[FREE] 🥦🍖 Nutrition: Why I NEVER Listen to Doctors
🔍 There’s a kind of blind reverence for the medical profession — as if wearing a white coat automatically makes someone an expert… even on topics they’ve never studied.
⚠️ The problem isn’t medicine itself.
It’s the silence of medicine on nutrition.
Let’s be clear: I have the utmost respect for doctors when it comes to surgery, emergency care, infectious diseases, longevity (especially bio-identical hormones and peptides) or diagnostics.
But the moment we step into prevention, nutrition, the microbiome, or the complex links between food and inflammation, most doctors are simply not qualified.
And no — this isn’t a personal attack. It’s a systemic failure.
🔎 In the U.S., most medical students receive less than 25 hours of nutrition education over their entire medical school training — and in many schools, it’s optional.
In contrast, a certified nutritionist or naturopath typically completes hundreds of hours focused solely on the science of food, metabolism, and lifestyle medicine.
📚 A 2019 Lancet study confirmed that in over 80% of countries, medical nutrition training is dramatically inadequate.
🎓 And yet… doctors speak with authority on nutrition.
That’s where things get dangerous.
Some physicians — while brilliant in their field — feel comfortable giving strong nutritional advice... which often turns out to be flawed, outdated, or completely unscientific.
Here are just a few real-world examples 👇
🧨 Famous Medical Failures in Nutrition
1. The Era of Hydrogenated Margarine
In the 1980s and 90s, misled by cholesterol panic and industry lobbying, many doctors advised people to replace butter with margarines full of trans fats.
➡️ The result?
Millions of people consumed cardiotoxic substances for decades — now officially classified as dangerous by the WHO.
🧾 Study: Mozaffarian et al. (2006), NEJM – Trans fats significantly increase cardiovascular risk.
📚 PMID: 16540654
2. Milk to Prevent Osteoporosis
For decades, doctors and public health campaigns told postmenopausal women to drink milk to "protect their bones."
➡️ But large studies show milk does not reduce fracture risk — and worse, high milk consumption has been linked to increased overall mortality.
🧾 Study: Michaelsson et al. (2014), BMJ – High milk intake linked to higher fracture risk and mortality.
📚 PMID: 25352269
3. The War on Fat — A Baseless Dogma
For years, doctors demonized all fats — lumping together trans fats, saturated fats, omega-3s, and even cold-pressed oils.
➡️ The result? A boom in low-fat, high-sugar products — which helped fuel the type 2 diabetes and obesity epidemics.
🧾 Study: Siri-Tarino et al. (2010), AJCN – No clear link between saturated fat and heart disease.
📚 PMID: 20071648
🤯 Same Medical Degree, Opposite Advice: Why?
Here’s what’s both fascinating and alarming:
Doctors trained at the same schools or in the same system/country can promote radically different nutritional approaches.
A few examples:
🥦 Dr. Steven Gundry – Creator of the Plant Paradox diet. Warns against certain vegetables high in lectins (like tomatoes and eggplant), claiming they’re inflammatory — even though these foods are staples of the Mediterranean diet, which is one of the most evidence-backed diets for longevity.
🥩 Dr. Gabrielle Lyon – Former military physician. Advocates for high-protein, animal-based nutrition and emphasizes the critical role of muscle mass in aging and longevity.
🍃 Dr. Michael Greger – Author of How Not To Die. Promotes a 100% plant-based diet, rich in fiber and polyphenols, and strictly against any animal products.
🧬 Dr. Paul Saladino – Leading voice of the strict carnivore diet, arguing that plants are unnecessary and full of antinutrients that do more harm than good.
🎓 All are certified doctors. All are published. Yet their recommendations couldn’t be more different.
🧠 Moral of the Story? Do Your Homework.
The degree alone does not guarantee:
Relevance
Expertise in nutrition
Or even internal consistency
What matters most is your ability to:
✅ Research and verify information
✅ Cross-reference sources
✅ Listen to your body
✅ Stay curious, but skeptical
Platforms like ValBiohacker.com exist for exactly that:
To filter, decode, and compare approaches — with no dogma, and a drive to go deeper.
✅ Final Thought: No Doctors, No Gurus — Just Smart Curiosity
Believe no one blindly.
Not your doctor.
Not a bestselling author.
Not even me.
Question everything.
Test, observe, learn.
And never stop asking the real questions.
That’s where true biohacking begins.
Your Coach, Biohacker, and Longevity Expert
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