Good morning. Today, HUNDREDS of cardiologists across America, people who are supposed to be intelligent, will do the following 3 nonsensical things when they round on their hospitalized patients:
1. They will start loads of people over the age of 85 on a high dose STATIN medication. This despite a lack of any compelling evidence in this age group, and significant risk of side effects.
2. They will write in the chart that their patient should be on a “CARDIAC DIET”. This is basically a “low-fat” diet— which includes a huge amount of refined grains and processed foods (which are actually the main driver of cardiovascular disease nowadays).
3. They will obsess over limiting SALT intake and write this in their note. They will barely mention one word about SUGAR intake, which is BY FAR the number one reason for heart disease and underlying inflammation (excess carbohydrates/sugars drive, insulin resistance, and get converted into fatty acids via de novo lipogenesis).
None of the above happens because cardiologists are bad people. I’ve worked with many cardiologists over the years. This silliness happens because doctors basically regurgitate whatever their authority has been telling them for years. Literally like programmed robots. A complete lack of critical thinking, asking the right questions, and wanting to question dogma.
The above may sound harsh, but I assure you, it is 100% true. There is something very broken about medicine and the way that doctors in modern allopathic medicine just follow what is told to them.
Physicians should be independent thinkers and not blindly follow protocol.
The entirety of medicine is in need of a COMPLETE REBUILD from the bottom.
Because if it doesn’t, patients will never get the best care and right advice!
