Surgeon Robert Whitfield MD explains why he doesn't trust dietary supplements in surgical practice. Unlike traditional surgical dogma, he doesn't stop patients from taking them before surgery, basing his approach on professional judgment rather than fear.
So, you know, I have got this thing where I'm like, I don't want you to throw away anybody's supplements. I know you spent good money on them. I'm just going to tell you this. I don't trust them. So you're not going to use them when you're working with me? Because I don't stop supplementation to operate on patients. And I'll say it again, I don't stop supplementation to operate on patients, which was a dictum, a dogma, and surgery forever.
That still is, by the way. Yeah.
Unless they're you. Yeah. We balanced them out on purpose. So I don't. You. You can't. I guess you haven't said this. You can't approach things from fear or scarcity or, Or. Or whatever. Right. You either. You either know what you're doing or you don't. You either say, hey, I don't want you to take anything, because I don't trust it. Which is fair, right?
Absolutely. Very fair. I wish people would say that. That's a very honest answer. And patients are like, I get that, and I appreciate that, and I'll follow your advice. Yeah.
