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

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It used to anger me to no end to serve hospitalized diabetics their meal trays following the ADA diet, with potatoes, gravy, starchy vegetables, whole grain buns, fake margarine, a tiny portion of some dried out low fat meat, and sugar-free jello. In act he does exactly what he accuses the medical profession of doing, that is just presenting arguments that support his point of view. Is it just me or does the narrator or at least their voice randomly change on many occasions totally ruining the flow of the book? He received a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in Animal Biology and Psychology, from Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 1996.

Which would not be so bad, if her doctor were doing additional testing to determine the cause of her symptoms. When most of the studies are performed by big Pharma, isnt it obvious there will be bias and statistical misrepresentation ?By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. While the book is full of interesting information it’s nothing you haven’t seen on some post on Instagram.

Author claims the USDA dietary guidelines to eat whole grains is not only flawed but flat out wrong. Every medical professional person should read and question their own understanding of the things they practice.

b) In the 1980s, Farmers DID feed cows animal flesh (the leftover flesh of butchered cows), and while it did help to fatten them up, it caused the Mad Cow Disease epidemic, so they kind of decided to move away from that approach.

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. This book is not just for people who want to lose weight and live a healthy life but also for doctors and any health-care providers to regain the reputation of western modern medicine. Her story is largely a personal one, focusing on her mother's cancer journey and how following a Keto diet helped her to get through that. That said, my experience is despite all their failings, the original guidelines really weren't all that bad.I work in software, and we understand that best practices are not necessarily universal, but the solution when you find an exception to a best practice is to implement the exception and add it as a valid edge case to the overall knowledge base, and if you see enough of them, to maybe re-evaluate the correctness of the best practice, but not to throw out the entire methodology of establishing best practices. Chapter 19 is titled "God Made the Sun and God Made You" and includes this sentence: "Any time medical science tells you to avoid nature or something natural, your BS-sensor should sound an alarm.