With all due respect .... doctors have spent many years in University and Medical School, are very intelligent, and may be experts in their field of choice.
However, for the large majority of them, nutrition and fitness are NOT their areas of expertise. Getting advice from them in these areas is about as useful as getting automobile maintenance advice from a dentist. Doctors will tell you such things as "don't squat below parallel ... it's bad for your knees", and other gems like "you should not press any weight over your head ... it's bad for your shoulders and neck"! For the most part, doctors will prescribe you medications for your aches, pains and illnesses ... they are experts at that!
If you want to know how to eliminate your aches and pains, instead of just masking them with drugs, then you need to learn how to move and treat your body properly, increase your flexibility, and get stronger. We were designed to use our bodies functionally - running, throwing, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, squatting, and generally doing useful things - not sitting on a couch or a shiny machine that makes us move in unnatural ways.
If you want to lessen the symptoms of many of your illnesses, or prevent them in the first place, you need to learn how to eat properly. We were designed to eat natural foods ... what we could hunt and gather ... not processed junk that comes in a box or a plastic bag. We ARE what we eat!
Don't take my word for it. Educate yourself and start changing your exercise and eating habits. There is plenty of proper advice out there, though you may have to sift through a lot of crap too! Think "PALEO". When you start feeling healthy again, you won't need me to convince you of the merits of functional exercise and healthy eating. You'll be the one trying to convince others ....
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This is too true. Especially if you don't have a family doctor and use a walk in clinic. For the most part, these doctors just take an educated guess of what 'may be' wrong with you and perscibe medication to simply mask the symptoms. This doesn't address the real issue. How could this person possibly know you, your lifestyle, etc. The sad part is that I've seen people take the meds, continue bitching that there's something wrong but as long as they didn't feel the pain, the doctor was the answer.
The reality is, you have to take control of your own health. You regulate what goes into your body, you do the reasearch and do the best you can. In complicated cases, all you can do is leave it to the expert.
Thanks Rick, this post a good reminder. I've found that there are no shortcuts in life, no 'diets' that will work and that the results lie outside your comfort zone.
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