Lies I Taughtin Medical School

How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Life

Foreword by Jason Fung, MD

What it argues

Each of these is his position, drawn from his own description of the book.

Lufkin’s argument

Chronic diseases share common root causes that the medical system has overlooked for decades.

Lufkin’s argument
Financial incentives, simple human error, and other factors drive the soaring rates of chronic disease.
Lies I Taught in Medical School
Lufkin’s argument
What if everything your doctor learned about chronic disease was wrong?
Lies I Taught in Medical School
His account
He reversed these diseases in himself through lifestyle changes anyone can make.
Lies I Taught in Medical School
Lufkin’s argument
Insulin resistance is the thread connecting diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer’s — the argument he sets out under the heading “Metabolic Syndrome: The Silent Killer?”
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Lufkin’s argument
Alzheimer’s is better understood as “type 3 diabetes” — a brain-metabolism problem.
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Lufkin’s argument
Cancer’s root is better located in metabolic dysfunction than in DNA damage alone.
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Lufkin’s argument
What he taught about cholesterol and heart disease — including the case for statins — is among the teaching he now challenges.
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Making the case, on stage.

If you are struggling with your weight, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or any other condition linked to metabolism, this book is a must read.”
Christopher Palmer, MD, Harvard Medical School
Standard of care medicine is outdated, often barbaric, and based on recent revelations, in some cases simply made up.”
Dale E. Bredesen, MD, New York Times bestselling author
Dr. Lufkin exposes the outdated truths in medicine with courage and clarity. This book is essential for anyone seeking to take control of their health journey.”
Josh Duhamel, Actor

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