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

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I'll admit, I find this idea intriguing, partly because I've always had a hard time believing a little sun was detrimental. I kind of want to believe what he says is true, although I'd have to read more on the topic to have an informed opinion. How doctors are taught to think about nutrition and other preventative health measures-and how they should be thinking He claims that hypothyroidism is underdiagnosed because doctors rely only on TSH levels for a diagnosis. Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9822 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0001175 Openlibrary_edition He claims that not only is red meat not bad for us, but neither are processed meats like bacon and sausage.

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Anyone who has been in the nutrition field for any significant period of time understands it is always good to be skeptical when some new "super vitamin" comes out. In the '80s it was the antioxidants Vitamin A, C and E. In the '90s it was fish oil. Come 2000 it was vitamin D. I tend to agree with him. Unfortunately, I think the initial concerns regarding salt intake was more directed toward those who already had high blood pressure. At some point, the recommendation got taken out of context and ultimately bastardized.

Author claims the USDA dietary guidelines to eat whole grains is not only flawed but flat out wrong.

Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm You…

The findings: After studying mortality over a 20-year period, researchers led by Professor Kausik Ray at Imperial College London showed that 40mg daily of pravastatin, a relatively weak type of statin, reduced deaths from heart disease in participants by more than a quarter. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...Does your doctor still recommend that you avoid cholesterol and eat lots of whole-grains? What about a paleo diet or ketogenic diet, have they been mentioned in an office visit? So much of the nutrition and lifestyle advice doctors give is just plain wrong, and that can be dangerous. This book will help you sort through the medical myths and the outright lies, and begin to develop a health partnership with your doctor. This was a short, easy, worthwhile read, particularly for anyone who has had problems reconciling their doctor's advice with real world results in their own health and well-being. He tries hard not to vilify doctors, but explains how it's difficult for any person to keep up with all of the latest medical research while also seeing patients, running a practice, and just generally trying to live life. He also points out how difficult it can be, as a doctor, to go against any of the conventional medical "wisdom" or practices that permeate the field. Once again, he feels the need to identify a villain. I'm not sure the medical community ever agreed that all calories are equal, though I think that many people (doctors also being people) ultimately developed that impression. 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. (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.) Sounds about right. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-01-12 03:59:37 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40173807 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier