Hi Anonymous_18531,
Welcome and thank you for reaching out to us.
Your intuition is correct, there is definitely a connection.
In the past and until recently, doctors paid no attention to diet in health disorders and receive no dietary information as part of studying to be a doctor (which is unbelievable in my opinion). More recently, however, the studies and science is showing a direct connection with everything. Our diet affects how healthy our microbiome is, which has a huge role in producing hormones and neurotransmitters that keep the mind and body running as it should.
Many doctors are seeing and accepting this whole health approach, which was the foundation of medicine prior to Western medicine's narrow view. Everything we do or don't do, eat or don't eat, even they way we think, effects everything else, emotionally, psychologically, physically and spiritually.
So for the moment, it will depend who you speak to as to whether or not diet is a consideration, but there are some out there, it's a matter of finding them. Perhaps that should be your first question "are you a doctor who considers all areas of health, or do you compartmentalise health".
You will find Naturopaths have always had a whole health approach, same with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and most other practises that have been termed as 'Alternative Medicine' in Western society. Yet these are the ones that should be front and centre, with Western medicine working long side for cases that are more difficult to treat. Our bodies are inundated with chemicals, pollutants, preservatives etc. that we are not equipped to deal with, so it is no surprise that so many are in a bad state of health.
I hope this helps and I am happy to continue this conversation if you wish.
Take good care of yourself,
indigo
