One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body it is starvation of the soul the dweller in the body.
I tried the paleo diet which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very very little - if you're on the verge of starvation you will live a very long time whether or not you want to of course.
Death by starvation is slow.
Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.