Dr. Adam Perlman, formerly Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness for Duke University Health System and Executive Director for Duke Integrative Medicine, introduces a YouTube video about his holistic, evidence-focused approach to health and well-being. He outlines common consumer confusions—such as choosing eggs and deciding about probiotics—arguing that reliable information enables true freedom of choice and optimized vitality, and invites viewers to join his journey.
Hi, I'm Dr. Adam Perlman. I'm the former Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness for the Duke University Health System, Executive Director for Duke Integrative Medicine and currently the Director for the Leadership Program in Integrative Health Care. I've spent my career trying to help people take a more comprehensive, holistic approach to addressing their health concerns, to optimizing their vitality and living their best life. There's a lot of confusing information out there. What are we confused about? Well, I know some of the things I find confusing, like what kind of eggs do I need to buy nowadays? I mean, there's 10 choices out there. It's caged, it's organic, and I don't know, birds are in a cage and they can eat on the grass. What about probiotics and the microbiota and all this bacteria in my gut? Should I take a probiotic? Shouldn't I? Where? What kind, how many strains, how many colony forming units? All of this stuff can be very misleading, very confusing. I try to sift through that information so I can make the best decisions for me and, and help inform my family and friends. And I want to do the same for you. Ultimately, it's about our freedom of choice. Because if we're operating with incomplete information or misinformation, perhaps because it was put on the Internet by the company that makes the product, then we don't truly have freedom of choice. With reliable information, we can make reasonable decisions around our health and well being. And as I've said earlier, live our best life, optimize our vitality. So I'm constantly looking at the evidence, trying things out, trying to understand what's best. And I'd invite you to join me on this journey.
