When I went to medical school and I began learning how to do bypass surgery to treat heart

disease, you know, we cut people out when we bypass their clogged arteries, the doctors

were tell people they were cured, and then they'd often go home and do all the things

that had led to the problem in the first place.

And we were literally bypassing the problem rather than treating the cause, like mopping

up the floor around a sink that's overflowing without also turning off the faucet.

Well, hello there!

And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.

Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck.

Carol, thanks so much for taking the time to give the show a listen, a download, a view

wherever it is that you are, as always, we appreciate the fact that you are here.

We are coming off an extraordinary three days at the International Conference on Nutrition

in Medicine.

It was so great to see so many familiar faces and to make a ton of new friends.

And to each and every one of the Exam Room listeners who took the time to come up and say,

hi, talking about Brenda, I'm talking about Tammy, I'm talking about so many others, I

cannot tell each one of you how much I enjoyed speaking with you.

You guys are just amazing!

And man, did everyone there leave all sorts of pumped up and energized.

The conference, it was three days of hope, inspiration, and most importantly, life-saving

information.

About a thousand doctors, medical students, nurses, dietitians, and people who simply

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