The top 10 big lies the medical community is telling patients, revealed by a doctor

A California doctor wants people to know that, in his view and experience, the medical community doesn’t always tell patients the truth.Dr.Robert Lufkin, a physician and father of two young children, has been diagnosed with four chronic diseases — the same ones that claimed his father’s life.Inspired by his own medical struggles, Lufkin decided to write a book exposing what he calls “medical lies” that contribute to the risk of chronic disease in the U.S.

– some of which he says he himself once taught as a professor at UCLA and USC.While Lufkin is critical of the medical establishment, he pointed out that he is also still part of it himself.“I’ve written hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and 10 textbooks, and also have the honor and privilege of teaching doctors and other health care professionals, as well as seeing patients,” Lufkin told Fox News Digital during an interview.  His own diagnoses, Lufkin said, “woke him up” to the flaws in the medical system.First, he developed a type of arthritis called gout. “Next, I developed hypertension, which practically half of adults have,” he said.“Unless we address the metabolic cause … the diseases will only continue to get worse and worse.”Then came pre-diabetes, followed by dyslipidemia — “which is sort of abnormal blood lipids.” Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.Please provide a valid email address.

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The doctor noted that he’s actually a “big fan” of Western medicine in general — “I think it’s transformed our lives and made the world a better place,” he said — but that in the 21st century, a “new class of diseases” has posed a challenge.“The diseases were present before, but now they’re exploding,” he said.These include obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, ca...