I agree Kim; Doctors are not in the business of health, they are in the business of treating disease. Joe Garth & Kim Travis wrote: Greetings, Then answer the question: how many people do you know that don't take drugs, daily?I have been in the US for 13 years and have yet to find a doctor that knows anything about diet. And no, not just rural doctors. If the doctors are so great, then why is our health care so bad? Sorry, but it is not horseshit, I talk to people constantly all over the US on the internet that have no idea how to get healthy, because their doctors don't know. I assume there are some that do bother to learn, but it is not part of the medical school teaching. Bright Blessings, Kim At 08:49 AM 2/28/2006, you wrote:Garth & Kim Travis wrote:Doctors in this country tell people that what they eat makes no difference to their health. Diabetics are told that sugar intake has nothing to do with diabetes.Kim, I don't mean to be harsh, but that is utter and complete horseshit. My sister and her husband, both internists, counsel patients on diet, heart disease and diabetes every single day. Nor are they some wierdos outside the mainstream for doing so. Here is the AMA clinical road map for *dietary* management of adult obesity. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/433/booklet4-1.pdf Here are the ADA clinical practice guidelines for 2006: http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/cpr.jsp Maybe the white haired country docs in rural Texas are ignorant of current practice recommendations, but I find your sweeping generalization to be overly broad. jh _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/_______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ |
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