I first heard about MSM over two decades again, but it took me almost as long to formulate what I consider to be the rational use of this supplement.
Why do I believe this is?
MSM is dirt-cheap. No one is going to make money on MSM.
Some people complain that my blog has a premium version.
The premium version helps me justify taking the time away from treating patients to teach people how I do what I do.
People who complain that my content isn't free need to understand something.
Everyone whose content is free makes their money selling you products.
Which products do they sell you?
The ones with the highest margin, not necessarily the greatest value to your health.
MSM doesn't fit into that category, so you won't hear much about it. You'll hear a lot about other supplements - these are the ones with the highest margin.
There is no such thing as free content.
There's an old saying in marketing. When you get something for free, you are the product.
What are you being produced into, dear reader?
I make no secret that this blog exists in part to help me attract patients into my practice, but I have refused to heavily monetize based upon supplements out of respect for the incontrovertible truth that before we resort to supplementation, we should optimize our diets and lifestyles. You can apply for consultation at my practice here.
You can't make much money selling MSM. So most of you have never learned how to use it. It took me over twenty years to come up with how to employ it.
To be clear, I do not bear any ill will toward those who produce free content that is monetized by products. Many are my dear friends and colleagues, and they do it in good faith. But I must act according to my conscience, and my conscience says I must share this kind of content regardless of how cheap MSM is.
To my premium subscribers, thank you for believing in me and enabling me to pursue this mission. This protocol is for you.
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