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As a clear example of the level of misinformation that persists among doctors, a 2015 Credit Suisse Foundation report found that 40% of nutritionists and 70% of
by simonsarris 5y ago
As a clear example of the level of misinformation that persists among doctors, a 2015 Credit Suisse Foundation report found that 40% of nutritionists and 70% of general practitioners falsely believed eating cholesterol-rich food raises blood levels of cholesterol. This is despite it being proven otherwise over 35 years ago and repeatedly re-proven.
https://www.credit-suisse.com/media/assets/corporate/docs/about-us/research/publications/csri-fat-the-new-health-paradigm.pdf https://www.credit-suisse.com/media/assets/corporate/docs/ab...
You shouldn't believe randos on social media, but doctors are not some magically well informed class. Many of them are persistently misinformed and fail to update their priors.