stam – i am not geting involved in the up and back of statistics and studies but I will say two things –
you may have a good point, i never looked into it, but there are, unfortunately, so many holes and fallacies in your proofs and reasons that it makes me doubt the validity of the rest of the info.
also, i have had two parents with cancer, one sister with an auto immune disease, a father on dialysis for years and my husband (yblch”t) has cholesterol and blood pressure numbers that are close to the limits. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR DOCTORS discussed the importance of diet and intake. EVERY ONE. that’s almost two or three doctors for each person (counting up all the specialists). My husband is actually in an exercise regimen that is controlling his blood pressure when he follows it so he can be off medicine. Not one of those doctors had blank stares and every one made the recommendation BEFORE/WITHOUT being asked. This view of medical doctors is highly inaccurate. and if your search for answers outside the medical field came from those poor interactions then you may be interested to know that your experiences are very unusual and not a good indicator for what people are experiencing out there.