A poor diet now out ranks smoking as the leading cause of death on the planet, as well specifically in the United States.

In the U.S., the number one killer of Americans is the American diet.

So if diet is humanity's number one killer, then obviously it's the number one thing

taught in medical school, right?

Sadly, medical students around the world are poorly trained in nutrition.

It's not that medical students aren't interested in learning about it.

Medical schools just aren't teaching it.

Without a solid foundation of clinical nutrition knowledge and skills,

physicians worldwide are generally not equipped to even begin

to have an informed conversation about nutrition with their patients.

How bad is it?

One study assessing the clinical nutrition knowledge of medical doctors found the majority

got 70% of the questions wrong, and there were multiple choice questions,

so they should have gotten about a fifth right just by chance.

And the wrong answers were not limited to difficult or demanding questions.

For example, less than half.

Could guess how many calories are in fat, carbs, and protein.

Only one in ten knew the recommended protein intake, and only about one in three knew what a healthy BMI was.

I mean, this is like super basic nutrition knowledge. And what's worse, not only did the

majority of medical doctors get a failing grade, but 30 percent of those who failed had a high

self-perception of their clinical nutrition expertise, meaning not only were

they clueless about nutrition, they were also clueless that they were clueless about nutrition,

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