This is an elaborated Disclaimers feature post for all readers old and new to this initiative, written in first person addressing.

Do note that this is subject for further revisions and writing overtime for readability. Your patience and awareness in this regard is highly appreciated. ~ AW.

General Disclaimer (Elaborated)

This is split into four (3) main points.

1. General limitations.
2. Strictly retrospective way of writing and disclosure.
3. Neither disease management or clinical intervention.

1/3 General Limitations and disclosure

I humbly disclose, that in my position as the "aspiring author" and "designer" of this "concept initiative" circa 2015 ~  I am neither a clinician, physician or granular / subject-matter expert in any given theme, sub-topic of Nutrition and Science.

However, I stand by my own experiences as esteemed individual to encourage dialogues upon topics less traversed.

My humble certification(s) in nutrition, in addition also that of indemnity insurance, still would never confide me freedom nor within moral confidence / compass ~ to override clinical morbidities or disease management. 

Hence, the following reaffirms that this initiative is not an outlet, nor platform or a channel where:

1. Way-of-eating suggested and prescribed immediately as clinical interventions.
2. Anything "quick", instant or immediate gratifications.
3. Anything beckoning, or asking towards ~arithmetic followships, eg, "like and subscribe".

This channel is not about sensationalism frequency, but contemplative realism on the less "glossy" or "staged" sides of alternative nutritional account.

"General Limitations" here refer to my own humble disclosure, that as I am not coming a writing background ~ it is not always easy to express an "opinion" in the most engaging tonality amidst numerous obligations to:

1. Capture all Scientific nuances and simplifying them simultaneously for "lay" or "surface" reading.
2. Balancing and accepting risk vs reward of pragmatic messaging delivery ~ from glossing over the "scientific" elaboration(s) in the process.

As a result, many of the written articles are subject with “draft” or “in-progress” disclosure for obliged re-writing(s) in due course. This is strictly put into place for readability improvements and never in any way to gain a manipulative outcome.

2/3 Retrospective, not speculative.

All this is a work of one (1) individual. At the time / so-far at establishing this elaborated disclaimer there are no third party(s) involved nor sought for such paid serviceships (including volunteerism) be it “marketeers” or “content checkers / copywriting”.

One reason why this initiative takes very long time manifesting its content, be it for Youtube® or its feature writing articles is because of how much it relies on its own author's own  experiences of synthesizing and differentiating ~ an "opinion" versus "contemplative" elaboration of various subjects only in restricted detail.

This channel or initiative relies on the more retrospective (historic) recital(s) of methodology(s), for prospective readers curious, or are just starting to take interests ~ for either self-improving or enquiring about their own health from nutrition, social (and a little philosophical) standpoints.

3/3 Self Indemnify. "You" ~ are your own conviction.

"Change" is not done for you. It must derive from you.

Making changes to personal health, derive from personal actions and thus, constituting personal responsibility.

There is a saying that a nobody cares about one’s own health, as much as or until, one makes that conviction, him/herself

Nobody, not even the best of doctors, coaches or “specialist” can change for another individual. We are all proxies for whom our desires for “change” ~ require much progress by way of “Science” that which obligates conscious changes to be felt, experienced and journalled at our own circumstance.

Thus, this passage affirms through faith that you as discerning readers are able to take and own all repercussions from partaking or adapting in some way shape or form that anything this Initiative suggests.

"Autodidactism" & Conclusion.

"The true method of knowledge is experiment." ~ William Blake.

Scientific Method rests entirely by our own experiences, and of all our willingly capable hands and senses. The "how" in all of this "self-optimization" pursuit relies on your's overall tolerance at introspecting complexity. Nobody, absolutely nobody, not even me or ("I") can do this for you.

Consulting experts indeed helps to distil many complexity in form of consults and diagnosis. But ~ the rest of what is handed to you and/or  shown to you ~ rely on you (ultimately) putting these pieces together. And synthesise from there onwards ~ action from knowledge and discovery; whether assisted or by self-experimentation.

Guided serviceship through experts thus, certainly have their place of importance. For this reason, Nutrigenomics do help shed some, though not all of the "individuality" detail to their absolute minute nuance(s), amongst us. Notwithstanding their limitations they do assist to orient one towards his/her own esteemed discovery.

"Health" and "Fitness" is not earned, but learned a~ from mistakes and doubts from one person, one experience at a time. Learning off from others therefore is mere observation.

Thus I borrow the concept of "Autodidactism" to both remind and implore self-improvement is less about "follow"ship. But about learning to be comfortable with one’s own faults, and discomforts.

“Nutrition“ is not just self-nurturing. It is, after all ~ an understanding (and learning) where "ration" (food) manifests rationality (outcome) to life, as we see it.

Revise, reflect, repeat.

Live-It-Forward,

AW

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