Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health

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Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners. The guidelines also suggested that about 60% of calories should come from carbs (and at least half should be from complex sources) including fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, lentils, legumes. In subsequent chapters, he encourages avoiding (vitamin D) supplements, then in the next chapter says they are absolutely necessary. When he does include any data, it is sketchy and no details are given on: how the data was gathered; who gathered it; when was the data collected; and most importantly was it peer reviewed.

I was expecting more on the actual mis information that doctors either knowing or unknowingly give us, not a series of biased opinions with very little data to support the arguments.Berry's target audience: I'm deeply suspicious of government, medications and the doctors who prescribe them willy-nilly. the recommendation was to limit fat to 30% of your total calories, with less than 10% of your total calories coming from saturated fat.

Her story is largely a personal one, focusing on her mother's cancer journey and how following a Keto diet helped her to get through that. Ultimately, I think that this doctor in trying to jump outside the box has simply landed in another box, a different box (maybe a slightly better box, maybe not), but a box all the same. A small, easy-to-read book with nuggets of myth-busting medical information that will help in your decisions for a better health!I dated a physician for several years while in PT school and he laughed when he told me that the nutrition advice he gave his patients came from his mother. I felt like I was being talked to like I was in Kindergarten and the high school teacher showed up to teach algebra.

So much of the nutrition and lifestyle advice doctors give is just plain wrong, and that can be dangerous. I suppose for the sake of brevity he had to keep it simple, but some of his points did not feel well backed up or proven with evidence. Since I was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia at age 20, my doctors constantly picked on me about my weight.He'd also make negative statements about doctors in general and then defend them in the next breath. Perfect primer to get your health back on track and to continue gathering health wisdom from great minds. There is no bibliography, and while admittedly he does include articles or books that he has found useful, that is not enough to be able to support his claims. Chapter 19 is titled "God Made the Sun and God Made You" and includes this sentence: "Any time medical science tells you to avoid nature or something natural, your BS-sensor should sound an alarm.

I recommend this book, and his videos if you want to start learning that doctors are human and can make mistakes and that at least some of the responsibility should be on you. There's even a section directed straight at medical students and doctors, encouraging them to try harder to keep informed and to not be afraid to question standard conventions that don't help their patients. My takeaway from this at a high level is not so much that doctors are going around purposefully lying to their patients, but that medical science is extremely difficult to conduct in an ethical and comprehensive manner, and is also subject to outside monetary influences. Throw in some villains like the inept Big Government, greedy Big Pharma, evil Big Food, and irresponsible Big You Fill in the Blank.And it's probable, even likely, that a lion who kills a lactating gazelle consumes (and enjoys) her milk as part of the meal. I'm not sure the medical community ever agreed that all calories are equal, though I think that many people (doctors also being people) ultimately developed that impression. I have no idea how many medics have read this book, or maybe it just flies under the radar, but it provides a very interesting peek into the medical industry.