The focus of most of these interweb docs is metabolic syndrome which is things like blood pressure, cholesterol levels, diabetes, etc.
It's like a car that runs bad because you put bad gas in it or never change the oil and filters.
You get a patient who is obese, close to diabetes type 2 or has high cholesterol and you put them on drugs to manage it instead of discussing diet.
Most docs will tell the patient they need to lose weight, stop eating crap. But the patients won't do it.
Most people would rather take drugs than stop eating pizza and lots of sugar.
Now, the new weight loss drugs are just another pill to manage obesity instead of changing behaviors.
Changing behavior is hard.
You are correct.
The majority of people would rather take a pill than change their lifestyle.
I've noticed as my parents get older, the Docs push drugs more than lifestyle changes.
My dad confronted his Doc about it, and he said that nobody ever wants to change their diet/lifestyle anymore, so he just asks if they want to change their way of life or take a pill.
They almost always choose the pill.
Then you have my grandma who is 92 years old, has smoked since she was 14.
Has been taking Celebrex for almost 20 years for joint pain.
People say this should have killed her by now.
Takes 20+ pills a day for over 25 years.
She will be lucky to make 110.
