“GPs tend to talk too much. We give a lot of advice,” admits Dr Arash Ahmadi from Brisbane’s Racecourse Village Family Practice. That’s because education is one of the biggest parts of a general practitioner’s job, Ahmadi explains. A lot of the work they do is around preventative medicine, which means encouraging patients to adopt the lifestyle modifications that will keep them healthy. So what are the golden rules GPs live by – and advise others to follow? To find out, we asked four doctors for the medical advice they think we could all benefit from. Avoid processed food “I recommend to everybody to stay away from processed food as much as they can, and to eat as fresh as possible,” says Dr Ahmadi. That means avoiding frozen or pre-prepared foods – anything that’s ready-made and just needs to be heated up – as well as things like sausages. “One of the main issues with processed food is the materials they add to the food to keep it fresh or fresh-looking or fresh-tasting – colours, flavours, chemicals,” Ahmadi says. He explains that those additives can cause liver damage and high cholesterol. He advises patients to “delete your UberEats app, try … Continue reading An apple a day? Four general practitioners share the best health advice they follow