Posted: Dec 19, 2014 2:01 pm
Goldenmane wrote:I don't see how it's a good post, either.
No. I gave it the benefit of the doubt by saying "not bad". But I'm not sure what the point is. Proper nutritiion and exercise are good for you? Stop the presses!
Of course, the point could be to simply disparage "mainstream medicine" and thereby, thru implication, support homeopathy and other forms of "alternative medicine" quackery. But, like I said, benefit of the doubt.
Weaver wrote:The claim that physicians do not discuss proper diet and nutrition with their patients suffering obesity, diabetes, CHF, renal failure, etc is simply not accurate. Such discussions are part and parcel of care from the primary level up to the acute care specialist.
I am also an EMT and a nurse. I see that nutritional specialists come to visit such patients on a nearly daily basis when hospitalized. I know my primary care physicians always discuss diet and nutrition with me on every visit.
Similarly, at the psychiatric hospital at which I work, we've set up an entire clinic devoted to addressing dietary and other issues increasing risk of diabetes and obesity, since these conditions have proven to be so prevalent in our patients.