Life has always been about identifying patterns. However, true wisdom lies in mastering your own personal patterns - in health, habits, and behaviours. While research and scientifically proven hypotheses conducted under controlled environments can be useful in confirming general patterns and trends within defined sample groups, your task in life is to tailor these to recognise the unique patterns within yourself, maximising your habits and rhythms within the larger ecosystem of patterns.
For instance, in your career, you might notice that it takes you a year and a half to fully master a new area, yet you often lose interest after 3 years. Or perhaps you experience profound meta-level growth and awareness every 14 years - leading to transformative changes. In terms of health, you may find that a certain restrictive diet sharpens your mental clarity, even if mainstream science advises otherwise.
Trust yourself over general trends - they serve as a broad guide, but you are the focal point.