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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My main issue with doctors is not the arrogance, though that does exist. My issue is that many of them are quick to prescribe drugs, despite that many health issues could be combated with dietary changes. I would like for doctors to focus more on diet and less on drugs.

A question for the medical types on this board - I have heard that medical school includes a laughably small amount of instruction on diet. Is this true?

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Yes, it’s true. American medicine is big business, and just like any other business the #1 priority has to be profits. No one here can dispute that. So why would they prioritize healthy lifestyle changes? [/quote]

I love how you guys who have no idea how medicine works or how doctors actually make a living (spoiler: it’s not from prescriptions) are so confident in your wrong ideas.[/quote]

This, and the reason they don’t “prioritize lifestyle changes” is that 99.99% of their patients WON’T DO IT, or will do it for a short time, then fall back into their old comfortable patterns of behavior and choices.[/quote]

I love how blithely you think telling a patient to do what you say is actually helpful. With all the information we have about things like semaglutide and how it quiets ever-present hunger signals in the body for people who would otherwise feel hungry all the time, to just give one example, and yet you arrogantly cling to the idea that a doctor telling someone “eat less and exercise more” is reasonable and counts as actionable medical advice. Ridiculous. [/quote]

Okay, argue with the laws of thermodynamics. I’m sure you’ll win.[/quote]

NP here. No one is arguing that low calorie diets don't result in weight loss. They’re saying that a low calorie diet without appetite suppression (never feeling sated) is unsustainable in the long run. [/quote]

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