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Medical school taught me nothing about nutrition
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Do doctors understand nutrition? I learned almost nothing about nutrition in med school and it has taken me several years to become familiar with the astounding available science on nutrition.
References:
Maintaining a healthy diet in 2019 (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkdhQ7dF94Y
how to find and access scientific studies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSYuvnKHREg
Nutrition in med school
https://www.aamc.org/download/451374/data/nutriritoneducationinusmedschools.pdf
doctors feel unprepared to discuss nutrition
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779722/
reversal of heart disease through dietary changes:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/014067369091656U
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25198208/In
reversal of diabetes and high blood pressure through dietary changes:
http://www.airitilibrary.com/Publication/alDetailedMesh?docid=21622477-201208-201402240042-201402240042-364-371
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/495550
57% of today’s children are expected to become obese adults
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1703860
childhood obesity stats
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/facts.htm
61% of ppl believe physicians are a “very credible” source of nutrition information:
http://www.eatrightpro.org/~/media/eatrightpro%20files/media/trends%20and%20reviews/nutrition%20and%20you/trends_2008_where_did_you_hear_that.ashx
almost 50% in the US have heart disease:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/nearly-half-americans-have-heart-or-blood-vessel-disease-new-n965421
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000659
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