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THE WORLD'S OLDEST AND HEALTHIEST DIET

"How come my doctor knows so little about nutrition?"
Good question. It's one that mystifies many who find it hard to believe so many doctors were raised by food-illiterate mothers. A possible explanation is that despite what good eating habits the young would-be M.D. learned at home, he is educated in med school to embrace an anti-nutrition stance.
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that although most (74%) matriculating freshmen rate nutrition important at the outset, few (13%) retain that view after two years of medical schooling. Of the 125 medical schools in the U.S., only 30 have even one required course in nutrition; the average U.S. med student receives a total of 2.5 hours training in nutrition during 4 years of medical school, ^hy are doctors systematically discouraged from considering nutrition significant'
The pharmaceutical industry, which influences med school curriculum (by providing the research funds to support university labs), would rather young docs learn to depend on drugs than natural cures. Once graduated, most doctors receive ongoing medical education via the drug detailmen who visit their offices periodically to provide literature and inform them of medical advances - (translated into English that means an update on their firm's newest FDA-approved drugs) - or if they are avid followers of the medical journals, they'll read 'advertorials' - research reports favoring the very drugs promoted in the periodical's ads.
Nor do physicians smarten up after they've been in practice long enough to think for themselves. As Dr. Jean Mayer, the distinguished medical professor from Harvard University, discovered: "We have just completed a study to find out what the average doctor at Harvard knows about nutrition. What we found is this: the average doctor knows a wee bit more about nutrition than his secretary, unless his secretary has a weight problem, in which case the average secretary knows a wee bit more about nutrition than the average doctor."
If you want to solve your health problems with food, you're on your own. However, no matter how strongly you resolve to 'eat better', you'll have to sift through contradictory advice from a variety of sources. If watching the experts squabble leaves you confused, take heart. There is a treasure trove of reliable dietary philosophy you may have overlooked.
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