lost_in_life_34 t1_iydm188 wrote
I'm old enough to remember when most of the current prescription drugs didn't exist. lots of stuff wrong with healthcare from doctors running it like a business for maximum revenue to insurance companies requiring too much documentation that adds to cost.
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but in the end modern health care is essentially most people going to the doctor who does some tests and tells them they weigh too much or whatever is wrong with the bloodwork or some autoimmune issue and instead of changing lifestyle people simply take the prescriptions and continue to do what they do that made them sick
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I have family whom I've seen start on blood pressure meds then gain weight and she ignored everyone telling her to lose weight and change lifestyle and then went to statins and now full type 2 diabetes and seems to not want to change a single thing except to keep on taking drugs and insulin. another friend i had did some new drug therapy for IBS or something like that. I looked it up and it turned out to be expensive cancer drugs being used for digestive inflammation issues. told him to maybe try dietary changes and he didn't want to hear and told me how eating whatever is supposed to make you feel bad and it's completely normal. meanwhile he thinks he's cured by taking drugs that almost destroy your immune system
spicymemesdotcom t1_iyduoua wrote
Some of your post is spot on, some is quackery lol.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iye0ied wrote
there is a bunch of health info on YouTube with real doctors and research scientists talking about their research, data, etc. you can google it and NIH has free access to some studies or there will be some journal or sciency website that will have a summary. but lots of real research now about anti-inflammatory foods and the health benefits.
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I got into it almost a decade ago after Tom Brady's book came out and everyone saying he was crazy but lots of real science about this stuff now
CobraCommander t1_iye3cob wrote
The burden of evidence falls on you, not us. Telling us to "google" it, or to search the NIHs website is insufficient and beneath real dialogue; you are making a statement/claim you believe is backed up by fact. OK. Provide the corroborating evidence. We'll wait.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iye58w7 wrote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V02z9mqTWzg&t=94s
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I don't watch the channel this much it's a medical doctor interviewing scientists and other doctors. this guy doesn't do low carb research but it's essentially eat low carb diet.
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NCQ3E5sAAAAJ
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listened to an interview with the above who said he advocates low carb and dairy free for everyone. never read his papers but there they are
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bunch of other channels i listen to. some are functional medicine people, another one is a celebrity nutritionist, another is used to be in pharmaceuticals and now runs a health oriented business and youtube channel. there is a research convention in australia and they publish the presentations on youtube.
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last year I listened to some UK doctor who was doing personal diabetes research and talked about his findings before he published them. he was looking to catch T2D years before the normal glucose tests came out elevated
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best part of 21st century is free access to all this information in ELI5 format
jersey_girl660 t1_iyea7g5 wrote
Yes eating healthy foods can make a tremendous difference in quality of life. That does not mean it’s a cure all- because it’s not.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iyebsdr wrote
there is also this thing called sleep and exercise
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some of the earliest studies about Alzheimer's I can remember are correlations between little sleep and developing Alzheimer's.
spicymemesdotcom t1_iye3znt wrote
I went to medical school so I know how to ‘do my own research’.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iye5s6b wrote
congratulations
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I've gone to doctors for decades and have never received decent advice and in my 40's I'm finally in my best health after listening to doctors other than the ones i went to
spicymemesdotcom t1_iyegudy wrote
Tom Brady, MD.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iyej3vv wrote
yep, either listen to the people pushing a pill for every little thing or the guy who's going to be playing in the NFL at 50 and is healthier than 99% of all the athletes and former athletes out there
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just like i listen to a chiropractor from Georgia who's a former Olympic athlete, almost 60 years old and looks better than people half his age. I actually get a mainstream medical channel in my feed sometimes and this guy is probably 45 or so and has this hanging chin and trying to tell people what to do
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or I watch the former fat guy who reversed diabetes and is now a weightlifter and quotes a bunch of studies on his channel.
spicymemesdotcom t1_iyeo1x5 wrote
You seem to be confusing being in good health with knowing about medicine.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iyersws wrote
I'll remember that next time I watch someone who's a university researcher discussing the details of cholesterol and why the high cholesterol is bad is BS or a cardiologist talking how he got his patients off of statins
spicymemesdotcom t1_iyeuwlu wrote
I think you should live your life as you please without doctors.
lost_in_life_34 t1_iyewf58 wrote
another good part of the 21st century is you can go get a blood test on your own if you pay for it. advanced lipid profile too
jersey_girl660 t1_iyea3gx wrote
I’m sorry but your friend likely had IBD not Ibs. Dietary changes are not going to cure autoimmune diseases.
Stop giving out unsolicited medical advice when you don’t know the difference between IBS and IBD.
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