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Tardigrade's avatar

Meanwhile, just got this helpful email from Dr Oz at Medicare:

“🥦 Eat a heart-healthy diet. Load up on veggies, fruits, whole grains, and lean proteins, like poultry, seafood, beans and nuts. Cut down on salt, saturated fat, and alcohol.”

Someone please save us from celebrity doctors.

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Suzie Lee's avatar

Their model (CICO) doesn’t work, but they can’t see past their model, so instead blame the patients for not following the model, and are now drugging them into following the model, thus (in their eyes) proving the model, and establishing the drugs as best practice.

At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it actually sends chills down my spine. What a mess.

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Al Bellenchia's avatar

Same as it ever was, apparently. So frustrating…I’m currently “disagreeing” with my Dr over approach to metabolic issues and he will not consider anything outside of accepted protocols.

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BK's avatar

This all makes sense as I read it (I am in no way a professional on health/nutrition). But I do have to wonder, if CICO is baseless, how do the GLP-1 drugs work so well when it comes to weight loss? I'd appreciate any insight you might have on that, Gary.

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BK's avatar

Thanks

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Gary Taubes's avatar

Keep in mind, though, I'm speculating. I'd get into this issue in more detail, and I will in future posts, but I'm on the road at the moment and not fully caffeinated. More cogent thoughts in future weeks.

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David Newman's avatar

Excellent, dead-on assessment of medical culture and the zombie approach to accepting thought paradigms without seeing, much less examining, the evidence for their validity. Well done, sir.

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Kel Feind's avatar

Another great post. I love the anecdote about the Columbia researchers. having gone to Columbia Medical School myself (class of 83) I can assure you that you are right about groupthink and intellectual blinders. If someone wanted to, could the deuterium experiments be repeated? In people?

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Some_Rando_Internist's avatar

Gary: Would love to speak with you about my clinical experience treating obesity. Please contact me, if you would like to talk: rcooney@peacehealth.org. Thanks!

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Gary Taubes's avatar

I'd be happy to hear more, but reach out to me through my website.

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