Doctors and other heath care professionals will follow the herd and spout whatever the conventional wisdom happens to be so as not to jeopardize their very lucrative careers.
For example:
Doctors will still tell you to substitute margarine for butter despite the fact that butter is healthier and margarine is BAD for your health.
Doctors will still recommend you avoid red meat and eat more grains like bread and pasta to lose weight even though the OPPOSITE is true.
Doctors will still try to tell you that you have a "drinking problem" if you consume more than six alcoholic drinks in a WEEK!
Doctors will still try to tell you that eggs will raise your cholesterol level and that if you eat eggs at all, you should stick to egg whites (and throw the highly nutritious yolks away). Ludicrious! Eggs do absolutely nothing to raise your cholesterol level by the way.
Doctors will still put you on prescriptions like blood pressure pills when the real solution is to improve your diet and exercise more.
I can go on and on.
This is not meant to disparage our doctors but to point out that most doctors are not going to jeopardize their careers by going against the conventional wisdom of the day. They are just going to spout the conventional talking points and send you on your way.
It is up to the individual to do his/her own research when it comes to maintaining one's health.
Case in point, back in 2003 I was seriously overweight and I took it upon myself to switch to a low-carb diet and exercise daily (target of 5 miles a day of walking). I lost over one hundred pounds and over the past two decades, have mostly kept it off and stuck to my new lifestyle.
Not one doctor ever gave me credit for that. In fact, they will tell me that I have too much fat in my diet and that I ought to consider eating less meat and more grains like cereal (instead of egg and butter). They will continue to tell me to tell me this even as my cholesterol level has been below 200 this entire time.
SamAdams76 wrote: “Doctors and other heath care professionals will follow the herd and spout whatever the conventional wisdom happens to be so as not to jeopardize their very lucrative careers.”
Do you not see the difference in engaging in a conspiracy to cover up 600,000 deaths and 50 million adverse reactions and telling you to eat less meat and switch to margarine?