Anyone here dealing with multiple sclerosis?

July 03, 2018, 10:57 AM

c1steve

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Originally posted by f2:
also, read up on studies looking at ketogenic diets and multiple sclerosis (search link below). many chronic diseases of today are called western diseases, because they started to appear with the advent of agriculture. there are still older cultures who don't eat the SAD diet (standard American diet) and DON'T get cancer, diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease, MS, etc., etc., etc. All of the chronic diseases mentioned are relatively new to our culture, meaning they have recently skyrocketed.

you have to ask the question: who benefits from only treating symptoms, and not curing these diseases?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=...4D0691E008E6AD5C7229

This is very much to the point. Taking meds is an ineffective solution which results in a terrible life and early death. Best to tackle the problem at the source. This is like depriving an enemy force of their food and ammo, if they can be weakened their forces are much easier to battle.

July 31, 2018, 10:47 AM

quote:
Originally posted by c1steve:
quote:
Originally posted by f2:
also, read up on studies looking at ketogenic diets and multiple sclerosis (search link below). many chronic diseases of today are called western diseases, because they started to appear with the advent of agriculture. there are still older cultures who don't eat the SAD diet (standard American diet) and DON'T get cancer, diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease, MS, etc., etc., etc. All of the chronic diseases mentioned are relatively new to our culture, meaning they have recently skyrocketed.

you have to ask the question: who benefits from only treating symptoms, and not curing these diseases?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=...4D0691E008E6AD5C7229
This is very much to the point. Taking meds is an ineffective solution which results in a terrible life and early death. Best to tackle the problem at the source. This is like depriving an enemy force of their food and ammo, if they can be weakened their forces are much easier to battle.

After extensive reading, I've found the drug companies are more than happy that doctors like treating symptoms instead of treating the cause of disease.

BMJ - British Medical Journal

Yes, Europe in many ways is ahead of us in using lifestyle changes to treat chronic disease

[ case in point... NHS green light for Low Carb Program 6-8-2018 ]

“Pills always cause harm”: BMJ editor-in-chief calls for lifestyle changes over medication 7-23-2018

As chronic disease rates increase and the pharmaceutical industry grows in size, are we in danger of believing that popping a pill can solve problems caused by an unhealthy lifestyle?

BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee certainly thinks so. She cites new US guidelines that would label more than half of adults aged over 45 as hypertensive, exploding rates of type 2 diabetes, and a market for drugs for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease of an estimated $1.6bn by 2020, pointing out that all of these conditions could be addressed by adopting healthier lifestyles. She cites a recent review led by a Cambridge University professor finding that:

Whether by calorie or carbohydrate restriction, weight loss has been shown to improve glycaemic control, blood pressure, and lipid profile and is the key to treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes

Fiona Godlee has made a point, since she took up the position of editor-in-chief of The BMJ, of standing up for what she believes in. She has, in the past criticized the corruption of medicine and science by the pharmaceutical industry. She also stood behind a decision to publish a critique of the US dietary guidelines by Nina Teicholz, after a correction was published about one of the references. Godlee has spoken up in the past about the way diabetes is treated, describing the way insulin is “pushed” on to diabetic patients as “a scam”. Now, in the latest edition of the BMJ, an article by Godlee describes the growth of the pharmaceutical industry and the growing number of people to be put on medication as:

An appalling prospect. Pills can’t be the answer to diseases caused by unhealthy living. As well as unsustainable cost for often marginal benefit, they always cause harm. Rather than medicating almost the entire adult population, let’s invest our precious resources in societal and lifestyle change, public health, and prevention.