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“Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications.”
“You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight.”
“You cannot control the primitive urges and hormones that drive your eating behavior.”
“Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the 19th and 20th centuries.”
“We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our children a chance to have happy, healthy successful lives.”
“I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.”
“Tricking your brain into thinking you are getting something sweet plays dirty tricks on your metabolism.”
“The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working.”
“We have to pay close attention to what we see, and be ready to work with the unexpected according to the basic principles of systems biology and medicine.”
“It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics?”
“Our typical Western diet is full of inflammatory fats - saturated fats, trans fats, too many omega-6, inflammatory, processed vegetable oils like soy and corn oils. These increase IGF-1 and stimulate pimple follicles.”
“Calories from protein affect your brain, your appetite control center, so you are more satiated and satisfied.”
“The food industry profits from providing poor quality foods with poor nutritional value that people eat a lot of.”
“Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don't finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts.”
“While pimples are not as simple as too much milk or sugar in your diet, both have a significant impact. Nutritional deficiencies as well as excesses can worsen acne.”
“Placing too much emphasis on a yes/no diagnosis, meaning you either have a disease or you don't, can lead even the most well-meaning physicians to miss underlying causes and early warning signs of illness.”
“Seems you can't outsmart Mother Nature.”
“It seems that for many the cure to acne is at the end of their fork, not in a prescription pad.”
“Stay away from milk. It is nature's perfect food - but only if you are a calf.”
“While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.”