[jasonvorhe]

I've had several doctors, some with a general approach and some more specialized on fitness and nutrition regarding questions about vegan/vegetarian/OMAD/intermittent fasting and I can't remember them being in agreement on anything. Felt like talking with an overly confident LLM more often than I'd like. Might be different in other countries but in Germany I'll just stick with trial and error and be my own doctor until I break a bone or something. Pairing multiple LLMs for these questions brought great results though, as long as you dedicate the time to research and make sure you're not just blindly following instructions you don't understand yourself. My trust in Western medicine has suffered already around 2016-2017 but ever since 2020, it's obvious this system isn't working at all.

[tefkah]

i didn’t take the advice as “ask your doctor whether this is a good idea” (I also doubt the average GP’s ability to say anything useful about nutrition) but more as “keep your doctor in the loop of doing a weird diet and do regular check-ups for obvious markers like cholesterol”

i’d qualify eating 700 eggs as weird enough to warrant keeping your dr in the loop.

[tyleo]

Yeah, that’s more what I meant. My friend actually went to separate doctors and they were all in disagreement about the cause. Some saying, “it can’t be the eggs!”

They all agreed on the high cholesterol though.

[kelipso]

> “keep your doctor in the loop of doing a weird diet and do regular check-ups for obvious markers like cholesterol”

Who the hell actually does this? I find this whole “talk to your doctor about your diet regularly” advice very unrealistic. Are you all just filling out some legal advice so you don’t get sued or something? Lol.

[tyleo]

I know multiple people who do it but I’m kinda in that gym/fitness scene where people really care about different levels of stuff in their blood. Truthfully I think most of it’s BS but really only doctors can run those tests.

My friend in the story did it because he physically felt the impact of the cholesterol. It impacts your hormones. His QoL declined quickly so he went to the doctor to understand why.