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MAHA Myths: Why Nutrition Alone Won’t Save You · Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson

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  >> Dr. Terry Simpson: Before 1800, even those who survived
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  childhood rarely lived past their mid-30s to
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  early 40s. And that was despite eating
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  organically, free from microplastics and
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  artificial dyes. It wasn't kale or root
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  vegetables that boosted human lifespan. It
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  was clean water, vaccines and modern
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  medicine. That's why I cringe when I hear the likes
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  of Mark Hyman say if
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  doctors were trained in nutrition, we could prevent
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  90% of heart disease and type 2
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  diabetes. It sounds
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  inspiring. It's also wrong.
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  Today we'll unpack why, what the evidence really
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  shows, and why public health depends on both
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  nutrition and medicine.
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  I'm Dr. Terry Simpson, your chief medical
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  explanationist, and this is Fork U
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  Fork University, where we make sense of the
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  madness, bust myths, and teach you
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  real food and real medicine.
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  To begin with, I'm actually certified in culinary
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  medicine and follow a Mediterranean diet. I
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  believe in nutrition, but expecting it to work
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  magic alone. That is not reality.
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  The DASH trial dietary approach to stop
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  hypertension showed that eating more fruits
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  and vegetables while cutting sodium lowers
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  blood pressure about as much as taking a single pill.
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  That's great, but if you already have heart
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  disease, diabetes or kidney problems,
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  diet alone won't cure you. You need medicine,
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  too. And here's the perspective Hyman leaves
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  out. Life expectancy didn't soar
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  because we ate clean. It soared because of
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  sanitation, vaccines and modern medical
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  care. Let's talk about a perfect
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  example. Samoa. In 2019,
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  Samoa had a diet health gurus would post
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  on Instagram. Fresh fish,
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  tropical fruit, root vegetables,
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  then measles hit. Two years before, in
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  2017, two infants died after nurses
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  improperly prepared MMR vaccines.
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  Public trust collapsed in vaccinations. The
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  government suspended its vaccination program for nearly 10
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  months, and coverage plummeted to about
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  31%. Into that
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  gap stepped anti vaccine activists.
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  Yes, including RFK Jr
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  spreading misinformation. By
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  October of 2019, measles had ripped through
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  the islands. Over 5,700
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  infections and 83 deaths, mostly
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  in toddlers and infants, in a population of
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  just 200,000. Schools
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  closed, public gatherings were banned. The government
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  ordered unvaccinated households to hang red
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  flags outside so mobile vaccination
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  teams could find them. Only when vaccination
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  rates soared did the outbreak stop.
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  Tahiti's story is familiar. Incredible
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  diet, plenty of fresh local food. But measles
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  still spread. The difference between
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  life and death wasn't the menu. It
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  was the vaccination. Nutrition is
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  important, but against infection, disease,
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  medicine, not mangoes, wins every
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  time. Mark Hyman is a family medical trained
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  physician. He co directed Canyon Ranch's health
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  program, later founding the Cleveland Clinic's center
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  for Functional Medicine. Though that leadership has quietly
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  ended. Functional medicine isn't recognized by the
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  American Board of Medical Specialties. You can get
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  certified if you're a dentist, a nurse, or a
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  chiropractor. Pay the fee, take the six
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  month course, print the certificate. In
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  California, at least, chiropractors can't legally call
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  themselves physicians. But in other states they can
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  and they do. And patients are
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  easily misled. Now Hyman
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  is pushing his Make m America Healthy Again
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  movement, borrowing the RFK Jr
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  playbook, using the language of prevention to sell
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  supplements. Here's the money trail.
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  My Crestor, a statin cost
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  $2.36 for a three month
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  supply. My doctor doesn't profit from prescribing
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  it hymen supplements. 100 bucks for
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  the same time straight into his pocket.
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  Here's some real evidence. Let's talk about the Lion Diet
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  heart study that showed the Mediterranean diet cut the risk
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  of another heart attack by 72% in patients or
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  with established heart disease. But here's the
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  detail Hyman won't tell you. These patients stayed
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  on statins, aspirins and blood pressure
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  medications. The diet complemented
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  medicine. It didn't replace it.
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  The Jupiter trial found that statins reduced
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  Cardiovascular events by 44% in people
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  with a normal, low density lipoprotein. That's the
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  bad cholesterol, but an elevated crp, that's
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  a, uh, form of inflammation. You won't get that from
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  kale or coconut oil. Medications like
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  statins, antihypertensives, and modern
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  diabetic drugs outperform diet alone.
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  In advanced disease, nutrition training
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  is important, but that should start from
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  kindergarten to 12th grade. We
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  doctors are here for absolution, not for
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  repentance. Why? This is personal.
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  You know, my dad had his first heart attack at age 55,
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  and he had to retire because the heart attack was so bad from the University of
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  Alaska. Doctors told him not to expect another
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  20 years. Five years later, statins hit the
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  market. He took them along with his other medications
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  faithfully. He lived independently, wrote a
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  memoir, and outlived, uh, both his primary care doctor
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  and cardiologist. And he died at 98 just
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  a couple of years ago. My dad didn't eat perfectly.
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  There was always a bowl of candy by his chair. He drank
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  a ton of coffee. But it was science, not
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  perfection, that kept him alive and
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  independent for 43 years after
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  his heart attack. Here's the bottom
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  line. Nutrition is essential.
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  Medicine is essential. The best results
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  come when we combine them. Science backed,
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  not supplement hyped. When Hyman says
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  doctors just need more nutritional training to prevent
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  90% of diseases. RA Remember, that's a
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  sound bite. That's not a solution.
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  Check out my blog@yourdoctorsorders.com and
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  forq.com this episode was
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  researched and written by me, Dr. Terry Simpson. And uh, while I am
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  a board certified physician, I am not your
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  physician. If you're on a health journey, please check with
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  your doctor. And a registered dietitian, Not a
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  chiropractor, not an eastern trained shaman who can't
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  prescribe or even pronounce the medications we've discussed.
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  Distribution and audio were handled by my friends at Simpler media
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  and the pod God. Mr. Evo Terra. Have, um,
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  a good week everybody.
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  Hey Evo, what percentage of functional medicine do you
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  think is just functionally profitable?
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  Profits over patience.
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  Every time with those guys. Every time.