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They also will gladly prescribe you statins for life without mentioning that losing your excess 30kg and walking every now and then would likely greatly improve

They also will gladly prescribe you statins for life without mentioning that losing your excess 30kg and walking every now and then would likely greatly improve your cholesterol issues (or even solve them) and improve your general health. You can apply this to pretty much any modern wide spread disease. I think doctors don't even bother because they assume people already do as much as they're willing to do, the problem is that the interests of capitalism are diametrically opposed to your well being so most people start with quite a disadvantage, just look at supermarkets: the alcohol, candies, coke, cakes aisles are all bigger than the healthy food aisle, together they're like 80% of the building

cipheredStones 2y ago
"Doctors won't mention that losing weight and exercising more will make you healthier" is quite a take. I've heard exactly the opposite from any number of people: that if you're overweight at all, many doctors will tell "lose weight and exercise" and then usher you out the door, rather than pay attention to the specifics of your medical problems - sometimes missing serious issues as a result.
- SoftTalker 2y ago
  When they have to turn patients over at the rate of 10 per hour due to the policy of the private equity group that owns their practice, they will be inclined to offer blanket advice that, while actually good and applicable for 80% of people, will tend to miss the edge cases.