Two of your readers - Lawrence McSwain and Carolyn Lineback - have accused me of inaccuracy and a personal attack on Dr. Georges Dahr in my March 21 letter to the Cape Gazette in which I comment on Dahr's article "Know the Basics to Prevent Heart Disease."
McSwain's nitpicking misinformation does not merit my response nor does Lineback's baseless claim that I impugned her husband's cardiologist. Both of their letters appear in the March 28 Cape Gazette.
The larger issue here is the medical profession's inexcusable failure to inform patients about the harm resulting from the consumption of animal-based foods. Unfortunately, most medical doctors lack credible nutritional training and do not invest sufficient time in the demanding study necessary to overcome this deficiency.
In the classes I teach, I tell people what doctors do not.
My question remains. Has cardiologist Dr. Dahr read the data? If not, he should not attempt to dispense nutritional advice.
"There are two kinds of cardiologists: Vegans and those who haven't read the data." - Kim Williams, M.D., past president of the American College of Cardiology.
Dorothy Greet
certified in plant-based nutrition
Lewes
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