They don't even study nutrition. And they know nothing about fats, because it is not the amount of fat you take in but the type of fat . Most people go to medical school to learn to help people. They don't go there to force drugs into us, cut us open, and make all sorts of money burying their mistakes. Most actually want to heal us and help us.
Doctors are authorities and they believe authorities.
The authorities told them that high cholesterol causes heart disease and so they will do anything for you to lower your cholesterol level. Then there are the drug companies. The pharmaceutical industry is the biggest single supporter of medical schools throughout the world. They determine curriculum and even sponsor the writing of text books. Click here to read Dr Rath's take on the pharmaceutical industry.