I get emails and messages every week from people complaining about their doctor. I get very similar stories each time.
“I want to know nutritional strategies to help my condition but all they do is recommend is a stupid low fat diet.”
“I told them I don’t want medications and all they recommend is drugs.”
“They told me if I don’t get my kid vaccinated, they will kick me out of their office.”
As much as I sympathize with these complaints, it’s not really the doctor’s fault. As the consumer, you have to do some homework about that doctor you are trying to develop a relationship with more than just looking up if they are covered by your insurance.
There’s a lot of doctors that are covered by your insurance that will do you far more harm than help. After all, our healthcare system is the 3rd leading cause of death in our country.
Your insurance has covered everything that hasn’t worked for you so far. What makes you think using your insurance has anything to do with your health outcomes? Your attitude, your diet, your sleep, your physical activity, your environment, your stress levels are all things that get you better. And guess what? None of those are covered by your insurance. No wonder you’re sick. – Dr. Sachin Patel
You don’t go to a Muslim mosque and get pissed because they didn’t talk about Jesus. You don’t watch an R rated movie and get complain because there was too much violence and profanity. So why do you get frustrated stepping into an MDs office and them wanting to prescribe you drugs or give you horrible nutrition and lifestyle advice?
Contradictions lead to destruction. The contradiction at play with these destructions is your health outcomes. We see this pretty evidently with the results of our healthcare system. Lots of access and interventions, not much health production.
If you take anything away from this post, just remember, ‘contradictions lead to destructions.’ To avoid destruction, you have to clear up contradictions. To clear up those contradictions, you need to assess your own philosophy and see if that matches the philosophy of your doctor. If you try and engage this conversation with your doctor and they don’t have time, that probably answers your question.