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

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The author is a doctor who woke up one day to take action to provide better remedy to his patients instead of blindly following the bidding of capitalist, profit-making interests of the big pharmaceutical industries and government food and drug regulatory bodies. He decided to educate himself by reading books and scrutinise medical research papers, discovering how poorly-designed research methods became unquestionable truths for decades at the expense of the public's health. So, I might be willing to hear him out on red meat as I don't think that red is innately bad, though it's also not innately good. It's a food that provides certain nutrients that might be good and might be bad depending on the context of the diet and the person's health. But bacon? Seriously, you want me to believe that processed meats like lunch meat, bologna, sausage, spam for God's sake are not only not bad for me but good for me. NOPE. NADA. Me thinks somebody needs to do a PubMed search and soon. This is a classic example of cognitive dissonance and one of the things that irks me most about the Keto enthusiasts. It's almost like a religion where people will go to any length to explain away any inconsistency because delegitimizing one aspect of the religion tends to bring the entire religion itself into question. PDF / EPUB File Name: Lies_My_Doctor_Told_Me_-_Dr_Ken_Berry.pdf, Lies_My_Doctor_Told_Me_-_Dr_Ken_Berry.epub Ah, I can't even respond here as I think he wants so badly validate his new found love affair with keto, that he'll go anywhere his new love takes him. I think there is a lot of science that would refute this whole section. Period. What I liked most about his book is that each chapter goes through a myth and then he refers you to read other books that go into depth about the myths that we have been taught.

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This is a very straightforward little book, focused on exploding common and dangerous medical myths. And there are a lot of them. Another point the author makes is just because whole grains may not be as bad for us as processed grains, that doesn't mean that they are good for us. And he is right, just because something isn't bad for us, doesn't mean it is good for us and certainly doesn't mean there isn't something better for us. But when discussing diet, we need to look at the overall content of the diet, the nutrient density of the foods, and the variety, balance, palatability, and sustainability of a diet. Just because we've only been eating grains for the past 10,000 years, doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't eat them. And just because some people don't tolerate gluten, doesn't mean that everyone needs to avoid it.Closing out each chapter/lie, you’ll find a take-home message to sum up the key truths to remember when speaking with your doctor or loved ones about the issue in question. You’ll also learn Dr. Berry’s personal opinions and practices on the matter in a “Do as I do” section. Finally, Dr. Berry includes homework in the form of recommended reading about each lie, if you’re curious for more. This book is not just for people who want to lose weight and live a healthy life but also for doctors and any health-care providers to regain the reputation of western modern medicine. Has your doctor lied to you? Eat low-fat and high-carb, including plenty of “healthy” whole grains—does that sound familiar? Perhaps this is what you were told at your last doctor’s appointment or visit with a nutritionist, or perhaps it is something you read online when searching for a healthy diet. And perhaps you’ve been misled. Ken Berry, MD, FAAFP is here to dispel the myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated by the medical and food industries for decades. This book contained a lot of woo, and a few gems. I learned some of the things were true as I looked them up, but not many of those. There's a great deal of appeal to conspiracy theory - and references to BIG-(whatever). In subsequent chapters, he encourages avoiding (vitamin D) supplements, then in the next chapter says they are absolutely necessary. He uses loaded terms like "junk food" - which is effectively meaningless. He appears to ignore the "organic" junk food sold in health food stores - and says that "a company would make very little money telling people to not eat junk food" - but some of these companies are making a fortune on just that! I have struggled most of my adult life with being overweight. This led to a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. I was told it was not reversible so to be honest, I didn’t really try. I had a high stress job and other life cares and just figured I’d be okay if I took the meds that were offered.

Lies My Doctor Told Me Ken Berry, MD | Proper Human Diet

The Truth: Cholesterol is essential for all animal life. Almost every single cell in your body produces it. Your body also uses cholesterol as the framework molecule to make vitamin D and all of your sex hormones. Yes, I agree there were a couple spelling or grammer errors in his book, but it does not harm the message in the least. I don't know of a single book I have read where there wasn't at least a couple errors, so for the people that gave less stars for that, I gave FULL stars for the message. I don't think a couple the the's deserved a star loss because the information in this book is very eye opening. The Truth: Fiber is undigestible plant matter that passes through you unchanged. When controlled studies are done on the topics of constipation, diverticulosis, and colon cancer, adding more fiber to a diet has no effect whatsoever on the outcome of the diet. In providing support for his claim the author repeatedly uses "whole wheat" interchangeably with "whole grains," which is confusing and somewhat conflates the argument. Wheat is just one type of grain that we consume today that has recently received a lot of attention thanks to gluten, a protein contained in wheat that some people should probably avoid.I'm a little more cautions when he begins to claim HRT is 100% fine for women in menopause. There's aren't good studies that show HRT is any more of a link to breast cancer and heart disease. One has to take into account sugar and cigarettes. It depends upon the type of hormones used--were they organically the same as human hormones--then they're safe, after all women had them coursing through their bodies for decades prior to menopause. I think that if I had been under the care of a doctor like this one, I would be in better health. I literally cried while reading about hormones, and weight loss. Dr. Ken D. Berry is a board-certified family physician. He was recently accepted as a fellow in the American Academy of Family Medicine. Dr. Berry’s practice focuses on preventing and treating chronic diseases caused by the Standard American Diet, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. He empowers patients with information to help them navigate this “upside-down circus that is modern medicine.” What’s Inside I'm not quite sure I'm going to get 100% on that bandwagon. Not everything in nature is healthy for you. What about the sun's radiation? What about the correlation of skin cancer and Australians--surely the Australians don't eat the unhealthiest diet in the world but they DO have high incidents of skin cancer. The introduction having a section titled "Where are the Works Cited?" and stating "To take charge of your health, you need to learn how to research health topics on your own" screams to me that everything this guy is spouting is complete bull****.