To follow or not to follow social media influencers selling health products

Sorry influencers, this headline is here because the main question is are you influencing for your own good or other’s good and none of you will like to hear this question again ever from me or anyone.
I am not against you and money making from social media. Show and Sell is not the sin, it's a common practice that has worked for centuries.I am doing that using this platform, I give ad space to Google and whatever I make is in the open domain.

However, this post is for the college ready teens transitioning from Senior high to College. This is the age when everyone is at the intersection of life to chose a path, so without any claim what I understand is here for readers.

If you are well in your 19, 20, 21 or something like that chances are you are a social media fan, you follow many influencers, you watch reels and maybe you make some too. At this age, especially when out of college many students leave home to stay in a hostel. Suddenly more responsibilities come on soldiers. Keeping track of health, including building muscles, and keeping right weight become a routine.

At this point a line comes from Keats in my mind, Where have we lost knowledge in information, where have we lost wisdom in information.

Healthcare products sell like hot cake, be it a new product or something to lose extra waistline. In social media, there are many influencers who advocates to follow certain routine and take supplements for fitness.

Often such influencers sell affiliate products from which they get commission. Nothing wrong with this. A product may be good or may not be. Without scientific backing you cannot judge whether it's good or not. Hold a minute, all scientific claims are not true, sometimes they are biased, processed food industry is proof of that and people like Ariana Huffington of Thrive Global are putting efforts to get rid of processed food.

Wellness product manufactures are not wrong in marketing a product through social media. It's their right to sell. Buying decisions goes on consumers. And perhaps this is one of the most logical things done illogically.

However, if you are looking for wellness products like weight loss, muscle building, detox or something like that do not take one because your friend is also taking the same and perhaps he looks better now or you are seen in  social media and that influencer has millions of followers.

Instead, go to expert nutritionists and related professionals to take advice. Only a certified gym instructor can teach you muscle training, do not do thousands of push ups because other friends are doing hundreds already. Or eat that powder to gain power or lose waistline. Once you try one such thing chances are perhaps you will become habitual of it. May be effects will be visible to you but without knowing if those effects are good or bad you cannot play with one of the most complex things in nature called the human body, right?

Take Healthcare decisions wisely, so you can stay healthy and blessed. A blessed individual is an asset to society who gives back. Thrive in your education, career and life.

This article is backed by Readers Digest article February 2025 Edition article title: Should you try a DETOX TREATMENT, written by Adrienne Matel from The Guardian.

First Edit: 3 September 2025 

Download Cheat Sheet: How to chose between two different jobs

Throughout the academic career, an individual acquire many skills. From among the skill sets he / she can apply for couple of jobs. Today's question arise from my Quora Profile; an user asked which is better job, editing or marketing?

Editing and Marketing are very broad terms, but from the question I felt and most precisely, I suppose, this person is eligible for both the jobs but not pretty sure to which to make a career choice. For obvious reasons, I think of perhaps this is the problems of many job seekers when they are stuck in selecting a career.

Suppose you have two jobs to chose from Job A and B or three Jobs, Job A, B and C then how to select the better one that fits you?

Consider following points when deciding between Jobs. Ask to yourself following questions

1. What are the eligibility requirements to apply for this job?
2. What are the new things I need to learn to do this job? Oo I have necessary skills?
3. Where I want to be 2 year / 3 year / 5 year down the line? Can this job take me to the place in a fixed period of time?
4. What are the possibilities for growth and promotions?
5. How much money I will make from this job?
6. Whether I will be able to buy a house and save enough for retirement?
7. If this job will help me in building better relationship with people?
8. Which job I will really enjoy doing the most?
9. Which job will give me better and healthy work environment?
10. Whether I will be able to make changes with time and grow with inustry?

 Here is method to method to evaluate possibilities

1. Take an spreadsheet, Microsoft XL, Google Sheet or Any you use.
2. In the sheet mark First Column A as Question, Second Column B as Job A or Job Title, Second Column C as Job B or Job Title, similarly you can mark Job C and Job D
3. Under the column A, fill these questions 1 to 10
4. Now against each question give points to each job. For example; 8 points for question no 2 against Job A and 7.5 points against job B
5. Now sum all the points given against each question for each job.
6. At the end you will get score of Job on a scale of 10.

Now is the time to decision making

Go for the job that has done well on your evaluation scale. In case of a tie, go for the one that you  will truly love doing.

Trust me, love is alive.

Download My Job Selection Cheat Sheet

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