Lies My Doctor Told Me Second Edition: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health

Has your doctor lied to you? Eat low-fat and high-carb, including plenty of “healthy” whole grains—does that sound familiar? Perhaps this is what you were told at your last doctor’s appointment or visit with a nutritionist, or perhaps it is something you read online when searching for a healthy diet. And perhaps you’ve been misled. Dr. Ken Berry is here to dispel the myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated by the medical and food industries for decades. This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s bestseller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners. Nutritional therapy is often overlooked in medical school, and the information provided to physicians is often outdated. However, the negative consequences on your health remain the same. Advice to avoid healthy fats and stay out of the sun has been proven to be detrimental to longevity and wreak havoc on your system. In this book, Dr. Berry will enlighten you about nutrition and life choices, their role in our health, and how to begin an educated conversation with your doctor about finding the right path for you. This book will teach you: how doctors are taught to think about nutrition and other preventative health measures, and how they should be thinking how the Food Pyramid and MyPlate came into existence and why they should change the facts about fat intake and heart health the truth about the effects of whole wheat on the human body the role of dairy in your diet the truth about salt—friend or foe? the dangers and benefits of hormone therapy new information about inflammation and how it should be viewed by doctors Come out of the darkness and let Ken Berry be your guide to optimal health and harmony! FOREWORD by Gary Fettke, M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S. (Ortho), F.A.Orth.A. PREFACE 1 Trust in God, Not Your Doctor 2 So What’s Going On Here? 3 The Skinny on Fat 4 Your Bones Deserve Better 5 Is Cholesterol Really Your Enemy? 6 Wheat Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be 7 The Pyramid of Food Lies 8 Exercise Is Great, but It Won’t Help Much with Weight Loss 9 Nuts and Seeds Don’t Cause This Problem 10 Will This Give Men Prostate Cancer? 11 There Is More to Women Than Estrogen 12 Viruses Laugh at Antibiotics 13 Salt of the Earth 14 All Calories Are Not Created Equal 15 Does Too Much Calcium Cause Kidney Stones? 16 Your TSH Is Normal, so Your Thyroid Is Fine 17 If You Don’t Have Rickets, Then Your Vitamin D Is Normal 18 Breast Milk Doesn’t Contain Everything a Newborn Needs? 19 God Made the Sun, and God Made You 20 Fiber Is Necessary for a Healthy Gut 21 Eating Red Meat Causes Cancer 22 You Must Eat Lots of Carbohydrates to Fuel Your Brain 23 Grilling Meat Causes Cancer 24 Eating Processed Meat Causes Cancer 25 Little White Lies 26 Do As I Say, and Do As I Do 27 Dearest Colleagues Epilogue Doctors often base the advice that they give you on little or no research. Prescriptions may be based on a drug ad the doctor saw, or on tainted data he received from a drug company sales rep. Over the years Berry has been researching the medical myths and outright lies that doctors tell their patients. His book is designed to eliminate confusion about the topics, and to encourage open and honest patient-doctor discussions. -- adapted from back cover and preface "For more than ten years, while caring for more than 20,000 patients, Dr. Ken Berry has been researching the medical myths and outright lies that doctors tell their patients. He's been working to eliminate confusion about topics that affect us all--from the foods you should eat to the medications you should take...This book is the resource you need to distinguish the lies from the facts."--Page 4 of cover