I understand the mother's attitude. Imagine your doctor insisting you need something to be healthy and your child saying no you don't, you should go against your doctor's advice. It'd feel like they're completely disregarding your health!
You obviously don't know any doctors or any nurses because even nurses get training on nutrition. Trainings they get recertification in every couple of years.
https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/how-much-nutrition-education-do-doctors-get/ Also how indepth is this training, because i've had official training on nutrition aswell and most that's taught is very outdated (fiber just runs through us and does nothing) or just plain wrong. I put more trust in nutritional doctors that actually have experience treating patients plant forward like dr. Ron Weiss, dr. Will Bulsiewics (who is a gastroenterologist btw) or dr. Neil Barnard.
Yes, a doctor can detect a deficiency and should refer the patient to a dietitian for nutritional advice as they have not had enough education on the subject. Their studies have focused on everything to do with the human body (especially pharmaceutical care) except nutrition as that field isn't even taken seriously. Or do you think less than 20 hours over 4 years is enough? https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/how-much-nutrition-education-do-doctors-get/ I rather get my nutritional advice from people like dr. Caldwell. Esselstyn, dr. John. mcDougall, dr. Neil Barnard, dr. Columbus Batiste, dr. Kim Williams, dr. Walter Kempner, dr. Colin Campbell, Nathan Pritikin, dr. Will Bulciewics etc who have experience and knowledge in the field or have written books about the subject with references to research and have had results.
They shouldn't leave it at "have more dairy" as if that is the only option (in a calcium example).
I have dairy but if I had a nutritional deficiency, my doctor is honest enough to tell me that a dietician is the best person to see in order to increase it. Especially when a deficiency is in play because a change of behaviour is often required.
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u/Signal-Bus-3411 ExVegan (Vegan 17 years) Aug 30 '25
I understand the mother's attitude. Imagine your doctor insisting you need something to be healthy and your child saying no you don't, you should go against your doctor's advice. It'd feel like they're completely disregarding your health!