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Originally Posted by JOE  Only today, I heard an elderly doctor with whom I work comment to a lady with whom we work, that she would be more at risk from osteoporosis because she doesn't like milk. This struck me as strange as from what little I have read, calcium can be obtained from numerous sources (even in the western diet) such as fish, green leafy vegetables NOT ONLY MILK
In fact some sources I have read (and again, I am not stating I am right or the sources I quote are) state that milk can actually strip the body of calcium as quickly as it delivers it. The argument was that the Japanese up until the last 20-30 years, hardly had any incidence of Osteoporosis and it has been an increasing problem since their diet was westernised and the introduction of dairy products increased.
Who knows, could be a number of factors......but this guy stating this with such positive assertion, was shocking as he is undoubtedly an increditbly clever man, yet even I with my piss poor education and arrogance, wouldn't commit myself to such an opinion if I thought there was any doubt. Then again, he is a doctor and maybe he has researched it but I just intuitively felt that this intelligent man was repeating the Dairy mantra verbatim without giving it much thought. |
You are totally correct about doctors. Did you know that during the time they earn their Medical Degree they don't have to take a single nutrition course? Did you know that 50% of patients in North American hospitals become deficient in nutrients after a few weeks of eating HOSPITAL food? Did you know that even that hospital dieticians were found to be deficient in some of the B vitamins?
Traditional doctors are not in the business of promoting health or preventing disease. Doctors are in the business of treating patients AFTER they have already developed symptoms, and even then they are treating the symptoms not the CAUSE of the symptoms. They use drugs made by pharmeceutical companies instead of natural remedies. The whole medical industry is screwed up. There is a new documentary coming out by Michael Moore that will expose this.
You can't totally blame the doctors for this as medical students are taught this while earning their degree's so it's not totally their fault; they are not taught any preventative measures. I also heard somewhere that 10% of doctors and nurses in hospitals are addicted to illegal substances (Morphine, etc.) since they have access to that stuff. I can't remember the name of it but there is a name for when you go to a doctor and the treatment prescribed actually makes you sick and you die. Whatever that is called, it is the fastest growing cause of death in NA.
Slowly, changes are being made, but not fast enough for our generation.
There is only one solution, and that is to stop giving the power and responsibility for your health to your doctor. It is YOUR responsibility for you to be healthy, not his. Do your own research, listen to your body, trust your intuition, go see a Naturopathic Doctor who is interested in preventative medicine, not a symptom treater. If you insist on going to a regular doctor, ask him about his nutritional training and when it was taken. Even if he has had some nutritional training, it might be totally obsolete if he learned it in 1963 or even 1990. There are a lot of things we know about healthy nutrition today that we didn't know even as little as 15 years ago.
Don't be afraid to ask questions of your doctor. The whole medical office system is setup to make the doctors seem important. ie. Making you wait in the waiting room for a long time before you see them, like their time is so much more important than yours. THen they talk to you like they know everything. This is done on purpose so that you believe in their treatments, as that's what people want when they give away their power. Imagine if your doctor "wasn't sure"? That would be disaster for most people. THey need doctors that just tell them what pill to take to make them better. They are not interested in improving their diet, quitting smoking, or drinking etc.
Anyway, your example of the doctor prescribing Milk is a good example. He's obviously speaking based on teachings taught by the Dairy Foundation, not based on science or medical research.