Eoin Lacey is a Performance Consultant and Coach who specialises in lifestyle management, health and wellness.

We’re drowning in health content - who do you trust, and how do you decide what’s right for you? Eoin helps us build a practical toolkit for filtering advice, avoiding bias, and making better health decisions you can actually sustain.

We cover clickbait vs specificity, evidence vs anecdote, incentives behind online advice, and how to work with your doctor and healthcare professionals using modern tools and simple baselines. We explore a framework to test, review, and adap so you stop outsourcing your health and start steering it. 

You’ll learn:

• How to spot advice that’s actually relevant to you

• When to involve medical professionals (and why it matters)

• What “It depends” really means in health and fitness

• How to vet online coaches and spot red/green flags

• The pitfalls of a pill-first approach to care

• How to use modern technology and resources alongside your GP

• A simple “health sat-nav” framework for continuous improvement

Key topics: health misinformation, filter health advice, Eoin Lacey, , evidence vs anecdote, bias, wearables, CGM, functional medicine, online coaches, patient advocacy, behaviour change, survivorship bias.

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Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro & the problem: info overload in health

0:00:08 - Specificity beats clickbait: is this advice for you?  [n=1, relevance] 

0:03:41 - Risks of generic plans; steroids/anabolics & N=1 thinking

0:05:14 - When to involve medical pros; risk & contraindications

0:06:42 - Diet tribes, trends & why “one system” rarely fits

0:09:43 - The Lane Norton lesson: science > feelings & “It depends”

0:12:14 - Fundamentals don’t change: coaching, EQ & service quality

0:13:47 - Vulnerability of patients; influencer incentives; bring data

0:17:44 - Wearables & meeting your doctor halfway; stop outsourcing

0:20:00 - Magic bullets vs sustainable action (with empathy)

0:22:57 - Spotting good online coaching: intake, listening, tailoring

0:25:00 - Incentives, trust & ‘are they actually listening to you?’

0:27:06 - The trust problem post-COVID; healthy skepticism

0:30:00 - Use multiple sources; open discussion > ideology

0:33:47 - Pill-first limits; functional medicine context

0:35:00 - System constraints; lifestyle gaps; collaborate with clinicians

0:45:00 - Ideal care pathway vs reality; use tech; reduce overwhelm

0:47:48 - Evidence nuance: sample size, population, publication

0:49:52 - IF 16:8 origin story; “health sat-nav”: test/review every 2 wks

0:55:00 - Building your personal toolkit: baselines, goals, consults

1:00:00 - Avoid single-hammer clinics; see the bigger picture

1:04:36 - Why online communication misleads; mass plans ≠ you

1:10:00 - Algorithm bubbles; when to experiment vs see experts

1:12:06 - Resource list idea; align info to your intent/goals

1:14:32 - Take what’s useful; survivorship bias; don’t do everything

1:15:17 - Wrap-up, where to reach Eoin