Just some of the many reasons I have lost faith in the Medical Community, but this has been going on a long time now. When I was growing up, there were very few Fat people, but this was before we had Artificial or Imitation anything and pre-processed foods were not the norm.
Yes, medicine prioritizes profits and money, as do most industries. Everyone needs to understand that so as to put recommendations into perspective.
While this is factual, there is another reason. Wokeism. A doctor can’t tell a fat person they are fat, it may hurt their feelings.
Eat only green vegetables and you will lose weight!
So many entities from government, to government-adjacent want a compliant populace in chaos, ready to "uptake" ideas and products and political stances, crying aloud "save us." It is so often the mark of the con.
I’ve been on a protein/non-carb diet for the past 6 months.
I love bread and potatoes, but completely stopped. First 2 weeks were difficult due to the carb cravings.
1 meal a day - dinner around 6. Large portion of protein, lot of leafy greens...lettuce, cabbage, peppers and the like. I allow myself onions on occasion. Other than that lots of fluids throughout the day- coffee, tea, water.
In the first month I lost 10 lbs. I’ve been floating at that weight since. If I cheat - like on Thanksgiving, I immediately add pounds back and it takes a week to drop them again.
THAT.
My recent post (an hour ago) on Alzheimer's and 'diet' echoes the same (the omissions are telling).
I took a bunch of anti-oxidants for a week and my brain felt fantastic!
I asked the doc if that feeling was caused by the anti-oxidants.
“Sure! We just don’t make any money prescribing them like we do for psych meds.”
> Why is it that the medical authorities will not tell anyone who is Type II diabetic to quit eating fast carbohydrates? <
I’m a bit surprised by that sentence. I don’t think I have the best doctor in the world (long story). But when my A1C number started moving upward, that’s exactly what my doctor told me.
And his physician’s assistant handed me a colorful diabetes brochure that said the same. His practice sure isn’t hiding anything. Is that so unusual?
Just some of the many reasons I have lost faith in the Medical Community
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One of the first things new doctors learn is not to tell patients how to eat. It angers patients because it rightly blames them for their conditions and tells them to do the one thing they will refuse to do, stop eating things they are addicted to. They walk out the door and into another doctor’s office.
Bkmk
My doc used to tell me that every visit. I think MOST folks have stopped going to a “primary” doc and go to large practices.