Glad to hear the reinforcement of working towards better "real life lifestyle" choices....whole foods, sleep, movement, community, creativity, gratitude. I hate the way children and young people have been targeted to eat/drink junk. That's why I am in the movement to help. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this. As someone who recently completed an accredited holistic wellness training program and has taken a turn into lifestyle-based approaches to good health, I am frightened for the well-being of world citizens given the heavy commercialism of the medical institutions, pharmaceuticals, food production and even the herbal/supplement industries. There is a decided lack of clear and useable information that is digestible by the average person. And when you factor in the lack of scientific training and sheer lack of will to research and understand, it sometimes feels like the general population is destined to collapse into insulin resistance, toxic overload and earlier onset of cancer. At the end of the day, it is nice to be reminded that much of that is driven by life-style choices and is within our power to command. If only we can find the will to do so.
I applaud Dr. Lufkin for having the courage to speak out on this issue in his book, and thank you, Ari, for the interview! I was personally intrigued by rapamycin (I too have been to Easter Island) as I find it fascinating that our health can be largely controlled by consuming a healthy diet including fruits and vegetables (the Farmacy), and that so many medicines also come from nature. That said, while in grad school for community health education, the biggest challenge I encountered was how to affect change in others. What exactly does it take to get another person to want to take responsibility for their health and well-being, to change? I love the expression, "Being healthy is hard; being unhealthy is hard. Choose your hard." Why can't we see that we're making a lot of drug companies, hospitals, and medical device manufacturers rich, and our quality of life is getting poorer?
A number of years ago we were talking with a statistician. He came out with the statement that the only true statistics are independent statistics. In other words there is nothing else that could be effecting the outcome. Statins are a good example. For a statical benifit from statins to be true it has to be from people who make no other changes. How many people who are prescribed statins because of a perceived risk make no other changes. Don't change their diet at all, don't get any more exercise, don't start taking blood pressure meds or blood thinners, no new meds for anything, don't stop or cut back on smoking and drinking, don't do anything to reduce stress, even just getting a new hobby, nothing like that at all? People who do none of these things are the only people who can be legitimately included in statistics showing statins are a benifit.
So, I agree that taking statins isn´t the best solution, lifestyle is. My problem with this discussion, is that Dr. Lufkin only talks about keto-diet as a way to straighten up your metabolic dysfunction. I mean there are other ways, and that might be better in the long run. For some people, especially if not loosing weight on their low-carb diet, they tend to become insulin resistant after a while. I think there are several solutions, and know you probably agree on this, Ari. "Smart carbs" and lots of colorful plantfood for the fiber and polyphenols is a good solution. And as you said here, cut out the garbage and eat whole foods:)
Great discussion gentleman. I do wonder however would the good doctor actually want a blood transfusion, or a transfusion sans the biow3apon spike protein?!🤔
Glad to hear the reinforcement of working towards better "real life lifestyle" choices....whole foods, sleep, movement, community, creativity, gratitude. I hate the way children and young people have been targeted to eat/drink junk. That's why I am in the movement to help. Thank you!
Super conversation, much appreciated.
Thanks for the appreciation!
EXCELLENT. Thank you, both of you.
Thank you!! :)
Thanks so much for this. As someone who recently completed an accredited holistic wellness training program and has taken a turn into lifestyle-based approaches to good health, I am frightened for the well-being of world citizens given the heavy commercialism of the medical institutions, pharmaceuticals, food production and even the herbal/supplement industries. There is a decided lack of clear and useable information that is digestible by the average person. And when you factor in the lack of scientific training and sheer lack of will to research and understand, it sometimes feels like the general population is destined to collapse into insulin resistance, toxic overload and earlier onset of cancer. At the end of the day, it is nice to be reminded that much of that is driven by life-style choices and is within our power to command. If only we can find the will to do so.
Thanks for speaking up! Absolutely sickening
Ari, thank you for challenging the shift toward discussion of Rapamycin. I too was sorry to hear the conversation head that way.
I applaud Dr. Lufkin for having the courage to speak out on this issue in his book, and thank you, Ari, for the interview! I was personally intrigued by rapamycin (I too have been to Easter Island) as I find it fascinating that our health can be largely controlled by consuming a healthy diet including fruits and vegetables (the Farmacy), and that so many medicines also come from nature. That said, while in grad school for community health education, the biggest challenge I encountered was how to affect change in others. What exactly does it take to get another person to want to take responsibility for their health and well-being, to change? I love the expression, "Being healthy is hard; being unhealthy is hard. Choose your hard." Why can't we see that we're making a lot of drug companies, hospitals, and medical device manufacturers rich, and our quality of life is getting poorer?
Amen!
Excellent podcast! So impressed that I have now bought the book
The manipulation of research is obscene and so dangerous. Supression of the effectivemess of herbal homeopathic medicine and lifestyle factors.
A number of years ago we were talking with a statistician. He came out with the statement that the only true statistics are independent statistics. In other words there is nothing else that could be effecting the outcome. Statins are a good example. For a statical benifit from statins to be true it has to be from people who make no other changes. How many people who are prescribed statins because of a perceived risk make no other changes. Don't change their diet at all, don't get any more exercise, don't start taking blood pressure meds or blood thinners, no new meds for anything, don't stop or cut back on smoking and drinking, don't do anything to reduce stress, even just getting a new hobby, nothing like that at all? People who do none of these things are the only people who can be legitimately included in statistics showing statins are a benifit.
True.
So, I agree that taking statins isn´t the best solution, lifestyle is. My problem with this discussion, is that Dr. Lufkin only talks about keto-diet as a way to straighten up your metabolic dysfunction. I mean there are other ways, and that might be better in the long run. For some people, especially if not loosing weight on their low-carb diet, they tend to become insulin resistant after a while. I think there are several solutions, and know you probably agree on this, Ari. "Smart carbs" and lots of colorful plantfood for the fiber and polyphenols is a good solution. And as you said here, cut out the garbage and eat whole foods:)
Agreed, Dr. Gunhild!
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Great discussion gentleman. I do wonder however would the good doctor actually want a blood transfusion, or a transfusion sans the biow3apon spike protein?!🤔