When you're talking about cars or computers there is a large market in optimizing performance and various tune-ups. Not so for the human body, at least not in the official establishment.
Doctors are not a finite resource, and they are not busy all the time. And still pretty much the only thing which is socially acceptable is having regular checkups. Anything else, from provigil and viagra to trying to get a customized diet is frowned upon. Why do you think there are so many diet sites out there? Because the people who could and should help you don't.
I think the custom diet is a great example. I have a slight calcium deficiency and I tend to drink coca-cola, which means I should compensate by taking occasional calcium supplements and staying in the sun. It is by no means an illness, and still this kind of things added over a 70 years life-time can really make a difference. And yet I don't see any services oriented to finding and solving small problems like that.
Doctors are not a finite resource, and they are not busy all the time. And still pretty much the only thing which is socially acceptable is having regular checkups. Anything else, from provigil and viagra to trying to get a customized diet is frowned upon. Why do you think there are so many diet sites out there? Because the people who could and should help you don't.
I think the custom diet is a great example. I have a slight calcium deficiency and I tend to drink coca-cola, which means I should compensate by taking occasional calcium supplements and staying in the sun. It is by no means an illness, and still this kind of things added over a 70 years life-time can really make a difference. And yet I don't see any services oriented to finding and solving small problems like that.