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Originally Posted by Tiny
I think I finally beat RX at his own game, satire nobody can understand. Joel Wallach, a veterinarian, coined "Dead Doctors Don't Lie," the idea being that if you followed your doctor's advice you'd end up dead. Which, at some point, is absolutely true!
Wallach promoted his brand of nutritional supplements, based on his experience as a vet. He was wildly popular on my father's side of the family, who were all farmers and ranchers. Two of my aunts actually went to see him in person.
Wallach wanted people to take massive quantities of his supplements. I probably would follow his advice if I had a business extracting mother's milk or raising humans to slaughter and sell the meat. But otherwise I'd far prefer a medical doctor's advice.
My two aunts who were big Wallach fans lived into their early 90's, and an uncle who also was until his late 80's. So who knows. Maybe the vets are better than the doctors!
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Actually the vets understand a lot more than people realize. Especially drugs, side effects, and nutrition. Farmers/ranchers control diets and understand how important nutrition really for health.
While vets don't always know exact things that human medical doctors know, they can tell when a doc is not being honest. Funny thing is a medical doctor changes their attitude just by knowing you farm and deal with life science issues.