice is shaped by real-life experience.

I’ve spent a long time on google searching for the “Ultimate Diet Hack”, the “Secret Sauce”, the “Magic Bullet”, the “How to have a hot body and still eat whatever I want”. Everything is on the internet, I could search long enough that I would find ‘IT’!

Ultimately, this leads me down the nutritional rabbit hole and fell into the world of EBP.  

A more in-depth definition by MacNutrition University, a top-ranked world-renowned EB nutrition course:

“Evidence based practice is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best empirical evidence when making decisions about how to practice when providing information and care for client/patients. This best evidence should be combined with practitioner expertise and should consider the characteristics, state, need, values, and preference of those who will be affected.”

MNU 2016

The Pros/Cons of EB:

Pros:

• Augments results
• Increases likelihood of good/great results
• Protects clients
• Protects the practitioner
• Separates practitioners from the “sellouts” or hobby nutritionists

Cons:

• Less profitable
• More time consuming
• Abuse of the term EB Practitioner
• Questionable ‘evidence’ generated by the industry
• Equating lack of evidence as a lack of effectiveness

Check bias at the door and have an inquisitive mindset. There is integrity in providing an EB approach for clients trying to improve their health, especially in a world that has been increasingly infiltrated by $ale$men.

Next, check out Top Nutrition Myths to see what the evidence actually says verses common misconceptions.