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...and diabetes 2 are major causes of the modern diseases. And both are easily avoided.
Damn, I could have easily avoided diabetes? Why didn't I think of that? Here I am, weighing 119 pounds and eating good healthy food all my life and then boom diabetes type 2 hits me, but I could have ducked, I guess? And the diabetes genes that I got from my mother and grandmother, I could have ducked them too? Well, I'll be. Thanks so much for pointing this out to me.
You must be the best doctor in the world, having so many advanced degrees in medicine, doing research, and lecturing at universities, and all that. Oh wait...
If you tell people these diseases are a natural result of aging, and/or because of genetics, then WHY would they bother improving their lifestyle?
If you tell them the drugs are good for them, are harmless and healthy, then WHY would they be afraid to take them? WHY would they go to all the trouble of exercising, if it would not prevent the diseases?
If you tell people these diseases are a natural result of aging, and/or because of genetics, then WHY would they bother improving their lifestyle?
If you tell them the drugs are good for them, are harmless and healthy, then WHY would they be afraid to take them? WHY would they go to all the trouble of exercising, if it would not prevent the diseases?
The fact is that atherosclerosis starts at an early age. Lifestyle changes can slow it for some, not all people.
Just ask any internist or family medicine doctor what percentage of people advised to stop smoking or lose weight or exercise actually do it.
It seems logical that if a doctor tells you to do those things, you do it. The harsh truth is that many will not. Lifestyle changes are recommended for everyone with lipid abnormalities, whether they have a genetic condition or not.
Prescription of any drug needs to include a discussion of benefits and risks. You wish to highlight the risks and discount the benefits of statins. The experts who have developed guidelines for statin treatment consider both.
The fact is that atherosclerosis starts at an early age. Lifestyle changes can slow it for some, not all people.
Just ask any internist or family medicine doctor what percentage of people advised to stop smoking or lose weight or exercise actually do it.
It seems logical that if a doctor tells you to do those things, you do it. The harsh truth is that many will not. Lifestyle changes are recommended for everyone with lipid abnormalities, whether they have a genetic condition or not.
Prescription of any drug needs to include a discussion of benefits and risks. You wish to highlight the risks and discount the benefits of statins. The experts who have developed guidelines for statin treatment consider both.
If patients understood that these diseases are almost entirely caused by the western industrial lifestyle (which is the truth), they would take the lifestyle advice much more seriously.
If they are told the diseases are inevitable, and can only be slowed by lifestyle improvements, they will take the advice less seriously.
If they are told the drugs are safe and side effects are rare (which is not true), they will be happy to take the drugs.
If they are told the drugs are highly effective (which is not true) they will trust the drugs and be less careful about lifestyle.
I do not think people are stupid. I think they are often ignorant and gullible and misinformed. When they know the facts, they can make good decisions.
I do not think people are stupid. I think they are often ignorant and gullible and misinformed. When they know the facts, they can make good decisions.
That's an idealistic view of human nature, unfortunately. How many of us have known people who, when advised to stop smoking, continued smoking? I was even told of someone who had lung cancer and kept right on smoking until he died!
Doctors usually do try to convince people to change their lifestyles but there are a lot of people who can't be bothered. If people were willing to change their eating and exercise habits would we see the number of obese people that we see these days?
It also depends upon which doctor you see. Sounds like, from your experiences, you have seen the "bad" kind who just prescribes pills and also the "good" kind who will make sure the person is aware of ways they could take charge of their own health. Many people do want information so that they can make good decisions but it seems like there are a lot of people who would rather take the easy way out. Doctors have to contend with both types.
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