I tend to look to places like the NIH, Mayo Clinic, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, etc for my information on nutrition and diet. You can find a variety of journal articles at the NIH site from various research including research into what you might call alternative medicine.
If you have any research that backs up the claim that 'alkaline' foods improve health, then I'd like to see it. All I've seen are claims from people who are trying to shill a book, products or even just make themselves look like an expert. Even an athlete who I admire very much once said something about alkaline foods but I figure he is an athlete and I can forgive him for spreading something someone else told him. On the other hand if someone claimed to be a doctor and didn't have research to back it up and then proclaimed alkaline foods, I'd hold them up to a higher standard. They should know better because as far as I've seen, there is no research that would back that up.
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Originally Posted by Unthinkables
Unless someone is a nutritionist, a doctor hardly focuses on nutrition as a cure for anything. Western medicine is based around the idea that germs from the outside make us sick, rather than realize that disease starts within. One must have a breeding ground for most diseases...
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And one thing I'd say is this is due to the medical model, right or wrong. Medicine is about fixing the immediate problem, not looking for the source of the problem. Osteopathic medical doctors are slightly different but I've never had any personal experience with them. Nurse Practitioners are taught under the nursing model which is a more holistic treatment of patients. That is why you see more of them in places like community health and a generally increased number in family care. One reason I generally choose to see a nurse practitioner for my general care and go to specialists when something is beyond that. Dietitians (not nutritionist which isn't a protected label) have extensive education and again are someone who would be helpful for help eating a healthful diet and have a greater understanding of diet and disease. They are all health care professionals though and part of western health care. A medical doctor is just a small part of total health care.
