tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post7628298749236541498..comments2023-05-14T10:37:22.333-05:00Comments on tess's paleo journey: get ready for the push-backtesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-23763340731824507702015-07-25T08:48:06.469-05:002015-07-25T08:48:06.469-05:00thank you! and a happy weekend to you two, as wel...thank you! and a happy weekend to you two, as well! :-) the time really IS flying, isn't it?tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-26143600938578018012015-07-24T13:03:44.114-05:002015-07-24T13:03:44.114-05:00Hi Tess - this is completely off topic ... I'm...Hi Tess - this is completely off topic ... I'm just stopping by to wish you a Happy Weekend. Where these weeks go I just don't know!<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-6883714323881503022015-07-20T13:01:36.730-05:002015-07-20T13:01:36.730-05:00I can only imagine the horror of a conventionally-...I can only imagine the horror of a conventionally-practicing physician, when s/he learns how much harm the "company policy" has done through them telling their patients the wrong things in trustingly good conscience....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-89819523639951007842015-07-20T12:58:42.188-05:002015-07-20T12:58:42.188-05:00YES, indeed, to all those points! :-) Inertia IS...YES, indeed, to all those points! :-) Inertia IS obviously the biggest deterrent to progress in this world....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-66853668617568972552015-07-20T09:22:41.486-05:002015-07-20T09:22:41.486-05:00Well, what it takes is time to listen and read and...Well, what it takes is time to listen and read and a lot of docs won't make time for that. You also, have to be able to admit that your training was mistaken or outdated in some way...that scares people.Larcanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109743909244156390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-42115085752307070102015-07-19T14:01:00.545-05:002015-07-19T14:01:00.545-05:00Same with stomach ulcers. The doctors who suspecte...Same with stomach ulcers. The doctors who suspected that ulcers weren't caused by stress or spicy food, but bacteria, were shouted down. Finally, one of them drank a solution full of H. pylori bacteria to prove his point. <br /><br />Resisting change--especially a sea change like we're seeing now--isn't peculiar to doctors. Warren Buffett calls it the institutional imperative: do what everybody else in your industry is doing, even if it means running your business into the ground. <br /><br />Some bright person is going to come up with a new business model for treating patients. Maybe finding a reliable lab and getting a volume discount there, using modern protocols like LC, reduced carb and occasional fasting and taking only those patients who at least try to comply, having support groups available for the kind of people who need a companion to go to the bathroom, open weekends and evenings, communicates by text and email, and so on. The person who does this and franchises it will do to traditional will do to traditional clinics what Sam Walton did to Sears.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-62451312351385961832015-07-19T11:31:05.163-05:002015-07-19T11:31:05.163-05:00Anyone here ever heard of a man called Ignacio Pon...Anyone here ever heard of a man called Ignacio Ponseti ? thought not. Let me tell you about this genius. He devised a method of correcting club foot in children. His idea was to use manipulation and plaster casts to correct club foot. All around him were naysayers from the medical establishment, surgery was the only way they said and Ponseti was wrong. Well Ponesti was right, very right ! Let's move forward a bit.<br /><br />From Wiki.<br /><br />Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus) affects almost 150,000 children annually. Almost 80% of these children live in developing nations. Dr Ponseti's technique is painless, fast, cost-effective and successful in almost 100% of all congenital clubfoot cases. The Ponseti method is endorsed and supported by World Health Organization[3][4] National Institutes of Health,[5] American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons,[6] Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America,[7] European Pediatric Orthopedic Society,[8] CURE,[9] STEPS Charity UK,[10] STEPS Charity South Africa,[11] A Leg to Stand On (India)[12] and others.<br /><br />At the 2007 International Clubfoot Symposium attended by 200 doctors from 44 countries, papers were presented for an estimated 10,000 children successfully treated with the technique around the world in the past few years.<br /><br />The Ponseti International Association for the Advancement of Clubfoot Treatment was founded in 2006 at the University of Iowa. The Ponseti International Association aims to improve the treatment of children born with clubfoot through education, research and improved access to care.<br /><br />Now here is the $64,000 question, when did the great man come up with this idea ?<br /><br />Again from Wiki.<br /><br />The Ponseti method is a manipulative technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery. It was developed by Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA in the 1950s, and was repopularized in 2000 by Dr. John Herzenberg in the USA and Europe and in Africa by NHS surgeon Steve Mannion. It is a standard[1] for the treatment of club foot.<br /><br />How many years will it take the medics to realise, treating type two diabetes with a high carb diet and a bag of drugs is not the way to go ? 20, 30, 40, 50 years.<br /><br />Just a thought.Lowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-61352482211083838222015-07-19T10:42:04.333-05:002015-07-19T10:42:04.333-05:00Even just to confirm a surprising "official&q...Even just to confirm a surprising "official" lab test, i think this stuff has value.... To self-assure that a diet/lifestyle-change is progressing in the right direction -- so many applications could be useful! Sure, it could be mis-used too -- but isn't that the case in a lot of circumstances already? <br /><br />:-) Why oh why are all health-professionals not like you two? It has been reassuring to become acquainted even in the slightest way, with the quality thinkers (and doers) such as are on my blog-list. I've had doctors at both ends of the spectrum, when it comes to denseness and sharpness, compassion and self-centeredness, all the things that can go wrong in a business relationship.... The fact that there are Kendricks out there willing to go out on a professional limb to call BS on the Sir Rory Statins of this world is highly reassuring! Thanks to all of you put on the good fight!tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-48187549372912843312015-07-19T10:24:05.847-05:002015-07-19T10:24:05.847-05:00[nodding] ...every point, highly reasonable! I ha...[nodding] ...every point, highly reasonable! I have no way to judge how reliable this kind of testing is, compared to the industry standard, but it would have to measure up. On the other hand, i hear there is some very shoddy lab-work going on out there, too (the last "real" job i had was as a laboratory technician, and i've seen it)....<br /><br />I'm delighted that 23andMe-type testing has become a starting-point in helping to diagnose sick children! What awful lives those poor little things must lead. :-( I always wonder how hard they could have been to conceive, and what kind of pre-natal environments they had? tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-57328350511474819982015-07-18T12:41:00.354-05:002015-07-18T12:41:00.354-05:00I'm in agreement with Karen, I'd like to r...I'm in agreement with Karen, I'd like to run my own diagnostics, since I'm healthy all I need is a surveillance now and then. You can already oder some test without a Dx/Rx from your doc...this may free up time. If someone wants to spend their own money on tests go for it. Some are quite pricey. I did 23andme and it is helpful to rule out certain things I wasn't sure I was at risk for. Larcanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109743909244156390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221767529759848946.post-10831285504709880792015-07-18T11:42:25.598-05:002015-07-18T11:42:25.598-05:00As a licensed and boarded Med Tech- I can see bot...As a licensed and boarded Med Tech- I can see both sides. I'm all for me finding a second career and/or performing or overseeing quality on the 20% of esoteric tests that lab on a chip won't cover (or anytime soon).<br /><br />As long as the quality aspects are there ( false negatives, false positives, interferences, specificity, accuracy, precision, etc), I'm all for it. Bring the lab on a chip concept. Cheaper prices, faster, all for a finger stick. Sure. Accessing JAK2 (cancer geneotype) status from a blood draw rather than a bone marrow biopsy- yes, indeed!<br /><br />I'm not all for having a lab in someones garage, equipment from the bone pile at labs that are out of business, and having unskilled workers running the tests and not participating in proficiency testing, with some oversite. This would happen and does happen without regulation. <br /><br />Even now I can point to my 23nMe results and say "Not likely" or "Yes, lets rule out XYZ" when talking to my doctor. That saves us both time and money. I've heard that many kids under the age of 4 who are very ill get 23nMe genotype tests run so that they can rule things out very quickly and concentrate confirmatory testing. Makes sense for older kids and adults, too- IMO. <br /><br />Interesting article,Tess. Already thinking about my second career. :) And yes, the doctor OZ effects and risk factors do bring people to their doctors. <br /><br />I would love to monitor my own TSH, hs-CRP, and HA1c more often. I have relatives in Phoenix, AZ. Walgreens on every street corner!! The next 10-20 years will be very interesting. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454945489632370863noreply@blogger.com