Someone at my coworking space looked at my lunch the other day,plain yogurt, blueberries, protein powder, and said,
"Why are you eating this? Cold food is not good for you."
I almost fell off my chair.
I was proud of that lunch.
I got curious. I asked why.
They launched into something about Ayurveda and digestive fire and how cold foods disrupt your system.
I listened.
Then I said,
"There is no scientific evidence, by that I mean, no randomized controlled studies, nothing peer-reviewed, showing that eating cooler food does anything to me worth worrying about."
Will it cool off my "digestive fire"?
Maybe.
Do I have reliable evidence that matters in the big picture of my life?
No.
I used to follow all kinds of diets. Weight loss. Longevity. Performance optimization. I chased the protocols that sounded brilliant, the frameworks that felt profoundMost of it was unreliable.
And honestly? Quite frustrating.
That's when I fell in love with the scientific method.
Which stopped all my yo-yo dieting, got me into the best shape of my life, which I've been maintaining for a decade now.
It doesn't have all the answers. Who does?
But when it comes to if you do this, that result tends to follow — it's the most reliable tool we have.
People like Dr. Layne Norton have made it their life's work to blast through claims that sound compelling but haven't been confirmed by a single controlled study.
The scientific method, in a nutshell:
A systematic, iterative process for investigating the natural world through observation, experimentation, and analysis. Ask a question. Form a testable hypothesis. Run experiments. Gather data. Draw conclusions — then accept, refine, or reject.
That's it.
Want to figure something out?
Pose a testable theory. Experiment. Gather data across different contexts. The more data, the more reliable your conclusion. Apply and enjoy results.
That's why I meditate, and recommend it to clients, to sharpen focus and create more awareness.
That's why I talk to myself in the third person when I need clearer thinking or need to dial down emotions. (It works. The research backs it.)
That's why I eat my protein and 800g+ of fruits and vegetables daily like my life depends on it. Because evidence suggests it kind of does.
That's why, when a client complains about "stubborn" fat loss, we go back to calories first, because energy deficit works more consistently than anything else out there, across all kinds of people in randomized controlled studies.
There's something else I love - applying scientific thinking is calming.
In a world shifting faster than most of us can process, knowing that some things are genuinely consistent — that journaling, light hygiene, regular sleep timing actually work, night after night — is grounding in a way that no trend, no guru, no protocol can replicate.
I sleep well most nights. Not because I got lucky. Because science tested what works and I keep doing it.
Instead of hoping for miracles, guru advice, or blaming the Universe for my troubles when I can't even show up for the basics.
Over to you, dear reader,
In a world full of noise, confident but often empty claims, and advice that sounds good but hasn't been tested, where in your life and your advice, could you apply more scientific thinking?
Where could you stop taking someone's word for it, run your own experiment, and start building certainty from evidence?
What would change if you treated your own life as the most important study you'll ever run?