*You can hurt folks.*
Doctors are well represented in the “hurting folks” club. They kill more people in the US every year than guns.
The doctors I went to school with have likely forgotten most if not all of the biochem stuff they had to memorize in premed.
But I bet they are up on the latest investments, drug company bonuses, and medicare reimbursement rates.
I am not a doctor or even an internet med expert, but I do appreciate info such as this on supplements. Today the patient is the one that has to run and oversee their own healthcare. Doctors may swear to do no harm, but they don’t swear to help or heal.
Oh, and in my line of work, I don’t get to bury my mistakes, I have to fix them at my expense.
I agree with you on this much, today consumers need to inform themselves. I tell all my patients “the only thing I sell is advice, you make ALL the decisions”.