Lifestyle changes are often more effective in reducing the rates of heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and premature death than almost any other medical intervention.
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Of course, to advise patients about nutrition they first have to educate themselves, as it is unlikely they received formal nutrition education in medical training:
Doctors Know Less Than They Think About Nutrition (
Medical School Nutrition Training (
Medical Associations Oppose Bill to Mandate Nutrition Training (
For more on the power of healthy living, see:
Lifestyle Medicine: Treating the Causes of Disease (
Convincing Doctors to Embrace Lifestyle Medicine (
What Diet Should Physician’s Recommend? (
Eliminating 90% of Heart Disease Risk (
The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (
Why Prevention is Worth a Ton of Cure (
How Many Meet the Simple Seven? (
Never Too Late to Start Eating Healthier (
Physicians May Be Missing Their Most Important Tool (
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