@bronchiectasaurus
Even if you had access to a specialist this is all just so nuanced. They would probably say if it works for you keep doing it. Furthermore, medicine would say there is no evidence, meaning it has not been studied, so they cannot say for sure. Evidence based medicine is great as long as there is evidence. I think what we all find sooner or later is that a lot of stuff we'd like answers to "has not been studied".