“I know because my doctor told me “Whatever you’re doing, keep doing it”. Very scientific.”
Same here. About 18 years ago I was dx’d with prostate cancer. I wasn’t scheduled for surgery for another 4 months, so I immediately did a deep dive on diet, supplements, and exercise, and after rigorously implementing what I’d learned I went to my PCP for blood tests shortly before surgery (as a follow-up to the tests he ran when I was initially dx’d). Not only was my PSA reduced by over 50%, every other number (blood fats, electrolytes, etc.) was low-normal to dead center.
His PA said she’d never seen that complete and rapid improvement in test results. The PCP walked and she said the same to him - and his reply was “Well, keep doing what you’re doing”. I was astounded that he didn’t have the slightest intellectual/scientific curiosity about what I had done to achieve those results. I’m far less medically naive now and have come to expect it.
“I was astounded that he didn’t have the slightest intellectual/scientific curiosity about what I had done to achieve those results.”
Conventional MDs are like that. Uninterested in anything outside of the Standard of Care aka their prescription pad.