Local Dr Prescribes PP for Metabolic Syndrome

[Reverie]

Just thought I would post a good news story that my friend's doctor actually diagnosed her husband's metabolic syndrome and told them to get and follow Protein Power!

In the weeks prior to that I knew he was trying to lose weight and then she said he may have to go on high blood pressure medicine. Since I had just read PP I asked if his triglycerides were high too. She didn't know at that time. But today she confirmed he did have high triglycerides and also that his blood sugar was a little high. Gee, after reading PP maybe I could become a doctor. :)

[Shadow]

Hi Reverie and welcome :)! Thank you for sharing the news with us - it is always exciting to hear about positive reactions to this WOE from the medical community :D!

[gator8me]

WOw that is very encouraging! Thanks for sharing that. I just get goosebumps everytime I hear about a Dr. that will backup Protein Power!

Mom and I had lunch with a Nurse friend of hers that has been helping her and dad deal with this whole lung cancer thing. I was explaining PP to her (she wanted to hear that I wasn't on Atkins lol) and she is going to get the book and read it. She said that it sounded like a really good nutritional plan. I think this is why mom has started leaning toward trying to eat more protein. lol... Suz told her that I was right and that she needed to eat MORE protein and that just getting it from veggies wasn't enough for her. :D I am a happy happy camper! lol
Ally

[Shadow]

Oh Ally, that's great :D!

[Bonnie]

Doctors' reaction to PP fascinates me. We started PP because my husband's doctor recommended that he try it. When he started with what was obviously an illness, his doctor wasn't available, so he saw one of his associates. This much younger doctor immediately jumped on the fact that he was on PP and decided that was his problem. Only after he went ballistic and started to walk out, did she look for other causes. I also see a doctor in the same practice, and she is very supportive of PP. We have refused to see the other doctor.

[Mitra]

It's encouraging to find that some doctors are starting to support this WOE. I must admit that on the one occasion I've seen a Dr since starting PP I just said that I ate lots of veggies and was very careful about the fats I eat. I just didn't feel like debating it with them.

[Carri]

My husband's doctor has seen the 35 pounds come off my husband and when he see's the difference in his blood panel I'm sure it will speak volumes about this diet. I blab everything so when results happen there's no arguments. The proof is in the pudding! Some doctors seem to feel so superior to their patients that they are threatened when we actually think for ourselves! :cool:

[protein-girl]

my doctor is also supportive... she didn't recommend PP but LC and the rest is history. She was great. I took PPLP into the surgery and we went through all the tests that are recommended and ordered them. It really helps to have a medico on side.
PG

[Missy]

A year ago, my doctor recommended PP to me, and even had their book on his book shelf in his office. I hopped on his request, bought the book (several of their books), but I just couldn't "commit" to it at the time. The next time I saw him, he asked me if I was following it. I said I hadn't, but that I was "watching" my carbs.....and he quickly said "But, are you COUNTING your carbs!?" ....~nope, I wasn't....lol here I thought I was giving him a satisfactory answer....but I got CAUGHT! lol :eek: oooppsseee! lol

My Dr. is someone I believe in...so I hope I will be able to surprise him with some success in weightloss and improved blood panels when I see him in the fall.

I just thought I'd add my 2 cents.

Lynn

[James L]

We started PP because my husband's doctor recommended that he try it. When he started with what was obviously an illness, his doctor wasn't available, so he saw one of his associates. This much younger doctor immediately jumped on the fact that he was on PP and decided that was his problem. Only after he went ballistic and started to walk out, did she look for other causes.

Tell your husband "Thank You." If enough medical consumers go ballistic, then eventually the message will get back to the medical schools that it is no longer acceptable for a person to receive an M.D. degree while knowing little or nothing about nutrition. Then eventually the medical schools will reform their curricula so that future physicians receive adequate and accurate training in the latest theories, concepts, and research pertaining to nutrition. It can't happen soon enough!

[glendak]

I work as an RN in ICU/PACU and i know of 2 internal medicine specialists who follow the south beach diet faithfully. Low carb diets are respected by many in the medical field!!!
It is appalling at how many people are inflicted with Metabolic Syndrome.....there isn't enough education about this!!! In Texas they screen school kids for nigrican albican (dark, velvety, skin patches in arm pits, base of neck or at joints) which can indicate insulin resistance. An incredible large amount of overweight children in Texas have been found to be inflicted with this skin disorder. More education has to given to kids about eating too many carb-laden foods and high fructose corn syrup!!
Glenda

[LisaS]

I think that is usually called acanthosis nigricans . it is very common with PCOS

[glendak]

Yes Lisa you are right.

[James L]

Low carb diets are respected by many in the medical field!!!
I think that "some" is probably more accurate than "many."

This is from the current "Monthly Feature" link at the American Dietetic Assn Web site:

A new study indicating that 60 percent of medical schools in the United States are not meeting minimum recommendations for their students' nutrition education offers more reasons for consumers to seek food and nutrition advice from the experts: the registered dietitians of the American Dietetic Association.

The study, published in the April issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concludes that "the amount of nutrition education in medical schools remains inadequate" 20 years after a report from the National Academy of Sciences found nutrition education programs in medical schools were "largely inadequate to meet the present and future demands of the medical profession."
More info at: http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/home_8555_ENU_HTML.htm
FWIW

[LisaS]

yes, the ADA RD's say there isn't enough nutrition education in medical school, so refer your patients to us, because we are the experts.

not a problem, unless you question their expertise ... like the ADA recommended diet ...

[James L]

not a problem, unless you question their expertise
That's why I included the FWIW. :)