I usually try to follow what the data indicates, however I am likely in a better position to read the primary articles and know whether the experiments described are actually testing what they claim (poor experimental design is a common thing ... Hopefully not in my papers... But that's for my reviewers to yell at me about!). For a non scientist I can imagine that much of what is reported seems no different from magic. To me it seems that people also find that much of the data conflicts some other data and so they really don't know what to think.
My goal over time is just to keep presenting and talking about the basics over and over again to hopefully allow at least a few people to have a better ability to sift through the magic and pull out the facts being reported. So thank you for your complements, that means I must be doing something right.
Your right that a core tenant of good health is good eating, people should really take time to evaluate what they are eating and what the longterm impact may be. One does not have to fix everything, but trying to make small proactive changes can go a long way to keeping a variety of chronic diseases at bay.
Anyway lovely chatting with you!