Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health

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Thanks, I prefer to believe the person who came off their medication, reversed a diagnosis for a chronic disease or two, and who dropped half their body weight without ever feeling hungry, over the person whose income depends on health ideals being hard to understand, achieve or maintain without their professional intervention. The author is a doctor who woke up one day to take action to provide better remedy to his patients instead of blindly following the bidding of capitalist, profit-making interests of the big pharmaceutical industries and government food and drug regulatory bodies. At the high level, I agree with the overall message the author is looking to convey here, namely that just because someone is a credentialed MD, doesn't mean that they necessarily are the be all and end all authority of all things, and that at the end of the day, since you're the one that has to live in your body, ultimately the buck stops with you when it comes to being responsible for your health, and being willing to challenge thinking that may be out of date. Your doctor has tons of patients, probably most with totally different ailments so to be able to keep 100% up to date on everything just doesn't seem reasonable.

There are so many doctors, nurses, nutritionists etc in these reviews panning this book's content in ways that clearly contradict the actual, real world, lived experiences of people who eat contrary to popular advice with immense success. After years of following textbook medicine the way he was taught, he looked back at his own personal health and saw that he was not practicing what he preached. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.I wouldn’t start drinking gallons of milk based on what I’ve learned from the study linked above, but it has made me feel more confident about my choice to eat yogurt regularly.

a) Meat costs about 10x the cost of grains per calorie- which means that meat eating cows would be some FANCY ASS COWS.Since I was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia at age 20, my doctors, constantly picked on my weight. Interestingly, my daughter has Celiac disease and must avoid gluten, but that does not mean that she should avoid all whole grains.

Like so much of the science, the guidelines were bent and molded (sometimes aggressively so into something unrecognizable) to suit the needs of all the someones trying to sell us their somethings.And so I suffered until my gynecologist, who was examining my neck, asked if I had been tired and constipated lately, and I about fell off the table. So that one I simply abandoned and found another, and this book certainly vindicated that decision and now I know what to do in any future doctor head butting sessions. Part of the problem is that when it comes to nutrition, the public isn't getting educated by the experts, people who actually study nutrition, but by doctors who don't really know that much about nutrition and by special interests that have ulterior motives.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.I suppose for the sake of brevity he had to keep it simple, but some of his points did not feel well backed up or proven with evidence. the recommendation was to limit fat to 30% of your total calories, with less than 10% of your total calories coming from saturated fat. I personally think the tendency towards laziness would be exacerbated by a complete lack of medical standards. We try to work with our doctor or we find a new one Or we educate ourselves and have the confidence to take our health into our own hands. I dated a physician for several years while in PT school and he laughed when he told me that the nutrition advice he gave his patients came from his mother.