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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well most people go to the doctor when they are already feeling bad and therefore most work apart from pediatrics is not prevention it’s addressing already existing problems. Everyone knows by now that you should not smoke or drink, you should exercise, maintain a normal BMI, cut out transfats, and eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grain and lean protein and sparing in refined sugar. And yet, most people do not do all those things so primary care doctors spend most of their time treating the consequences: hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and consequences of smoking. I’m not sure why you think doctors, especially primary care doctors, have no interest in prevention. It’s literally their greatest hope that people would listen to them and take better care of their health. Instead doctors wind up working very downstream when problems have already developed and then people complain that things are so entrenched they have to take drugs—that they often can’t afford or don’t take.[/quote]

Even if the doctor is working downstream when the issues have aLready developed, those issues can often still be reversed thru dietary changes. But doctors don’t prescribe that. They prescribe drugs instead.[/quote]

You clearly have an axe to grind here. It’s not either/or. They do both. Unfortunately most of the time people don’t listen or follow through. Doctors would be happier if they did.[/quote]

You can try to make it personal if you choose. The fact is that if more people had my “axe to grind”’ we would likely have fewer diet-driven health issues in this country. [/quote]

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