Is nutrition taught in medical schools? I think that is in question. I go to the doctor to get medical advice. I take into consideration when I decide how I want to handle an illness, but it is not law. Bodies are so different, to slap a cure all on is not always appropriate or necessary. I recently had a big lump in my neck with no symptoms of being sick. I didn't know what it was, someone had brought up cancer and it freaked me out. With one look from my doctor she said it was just a swollen lymph-node and with some antibiotics it would clear right up. I was grateful for her expertise and assurance that it was not a big deal, but I chose not to take the antibiotics because I knew my immune system was strong enough to take care of it. I think Micheal Pollan is just trying to encourage us to do our own thinking rather than taking those who are "practicing" medicine's every directive...pretty genius.
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Is nutrition taught in medical schools? I think that is in question. I go to the doctor to get medical advice. I take into consideration when I decide how I want to handle an illness, but it is not law. Bodies are so different, to slap a cure all on is not always appropriate or necessary. I recently had a big lump in my neck with no symptoms of being sick. I didn't know what it was, someone had brought up cancer and it freaked me out. With one look from my doctor she said it was just a swollen lymph-node and with some antibiotics it would clear right up. I was grateful for her expertise and assurance that it was not a big deal, but I chose not to take the antibiotics because I knew my immune system was strong enough to take care of it. I think Micheal Pollan is just trying to encourage us to do our own thinking rather than taking those who are "practicing" medicine's every directive...pretty genius.
June 17, 2011 - 2:25pmThis Comment
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