Dr Ally Jaffee: The Junior Doctor on why GPs don't understand how nutrition helps health and how patients are suffering

When was the last time you went to your doctor with a chronic health problem, such as high blood pressure, depression or weight gain? And what was the outcome?



Alongside your prescription to tackle the most severe complications of the condition, were you give any dietary advice to help ease your symptoms?

What about any positive lifestyle changes that may put you back in control of your physical and mental health?

All too often a visit to the GP ends in packets of pills and little else, depriving millions of patients of the proactive nutrition and health-living advice that could transform how they feel with very little cost, time and effort.



Even if you haven’t experienced this yourself, Dr Ally Jaffee, an NHS Junior Doctor, explains to Unfiltered that many GPs lack a deep understanding of how dietary and lifestyle changes ...