My dad got diabetes and hyoertension/high blood pressure in his late 50s.
Doc put him on 3 meds and said “you will have to take these the rest of your life”
Dad said “no I won’t”
Doc replied “yes you will”
Dad said...”you are not listening....this time next year I won’t need any of these neds”
Dad went on to lose about 40 lbs (he was never obese just a little overweight and dropped down to being super skinny) take up martial arts and cut back on sugars/simple carbs.
Next year he went to the doc who told him “your diabetes medicine and the other 2 pills seem to be keeping everything under control”
Dad told him “I haven’t taken any of that medicine in 4 months.”
That’s another success story!
Doctors honestly don’t read study write ups. They go off of what they learned in med school. Sure, continuing medical education credits are now expected, but they can’t possibly cover everything their patients need.