It's a business, designed to make money, and physicians do not have a financial interest in having patients actually care for themselves and get well on their own. Actually, my experience is that most doctors do a TSH along with T4, but I think he's right in that many doctors simply look at ranges and no longer correlate blood tests with physical findings and patient complaints. Yes, some of the subjects in this book are far from being as clear cut as the doctors use to put it, still that also means it is unclear if that is a lie. In providing support for his claim the author repeatedly uses "whole wheat" interchangeably with "whole grains," which is confusing and somewhat conflates the argument.

Clears so many myths and 'truths' that we have carried for years from older generations and clever marketing. Other than that, good info that encourages us to take back control of our own health and become informed patients and citizens. I work in software, and we understand that best practices are not necessarily universal, but the solution when you find an exception to a best practice is to implement the exception and add it as a valid edge case to the overall knowledge base, and if you see enough of them, to maybe re-evaluate the correctness of the best practice, but not to throw out the entire methodology of establishing best practices.

Ultimately, I think that this doctor in trying to jump outside the box has simply landed in another box, a different box (maybe a slightly better box, maybe not), but a box all the same. If you consider that most early societies were hunter/gatherer, then this makes sense as the hunt would have used up significant energy resources and the high fat content would have quickly recharges that.

He also points out how difficult it can be, as a doctor, to go against any of the conventional medical "wisdom" or practices that permeate the field.This was a super one-sided presentation of the argument that made it sound like these standards are completely useless, which is ironic in a book accusing others of lying. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.