If you are feeling great why are you sitting in some doctor’s waiting room? why are you getting screenings when you are asymptomatic? I cut all that out. Trying to convince doctors that PPLP is the way to go is like trying to convince your family of origin of the same thing. You will make no headway. Why are you spending the money??

robyn

I understand the comments above. Despite losing 100 lbs and almost doubling my HDL, the RN still suggested I get statins to bring my overall cholesterol level down.

I told her, I’ve done everything drug-free thus far. I’m not about to start taking them now!

Unbelievable! 

The Pirahã take short naps of 15 minutes to two hours through the day and night, and rarely sleep through the night. They often go hungry, not for want of food, but from a desire to be tigisái (hard).

Interesting.  Must be tough little buggers. 

“Doc, I don’t have time to ________; just give me a prescription.”

“But all you have to do to improve your health is cut out the refined carbohydrates.”

“I’ll be fine; just give me a pill.”

Noboby has more money than Big Pharma and the insurance industry. It’s just Big Crap.

Well said!

Wait a minute. If an ounce of prevention is 10 cents, and a pound of cure is 10 cents, wouldn’t that make the cure cheaper?

Hmmm… Do you work as an economist for the government?

Cheers–

MRE 

It seems that some physicians do not understand the relationship between proper nutrition/exercise and good health. Sadly, they are not interested in educating themselves about it, either.

Thank you, Mike for your generosity in giving us the tools with which to improve our health!

Judy

Hi Judy–

Arrrggggghhh, indeed.  Your numbers are a ‘bit too high’ so Doc wants to put you on meds that you’ll have to stay on the rest of your life.  Unbelievable.

Glad you didn’t take the bait.

Cheers–

MRE 

By the way, does it make me a bad person for laughing at that poor dog?

Speaking of statins, my cholesterol was 203 (can’t remember the HDL and the LDL’s, but my trigicerides were good) and my doc wanted to put me on Lipitor. I’m 24 years old (Don’t act like it though).

I love him to death (I’ve been his patient for about 10 years, and he supports low-carbing, so he’s a keeper for the most part) but I flatly told him statins were evil death pills.

He suppressed a laugh, but disagreed.

All the best,

Lyndsey

Hi Lyndsey–

I can’t believe any doc would want to put a 24 year old person on any drug that is supposed to be taken for life for a cholesterol level of 203.  There is enough variation in lab technique to make that 203 a 189 or comparable at another lab – or a 210 at yet a different lab.  Unbelievable!

The problem is that all doctors are worried about getting sued, and, consequently, they all try to follow the guidelines because as long as they do, they can’t be accused of not following the community standards.

Cheers–

MRE 

Interesting article in the Guardian today – 1.5 m wrongly told they risk heart disease

Misdiagnosis has led to massive over-prescribing of drugs – BMJ study

Of course this is also costing our NHS – and therefore the taxpayer – billions.

Hi Chris–

A really interesting article; thanks for sending it.  Just another reason we don’t want an NHS here, but I fear the lure of ‘free’ medical care is going to overcome the rational side of the voter.  We’ll probably ultimately be there ourselves.

Cheers–

MRE 

Welcome to the world of the busy physician.  I can’t tell you how many patients doctors see who don’t want to make any changes, they just want a pill.

Cheers–

MRE 

Dave

Or maybe: Buy This Book or We’ll Kill This Kitten.

Cheers–

MRE