More people might be open to changing their diet and lifestyle if they knew how little modern medicine has to offer for combating chronic diseases.
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This is the video I mentioned about how we wildly overestimate the efficacy of pills and procedures as well: The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (
Here’s a link to the live presentation I mentioned: Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death ( That’s about avoiding our deadliest diseases, More Than an Apple a Day ( addresses some of our most common and From Table to Able ( some of our most disabling.
For more background on how scandalous our handwashing history has been, see my Q&A What about Semmelweis and medicine’s shameful handwashing history? ( It’s truly an unbelievable story.
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