I always wonder if I'll see my doctors when I'm eating out too lol! I think I saw my endo once when I was eating out lol, large mounds slathered with sweet sauce lmao.
One of my pregnancies, my morning sickness was so bad that the only liquid that I could keep down was Diet Mountain Dew. At my 13-week appointment, my doctor asked me how much water I was drinking. I hesitated and looked at him and said "None." He looked shocked and asked, "What are you drinking?" "Diet Mountain Dew." He paused, looked down for a bit, then looked at me and said, "Let's both of us start drinking more water, okay?" I loved that. I still get a kick out of this story.
I had severe morning sickness with my first for 9 months and I didn't gain much weight I survived on frozen caffeine drinks because it was the only thing that stayed down 90% of the time.. my ob was like "well if it's staying down it counts" 🤣 forever my favorite moment during that rough 9 months lol
Its water and is better than not drinking anything, the main issues with soda is its empty calories with no nutritional value apart from the sugar, it can predispose to weight gain and obesity , i recommend everyone who loves soda to drink the diet one which is far better and with almost no calories like water
I’ve felt differently about doctors since I started watching Doctor Mike, I didn’t know there were really doctors who would communicate and help the patient.
True story-may husband’s cardiologist gives his home and cell number to his patients. All of them. He’s been voted “best cardiologist” many times, and very deservingly so! This really blows me away, as I’ve worked in the medical field for over 20 years. I do not know how he gets any peace!
I find it unbelievable too. IRL lifestyle "policing" is not taken well by patients. Somehow they don't want to hear that they need better lifestyle choices. They hope the hospital and the doctor fix everything without them having to change anything.
Yeah I have never talked to a doctor outside of an appointment. How do people do that?? Lol. When I call the office sometimes they’ll allow me to talk to a nurse, other times they just have me schedule an appointment to come in. My mom apparently asks her doctors for their cell numbers and I can’t imagine doing that. I guess if they offered their number, I would put it in my contacts, but it seems like a weird breach of privacy/boundaries to me. I’m an apple that fell far from the tree in that respect, my mom has no sense of personal boundaries. Lol half the time she’s telling me about how she wanted to know the details about her doctor’s divorce or whatever and she’s surprised that they don’t want to talk about it
It's probably because the work hours, demands, and stress of healthcare jobs leave little energy for people to exercise or prepare healthy meals. It can be done, but it ain't easy. Nurses are lucky to get to eat during a 12 hour shift and I'm sure it's the same for other professionals. So when they get home they are going to eat what is quick and satisfying.
Ah, I'm having flashbacks to that time my mom (a nurse) didn't believe my arm was broken but finally agreed to check it so I didn't "embarrass her at the ED with just a sprain." Yeah it was an open fracture, I passed out as soon as I saw bone, the neighbor had to carry me to the car.
Psychologist: It is very important to manage stress before it gets out of hand Also psychologists: These patients send my stress levels through the roof every week
My takeaway from this video is not that doctors should stop making these recommendations - after all, they're important - but that they should acknowledge how challenging following them through can be, to the point they themselves might not be able to do it, at times. It also emphasizes that, besides just telling the patients what they should do, it can really help to talk to them to arrive at more feasible short-term goals, and to find ways of motivating them to do so
But i doubt the doc in this video has a real-life PROBLEM like diabetes. Even the fat docs I knew were savy and had their Blood pressure cholesterol, blood sugar in control. If you have an active PROBLEM and still can’t find motivation, you have bigger problems.
Lmfao even sadder tho, me telling my pts to go to their GP, get a mental health care plan, catch up W their psychologist/psychiatrist-- meanwhile slowly decaying inside as I leave my own mental health by the wayside
haha, most people don't know that the medical professionals LOVE having pizza parties at work (though they tell others to eat better and workout - when they are the ones needing it)!
@@PsychHyperfocus As a doctor (kind of) I wouldn't disagree but won't fully agree with that, I've seen doctors that are really good patients and also some long term patients that kind of become worse with time and about being a hypocrite, well we don't have enough infrastructure for betterment of mental health for doctors, and there's no time left most of the time and energy for us to cook our food, hence we prefer fastfood and sugary foods
@@nihitkhunteta6137 The "doctors are the worst patients" thing comes from us never seeking invasive medical intervention because we know what can go wrong. I'm guilty of it. Personal health and mental health is a whole other can of worms.
Quite a few doctors in online running groups, also a former surgeon I had is a runner too. I'm not a doctor, not even close lol but I'm languishing cause I got wasted on wine trying to sleep cause of my crazy upstairs neighbor. I'm diabetic but shoot out health info while living off pizza bites🤣🤣
It's like parents saying to their kids "No cookies before dinner" and shoving in cookies as fast as you can in the closet or behind the refrigerator door
Chances are patient is on a pill, doctor checking up to them to see if they made changes to their diet to take them off pills. If not, their condition can get worse.
As a primary care physician, I have had a number of patients that would do amazing without their pills if they would apply the advice. I used to give patients a fair three to six months chance to change their lifestyle and if their numbers improved I wouldn't prescribe any pill, just encourage them to continue and monitor it. But nowadays, not one patient actually followed the advice. Not one. And having terrible results can risk my license. Now they get the pills the second the walk in.
@@f.-j.j.5738 i understand. However, some don't really put importance on lifestyle changes. They put the pill as the best option and lifestyle changes as something that can help the pill. It is like they mention it as a side note. I don't have any health problems but when i had acute issues a pill was mention and exercise was a aide note. The same with my son. He was diagnosed with diabetes and that is how it was for him. I had to push and debate why he didn't need an increase in medication. Thankful he is down to one pill and i am thinking he won't need that for long. The way the doctor was going was to have him on 4 pills and insulin. I see your point tho. I would say to mention both things equally.
*** It’s not about telling people what not to eat! *** The changes that stick are small doable changes, gradually. Don’t deprive yourself of the things you love! Moderation is key! Even the guy who’s drinking 3 drinks a day, all he needs to do is cut it down by 1 per day and he’s made it to the CDC recommended max 2 drinks per day!
@@Meskarune This is not medical advice, and it should not supersede anything your doctor has told you, but diabetics are generally allowed to eat carbs in moderation. In fact, there are some diabetics who actually count their carbs and adjust their injectable insulin dose based on how much carbs they eat. But I agree with your point. There are some people who cannot have things in moderation. One example would be people suffering from addiction. Abstinence can be a good strategy, you are correct.
I'm always sceptical of any advice to completely cut out a food group. There are healthy substitutions for pretty much everything, and the substitution strategy means you're less at risk of yoyo or fad dieting
Worked with an MD that used to chain smoke. He always told his patients to not smoke. He also became the county coroner. I can not count on one hand how many times he wrecked his corvette rushing to a scene. Always thought that was odd since they only call the coroner when someone was dead...
We had an OB who used to smoke ( way back in the day when you could smoke in the hospital) and would actually smoke in the labor room! And postpartum moms could request a smoking room, which were usually semi private 😱
So funny! I’m an ACSM certified exercise physiologist, and this is me. Chick-Fil-a is helping me out today. They gave me regular tea instead of the sweet tea I ordered. 😆
I remember when I went to college and my hometown doctor was still seeing me over the summers, he admitted to eating snickers bars and drinking coke (like cola lol!) while he was up at 3 am studying for med school exams 🤣 then he was like careful with the dorm food and get enough rest ;) Like sir …. These are some mixed messages I’m getting here … but he did give me epi-pens for my peanut allergies lol
Eating healthy is the most expensive as well. They make it difficult to eat healthy, especially for people living in the inner city who have no access to gardening space to grown even a little of their own food, and have to walk or drive miles away to get to any sort of grocery store!
I cought my Dad's neurologist smokeing on the edge of the hospital, he was badly hiding behind a parked car. I was surprised and said you smoke, why? He told me he started at 16 and though he's tried to quit his whole life and has had periods where he wasn't smoking he always finds himself giving in and it doesn't matter how much information you know because it's an addiction and he knows unfortunately he has the addiction Gene.
One of the perks of specialized education is knowing how bad you can do something before it becomes a problem, or knowing why certain things effect you or your things but doing them anyways. Chefs who eat frozen pizza and instant noodles. Mechanics who own vehicles on the brink of destruction, medical professionals with bad habits. It all comes together in harmony.
I used to go to a neighborhood clinic that medical students ( from Front Desk to Doctors) learn their practice by accepting patients who had no medical insurance. They also had at least one licensed doctor there with whom they consulted about each case. One day while I was waiting to be seen, a young med student came in carrying several bags of oranges and some bottles of water. They were about to have a meeting in one of the back rooms and he had come out. He stopped to chat with me and asked if I would like to have something, a water or anything. I said no thank you I have my spring water . However, I asked why or what motivated him to bring in all that good stuff. He said that they needed a good breakfast to start the day and agreed that each of them would take turns bringing in a simple nutritious breakfast for everyone before they got started. I thought that was a good idea; let’s hope it holds up. As a massage therapist, it’s difficult to get people who I work on to drink water. They complained that water doesn’t taste good and I said, water has no flavor unless it has been tainted or polluted with something and suggested spring water or water that has been purified by osmosis. We both complimented each other on our efforts to get healthy.
It took two days of me voimting up anything that went down my throat for my resistered nurse mom to finally take me to the hospital. At some point I just stopped mentioning to her if was having any possibly health related problems because I knew I'd be told to just take two panadol/paracetamol and that would be the end of the conversation. Now I just skip the talk and go straight to the pills. Right ankle paining for months now, take two panadol. Random sharp pains in the lower right abdomen, take two panadol (planning to secretly get it checked out after my birthday though, because that was scary🥺). Feeling overwhelmed and maybe near having an anxiety attack, take two panadol drowsy.
My GP preaches I should lose more weight. I've lost around 100. He should talk. He's shorter than me, I'm 5'6 ", and he could stand to lose 20-30lbs...
therapists do the same thing with self care. we tell everyone to do it but ask any therapist what they do for self care and you'll get something generic that they definitely only do like once a month
This is straight facts! My doctor said it wasn't good to drink and my husband and I saw him at the grocery store buying alcohol...oh and apparently a lot doctors chain smoke
This is why many people have issues with drs advice. I know it's easier to give advice than to take it yourself but still makes it hard for many to listen. I eat a better diet than most of the drs I've seen and they admit it and shocked at the foods I rejected that were offered when I was in the hospital. Even being disabled I use small appliances like an electric pressure cooker at home to cook my meals so that I'm controlling what goes into my food not all the ultra-processed junk and poison that's in the foods that most people are eating.
Cut out the grains, carbs, sugar, starches. Increase fat, protein and green vegetables. When keto, my weight stays normal, my hair stops falling out in clumps, my gastroparesis doesn't flare up, no GI issues, gastric hernia no bother from it, less reflux, less pain, no bloating, clear head and no excess hunger. I also have precancerous cells on my oesophagus from the reflux even though I'm not very old. Cancer cells can't live on ketones, so ketosis helps me manage that issue too.
I openly told my doctor I was eating straight garbage during the pandemic, and then my labs were in peak shape. (I run like 40 miles a week though). He was weakly trying to give me the hardsell on vegetables, but all I heard was "all pizza diet is fine".
Yes but it depends on if you’re diabetic, overweight or not. A bit of fast food or a drink here and there should usually be fine. It’s like medicine. You can’t recommend the same thing or doses to all ppl. As well all know, for optimal health you would want to cut those things out completely tho, same for medications if you can reach a point through good diet and exercise to where you don’t need to take them😉.
Reminds me of a doctor I had. He smoked 100+ a day, by his own admission, had pharyngeal cancer from said smoking, but still gave me (who only smoked 10-15 a day) grief about smoking. 🙄 And don't get me started on the obese, perpetually flushed and out of breath doctor who tried to give me shit about my weight! 🤣
Yeah, they sent me home to quarantine for 2 weeks- I didn't even have a THERMOMETER! So much for taking your temperature every day...🙂 what a fully kitted doctor I am- I thought...
Best diet advice is to limit food budget to $30/wk. Immediately cuts all booze, soda,fast food and amps up beans and lentils, meat on clearance, salads on clearance and oatmeal rather than cold cereals. After a few months is easy to cook ,package food and the addiction changes to not wanting to spend money.... good thing when you become disabled by NMD at 58.
@@BoringTroublemaker, LOL, Have you tried? If you eat locally,in season,buy bogo, freeze excess, look for mark downs is easy and healthy. The trick is shop the perimeter of the store, learn how to cook. I got 2 pks of chicken at .53/lb,baby spinach greens 1.37, Bogo pears really ripe, .25/lb organic bananas. This meant 2 salad meals,banana blueberry oatmeal pancakes with yogurt mixed with syrup as topping, banana choc milk shake, banana/blueberry/raspberry/cantalope with marked down cottage cheese with lemon poppyseed muffin on the side. Today will make ginger/pear bread and freeze one...if I can restrain myself. Thing is you MUST be open, observant and creative,disciplined. Doesn't hurt if you know how to keep plants alive, my little yard gives me strawberries, raspberries, sweet cherries, apricots, tomatoes.Decide what you really want, actions will follow.
@@cherylcarlson3315 well, I know how to cook, I cook three meals a day, 7 days a week. I don’t buy expiring old meat - especially poultry - because I’m on immune suppressants after a kidney transplant and don’t have a death wish. I shop at the farmers market and eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables - and because I do, my produce bill is over $50 per week.
@@BoringTroublemaker , You need to have a talk with your rheumatologist and a dietician asap.I am an RN with MG.Meat can be as contaminated on day it was cut as day of markdown. Veg at farmer's market is not necessarily organic but I give you points for eating in season and cooking. If it somehow makes you feel safer spending more , go for it. The truth is grocery store food ethically sourced and markdowns chosen well, handled appropriately are safe and way cheaper.
Why is this so acurate for most all people working in the medical field. Even if it makes their job 500 times harder they just wont take their own advice xD. (Me included I should really work out to get some stamina and eat better if Im going tp complain about all our heavily overweight patients that I then have to carry/wheel around all day while wondering why Im so out of breath so quickly)
Or like us pharmacists: ”It’s important to use this cream 3 times a day for two weeks, even if it gets better sooner.” Me having the same treatment at home: Oh, it worked aready in three days, I can quit now, not bothering to continue anymore. 🤗😳😖😄
