Dr. Steven Gundry - 8 minutes - Is This Enough For Healthcare?

Name: Dr. Steven Gundry - 8 minutes - Is This Enough For Healthcare?
Uploaded: 2024-08-05T13:15:01+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this brief dialogue, Speaker A highlights systemic issues in modern clinical practice: physicians in the United States typically have only eight…

5 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A highlights systemic issues in modern clinical practice: physicians in the United States typically have only eight minutes per patient, most of which is spent on prescription renewals, leaving little time to stay current with the latest research. Academically, this results in a lag of roughly twenty years between cutting‑edge findings and everyday practice. Speaker A also reflects on his own evolution, noting that two decades ago he would have dismissed "leaky gut" as pseudoscience. Speaker B counters that the default medical stance is one of doubt, criticism, and shaming, urging a more open‑minded approach that involves reviewing research, considering patient testimonies, and weighing new perspectives. The exchange underscores a tension between entrenched skepticism and the need for clinicians to engage with emerging ideas and real‑world outcomes.

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Sadly, the average practicing physician is about 20 years behind current research. A doctor here in the United States has about 8 minutes per patient. And that 8 minutes is basically spent renewing prescriptions. And they, they really sadly don't, don't have the time and sometimes the interest to, to catch up. And again, so much of this area, if, if you had asked me, I've been doing this this part of my life for 25 years now. And if you had asked me 20 years ago what I thought about leaky gut, I probably would have told you it was pseudoscience.
And that's the sad truth of it is the default is doubt and criticism and quackery and shaming versus saying, interesting perspective. Let me also spend time and look at the research as well and dig into it and see what's there. And then obviously you're working with patients. So you have real life testimonials of actually people whose lives you've helped and changed as well. Right.