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Doctors Don't Know Nutrition |
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
 Do you turn to your physician for dietary advice, expecting the doctor to know all about health-related matters? Believe it or not, physicians might be not the best source of accurate and current information on nutrition. Only about one-fourth of all medical schools in the US require students to take just one nutrition course; less than half provide an elective nutrition course. Students attending these classes receive an average of 20 hours of nutrition instruction m an amount they, themselves, consider inadequate.
However, such doctors as Naturopaths base their perception of health on good nutrition and health of the digestive system. What's more, they teach how you can heal yourself by modifying your diet and provide knowledge on nutrition and supplementation. The greatest benefit of Naturopathic practices is that they try to figure out the cause of the illness and cure it. Medical Doctors and GP's are trained to provide a quick fix for whatever proble you have. Most of the time they will send you home with a box of pills and a whole range of side effects. It doesn't mean that Medical Practitioners are worthless. Indeed, they assist millions and millions of people to overcome their illnesses. They also provide treatment to sicknesses that no other natural miracle can save. It's just that nutrition might not be one of the greatest strengths physicians have in their bank of knowledge. Source: J.A. Schulman, Nutrition education in medical schools: Trends and implications for heath educators, Medical Education Online, www.med-ed-Online.org/ff0000015.htm |
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