TC--you're preaching to the choir, here. I agree doctors SHOULD know
everything about nutrition. But, they dont. I agree that nutrition IS
the basis for health----but, regardless of that....they dont.
Western medicine isnt based upon promoting health---it's based upon
curing sickness, once health fails. In real life and to you and me, "An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", but western medicine is
not based upon that principle.
Eastern medicne, on the other hand is ALL about maintaining health and
preventing disease, thru nutrition, balance, herbs to improve the immune
system so that nobody gets sick, in the first place. Illness is seen as
an indicator of an imbalance and gently treated to restore natural
balance.
Western medicine sees illness as an ememy that must be beaten to the
ground with force---bombarded with chemicals and destroyed, forced out.
If you limit your search for a western doc to only those who have deep
knowledge of nutrition, you'll be looking for a LONG time.
100% of doctors know the names and dosage of the current top 10
chemicals to treat cancer. Maybe one of 100 knows that broccoli sprouts
eaten daily will prevent most forms of cancer and brave is the lone doc
who will actualy suggest it t his patients.
That's the way it is.
I worked for a Rheumatologist inN Y a long time back who treated many
patients with severe psoriasis, which can kill you if 60-70% of the body
is affected. From his father, a concentration camp survivor, he learned
that Jews in concentration camps who came in with psoriasis got "cured"
in the camps. Dr.S . figured it must be related to what they ate---or
more likely, what they DID NOT eat, namely red meat.
So, he put 12 of his most severely affected patients in the hospital for
three weeks and the only protein they received was white turkey meat. In
three weeks, all were vastly improved and continued to avoid red meat
after their hosputal stay and got even better.
Delighted with the results of his 'turkey cure" for psoriasis, Dr.S
wrote his findings and published them.,....to the general scorn and
amusement of the medical community.
"For God's sake, Harry", said his colleague, a fellow rheumatologist,
"Cant you just treat 'em with corticosteroids, like everybody else?"
Sad story---true story.
LassChance
Re: can't do atkins anymore 🙁
Group: alt.support.diet.low-carb Date: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 1:47pm (EDT-3)
From: [email hidden]
Lass Chance_2 wrote:
Cammie---about 'eggs and meat and cheese raising cholesterol". Say you
eat two fried eggs, two slices of bacon, two slices of toast and some
hashbrowns. The carbs in the hashbrowns and bread are much easier and
quicker to burn than the bacon and eggs. So, your body burns the carbs
and stores the fat---including lining your blood vessels with it.
Cholesterol goes up.
But when you dont eat the toast or potatoes....your body HAS to use the
fat and protein as today's fuel---it has nothing TO 'store". It, along
with some of your already stored fat gets burned for today's
energy---cholesterol goes down.
So....in reality, it isnt the eggs, cheese and meat that makes
cholesterol go up.....it's the presence of the carbs you ate along with
it. The carbs got burned...and the fat got stored.
Not knowing this doesnt make your doctor a bad doctor. As I said,
nutrition isnt stressed in medical school beyond teaching them the old
food pyramid, LOL, and the diseases that come from lack of this or that
nutriant.
I beg to differ. A doctor who does not know the basics of nutrition is a
bad doctor. A doctor who practices knowing that he does not know even
the basics of nutrition is a dangerous greedy fool.
Nutrition is the absolute basic and fundamental foundation for good
health. Health does not come in a pill bottle or on a surgeons table. It
comes from nutritious food. Without good nutrition, it doesn't matter
how many doctors treat you, you will still be sick. With good nutrition,
you will only need a doctor for setting bone breaks and sutures.
A doctor who does not know his nutrition inside and out should be
retired. It is up to the health care consumer to avoid these ignorant
jackasses and go to a naturopath or nutrition-based health-care provider
who knows what real good health is about.
TC
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