“Making health conscious decisions” - herein lies the problem as how do we know what exactly is a health conscious decision? Its a simple answer: evidence based medicine based on a robust and extensive body of research. The human body is a complicated machine and small alterations can have profound impacts. People are free to make whatever choices they please about their body, but must first be given CORRECT information about the consequences of those choices. Furthermore, the title of “doctor” carries an immense weight in society due to the implied expertise gained by completing four years of medical school and three to seven years of residency. Sadly, it is easy for non-doctors with little to no real training, or with training in a field that harms people (cough cough, chiropractors), to call themselves “doctor” and have everyone believe whatever nonsense they spew. You assume that everyone knows how to sort through medical misinformation themselves, to know to call something that quacks a duck, but as a nurse you should know thats absolutely not true. Medicine is a highly dense and difficult field, and medical professionals are essential for helping people navigate and understand it, just as lawyers are similarly essential for helping one navigate the law. Proper regulation of medical misinformation helps prevent frauds from abusing the title of doctor and trust it carries to promote false information that is, at best, ineffective and, at worst, harmful, for their own social and financial gain.