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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (18525)	7/26/2010 9:16:06 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) of 42652

I'll be dead before the USDA pyramid gets revised Do they push the pyramid? I'm not even sure; will ask a nutritionist / dietary specialist next time I'll run into one. As for Diabetes, the default is still on weight loss and low glycemic index foods. But weight loss comes first, and if it takes Atkins to get there, so be it. I'm not aware of any real resistance (or any real "establishment" pressures), at least among physicians. That said, I am also aware that often enough docs will go straight for the generally accepted default. The realities are that if a doc decides to recommend Atkins across the board, he better have enough studies to defend himself - in case someone gets a heart attack and decides to blame him.... So, I guess an initial request for a diet which is still considered "unorthodox" has to come from the patient..... that is, until... we get more evidence... :) To turn this around one more time, there is no reason as to why docs can't inform patients about the existence of such different schools of thought. In fact, imo, they should.

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