I use the words that seem appropriate to me. I address "root causes" in my medical work all the time, and I take exception to the ubiquitous narrative from ND orgs that all I ever do is "mask symptoms". It's propagandistic messaging so I'm going to call it as I see it.
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Replying to @DocMCohen @CaulfieldTim and
I take exception to ANYONE suggesting that all doctors do is "mask symptoms", and I also acknowledge that the current system promotes "masking symptoms" more than prevention. For many reasons. The system is broken, the doctors aren't... Yet. Though many are.
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Replying to @kenjaques @DocMCohen and
2/ I think we need to distinguish between the doctors and the system. We need to support the doctors and fix the system. Let's fix the food system (prevention, root cause) while we're at it.
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Replying to @kenjaques @CaulfieldTim and
Yes, let's fix the food system. And let's acknowledge that poverty plays a major role in diseases that relate to diet (as well as exercise, smoking and alcohol intake). I don't see that the expensive supplement market addresses the fundamental inequities of our food system.
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Replying to @TheSGEM @richelle_bee and
I wrote about supplements a while ago also. Needs to be updated though - new evidence that fish oil isn't even very effective for blood pressure since I wrote thishttps://link.medium.com/uLFITJ5Fp0
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Great stuff. My take: "The vitamin industry rakes in billions of dollars. But science says we're not getting healthier." https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/multivitamin-industry-rakes-billions-dollars-science-says-we-re-not-ncna898191 …
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Replying to @CaulfieldTim @TheSGEM and
Love it, particularly the part about sports supplements. Was amazed at the amount of nonsense in that field when I looked into it
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That's just incorrect. Food fortification - mostly flour and salt - is because less privileged people are often unable to access sufficient healthy foods to get enough of specific nutrients No one is mocking anything, no one is dismissing all supplements
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