Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health [Updated and Expanded Edition] 9781628603781, 162860378X

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Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health [Updated and Expanded Edition]
 9781628603781, 162860378X

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Table of contents :
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

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