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

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The introduction having a section titled "Where are the Works Cited?" and stating "To take charge of your health, you need to learn how to research health topics on your own" screams to me that everything this guy is spouting is complete bull****. 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. This Even though I was a little disappointed that Dr. Berry wasn't the narrator, it was still enjoyable.

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Has your doctor lied to you? Eat low-fat and high-carb, including plenty of “healthy” whole grains—does that sound familiar? Perhaps this is what you were told at your last doctor’s appointment or visit with a nutritionist, or perhaps it is something you read online when searching for a healthy diet. And perhaps you’ve been misled. Ken Berry, MD, FAAFP is here to dispel the myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated by the medical and food industries for decades. Unfortunately, I think this particular doctor has parked his car in the keto garage and in doing so has stymied his own intellectual growth when it comes to matters of nutrition as it relates to health. His logic and his arguments are often as flawed if not more flawed than the ones he's supposedly debunking. Dr. Ken D. Berry is a board-certified family physician. He was recently accepted as a fellow in the American Academy of Family Medicine. Dr. Berry’s practice focuses on preventing and treating chronic diseases caused by the Standard American Diet, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. He empowers patients with information to help them navigate this “upside-down circus that is modern medicine.” What’s Inside 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.That said, my experience is despite all their failings, the original guidelines really weren't all that bad. It has also been my experience that very few people followed them. Then the book took a drastic turn and became all about boo-hooing the doctor. Poor doctor, you can’t expect him/her to know everything in the medical practice and keep up with all the new medical advances. Great insight FROM a doctor on the severe flaws of the modern medical industry. The vast majority of ailments truly can be managed or cured with the right healthy diet and herbal supplements. We are way overprescribed!!! My takeaway from this at a high level is not so much that doctors are going around purposefully lying to their patients, but that medical science is extremely difficult to conduct in an ethical and comprehensive manner, and is also subject to outside monetary influences. Given that, everyone (patients and doctors) has a responsibility to not turn their brains off and do some more critical thinking when it comes to health decisions. But I'd apply that to Dr. Berry as well with all respect, and while there's a lot in this book I agree with and have personally found is true for myself as well through trial-and-error, I definitely think he falls short of his own standard set in the book with this one. Talk about jumping on a band wagon. Not only does the author suggest that we all need vitamin D supplements, he also suggests without evidence that our blood range should be much higher than the established safe minimum range, but offers no basis for how he arrived at that number.

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Repetitive, the book feels like it needed a stronger editor. Each chapter ends with the same chorus of "your doctor may not have time to do the research necessary to stay current; do your own research. When you visit your doctor, share your research and be a partner in your health. If your doctor doesn't listen to you or poo poos your research, they aren't the doctor for you." When listening to the book in one sitting (it's not very long), the repetitiveness is noticeable and annoying. Berry’s Advice: Don’t go out of your way to eat extra fiber. Humans have mostly eaten fatty meat for thousands of years and seldom do we need to consume extra fiber to stay regular.

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Author claims the USDA dietary guidelines to eat whole grains is not only flawed but flat out wrong. 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 Eat whole foods. (produce, whole grains- in their whole form- so think boiled quinoa, not whole-wheat bread) The information given here is designed to help you make informed decisions about your health. It is not

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Mention of specific companies, organizations, or authorities in this book does not imply endorsement of the So, I might be willing to hear him out on red meat as I don't think that red is innately bad, though it's also not innately good. It's a food that provides certain nutrients that might be good and might be bad depending on the context of the diet and the person's health. But bacon? Seriously, you want me to believe that processed meats like lunch meat, bologna, sausage, spam for God's sake are not only not bad for me but good for me. NOPE. NADA. Me thinks somebody needs to do a PubMed search and soon. This is a classic example of cognitive dissonance and one of the things that irks me most about the Keto enthusiasts. It's almost like a religion where people will go to any length to explain away any inconsistency because delegitimizing one aspect of the religion tends to bring the entire religion itself into question. The first red light came on when the author declared that he would not refer to the scientific literature ... to save space. Space? Why are other authors not saving us this space, but meticulously refer to scientific articles that confirm their claims? I have a client right now who fits the hypothyroidism profile. She is overweight and can not lose weight despite following a healthy diet. Her blood tests are normal but on the outer ranges with a high TSH and a low T4. She also has mildly elevated fasting blood sugar at 100. She also complains of feeling tired all the time...and she's in her 40s. I suspect that her thyroid is petering out...or that she has Hashimotos. Of course, because her labs are technically normal her doctor says she is fine. Which would not be so bad, if her doctor were doing additional testing to determine the cause of her symptoms. I agree with the author, clinicians are often decades behind the science. I also agree that we are giving our profession away to alternative medicine. Somewhere along the way, we forgot that medicine is an art as much as a science...partly because the science is everchanging. I also wish that more doctors and clinicians were more open-minded. It's possible to remain skeptical but still willing to hear alternative ideas.However...and this is huge...this book is a very brave one. Only a hell of a courageous professional can call out his profession on its shortcomings. And boy, there are a lot of them. So, yeah. He makes a point. Doctors need to be able to put the pieces together and not simply depend on lab tests and normal ranges to make a diagnosis. Unfortunately, in a managed care setting, doctors have become more dependent on labs. In Lies My Doctor Told Me , Dr. Ken D. Berry highlights the biggest misconception in the healthcare industry: that doctors know everything. He explains that while some physicians advocate outdated practices because they’re too busy to keep up with new research, others blindly accept results from Big Pharma-sponsored studies. But most importantly, in this book, Dr. Berry busts more than 25 commonly-believed medical and diet-related myths and teaches you evidence-based approaches to take control of your health. About the Author We also enjoy how Dr. Berry provides patients with the tools to start a discussion with their doctors about their diet and alternatives to prescriptions. This allows both parties to work on natural health solutions as a team. Room for Improvement Impact of Dairy Products on Biomarkers of Inflammation Show Negative Correlation: The findings- consumption of dairy products is inversely associated with low-grade systemic inflammation – read: Not only does milk not cause inflammation, but dairy products have been shown to reduce inflammation! (This one even surprised me!). https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article...