tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post397376295303077035..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Once I thought I knew how to advise people how to eat to reduce heart disease risk , Now....james gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-13706533319558445142019-01-25T09:36:36.460-08:002019-01-25T09:36:36.460-08:00We (all people, doctors and not), have to admit ju...We (all people, doctors and not), have to admit just how primitive is the state of human understanding of the most elemental aspects of human health. The “stress ulcer” is a paradigm for much of medical opinion. About 100 percent of physicians were sure that GI ulcers had an emotional basis, and they were all wrong. Such is the case with many things today.<br /><br />I (not a doctor) was convinced by the vitamin D evidence a decade ago. I see a neurologist currently who has told me that he is “big on” vitamin D for his patients, though I declined to take it and he didn’t contest me. Recently another study confirmed (well, double-hinted) that vitamin D levels in the body are regulated by magnesium, and I sent him a copy. I know it won’t change his mind, but he’ll remember when several professional medical associations issue contradictory advisories on the subject. I’m suspicious of any nutritional recommendation that is impossible to meet without supplements from Costco. At least the amount of magnesium found effective is obtainable in an excellent diet. Many people don’t get that amount, of course. The value of magnesium is a lot better established than that of vitamin D.<br /><br />We all have to learn to be skeptical of research, and doctors need to accept that humility is a virtue.Nicolas Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094228433358695581noreply@blogger.com