How I learn
By questions and answers, always respectfully
I hope no one actually experienced a tornado over the weekend. Yes in Southern New Jersey we were getting tornado warnings in April and supposedly one touched down in Cinnaminson. If this keeps up perhaps I move to Kansas……… But then again, there is no place like home, there is no place like home.
Now for the topic of today.
I still use Twitter a whole bunch to correspond, discuss and debate health issues. While Twitter can be a cesspool at times, it also brings out the most opinionated of the opinionated. So it’s sometimes kind of fun to engage in dialogue. I like to ask questions of other professionals as to how they developed their viewpoints. I actually learn quite a bit from these discussions, both what to look into, and what not to believe. I like people to be able to back up their reasoning before I believe much of what they say.
So today I will put here a few of the recent conversations I was involved in, and perhaps you can tell me in the comments section if any of them are of interest, and perhaps they can be a topic of a future Common Sense Health and Wellness substack.
#1 was a discussion on LDL cholesterol being a cause of heart disease.
My response:
I’ve looked at so many LDL is causal papers, but in real life practice I don’t see it.
LDL is reactive to diet and lifestyle and is just doing the jobs it is intended for.
Fix the diet and lifestyle, lower insulin resistance, balance the hormones and gut, and enjoy your life.
Pharmaceutical lowering of a diet and lifestyle marker has minimal effect in real practice.
My opinion. You are allowed yours.
Let’s chat again about this in 5-10 years.
#2 Someone asked:
What lipoprotein genotype/variant would you bank on for exceptional longevity?
In layman's terms, “Is there a gene you would want to live longer?”
My response to the list of 4 genes he asked about:
None.
They all probably had some mortality benefit at some point in the past.
Perhaps we should try and match the diet and environment to the genes instead of saying one is better or worse than another?
Can you believe the twitter person then called me a “Buzzkill”?
#3 Someone posted:
WHO Now Says Covid Vaccines Not Recommended For Healthy Kids & Teens - LewRockwell US
recommendations are harmful, wrong…once again. Yet, CDC remains slow to pivot to correct mistakes even when the rest of the world finally sees the truth.
My response:
Now they say this, after millions were injected???
#4- Last one, I promise
The US is projected to face a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033. A major contributing factor is the residency budget cap, which limits the number of federally funded residency positions since 1997. With an increasing demand for healthcare services, it's time to revisit this outdated policy and invest in the future of #medicine #healthcare
My response:
I don’t see the shortage esp as people seek out other hc professionals as the traditional system keeps devolving.
Allopathic med professionals are playing by decades old rules that no longer make sense today.
So what do you think?
Am I off base on any of my responses?
What am I missing?
Remember I learn as much from you as you hopefully do from me.
Let me end today’s Common Sense Health and Wellness substack post, by thanking everyone for reading, answering the poll question and commenting on the recent April 1, 2023 substack, entitled, “An Opportunity”
While the poll is still open it appears like just about 3/4 of those who responded think I should accept the position of Editor of the new “Journal of the F-cking Obvious”.
Thank you for believing in me.
Thank you for knowing that journal works with my strengths.
I only wish it was a real journal and not something someone would publish only on the first day of April every year.
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When the environment can change your gene expression, the gene testing results aren't necessarily worth much, except maybe to eugenicists, I'm surprised more people don't know this by now. The twit's use of the word buzzkill is telling though and reminds me of a certain "needle in every arm" campaign.. Is 23 and Me offering them free cheeseburgers and fries in exchange for their DNA or something?