Doctors Aren't Always Right

There have been many times in our history that doctors did things wrong and nobody questioned it for a long time. And then when people started questioning it, they were ignored because they didn’t want to change and didn’t want to admit they were wrong.

One example is doctors not washing their hands before treating patients. Before they knew what bacteria was they didn’t realize they were spreading diseases and illnesses by not washing their hands. It took a long time to transition into washing and therefore saving lives.

Another example is bloodletting. They used to think that would cure diseases by balancing bodily fluids. (Ick!) Many people got sick and even died because of this practice because it wasn’t good for the body to lose all that blood.

One of our modern issues is the fear of fat. In the 1950s Ancel Keys decided that fat was causing heart problems so he started a whole campaign to get people to lower their fat intake. Instead of making people healthier we now have an epidemic on our hands of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and so many other diseases. Things that were NOT happening at this rate before the low-fat phase was started.

Fat is not bad for us. Unhealthy carbs and sugar are bad for us. Processed food is bad for us. When they started taking the fat out of food, they had to replace it with something else and that something else was carbs, sugar, and a lot of unhealthy chemicals. (This is why keto works. It involves eating REAL food - not fake food made in a lab - and it involves eating plenty of fats, moderate protein, very little carbs, and no sugary foods.)

And if you think going to the doctor and talking about your health in regards to weight issues is the way to go - you might want to think again. Did you know only 28% of medical schools have a formal nutrition curriculum? And medical students receive on average only 19.6 hours of nutrition instruction during their four years of medical school. That’s about .27% of their time spent in class.**

Considering a LOT of our health issues are caused by poor nutrition and choosing foods that are highly processed, full of sugar, and heavy carbs...is it any wonder that we aren’t getting any help from the medical industry? They don’t have the nutrition advice to give us because they never learned it. Many are still telling us to cut fat out of our diets and load up on grains - two things you shouldn’t be doing.

I could climb on a soapbox and go on and on but my main point is this - please educate yourself and take time to learn about food and how it works in your body. I have read tons of books since we started living a keto lifestyle and I’m constantly amazed at what I’m learning. And sadly I’m not amazed in a good way. I’ve learned how things have worked with the medical field, pharmaceutical companies, and our government over the last 50-60 years or so and it isn’t pretty. They just don’t have our best interest in mind - it’s mostly just business.

So do yourself a favor and really dive in and study things and you’ll have a much better chance of improving your health.

**I’ve read this same information in many books but these specific stats are from “Metabolical” by Robert M. Lustig, MD