I am so excited that I have to share this wth you.
Laura came to us 3 weeks ago and started our nutrition program, The Food Tree.
She had chronic migraines and was in a viscious cycle of rebound headaches from the medications she was having to take every day.
Today she came in and said to me: I dont have headaches, I have energy – what is in those protein supplements I am using? I am not supposed to tolerate chocolate and I am guzzling down the chocolate drink and getting more and more energy. She even brought her husband who said :” Something really has changed.” What has changed is that Ruth is learning to take care of herself. Health, energy and weight are all the result of how you treat your body. Try it yourself, I promise you it works.
Learn more about our program at www.FoodTreeMD.com
http://foodtreemd.com/blog/do-you-suffer-headaches-fatigue-low-energy/
Showing posts with label Heath Problems caused by bad nutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heath Problems caused by bad nutrition. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Limitations of Anti-Obesity Drugs
October 6th, 2010
I could not have said it better myself. I have worked with anti-obesity drugs over the years. Weight loss drugs do not teach anyone anything, they articificially disconnect us from our weight problem, and when we “wake up” after stopping them, we have not changed what drives our weight gain. In the absence of insight and changed behavior, the weight comes back, and then some.
Considering the medical consequences of overweight, one could make a case for giving a patient such a drug (monotherapy) in lieu of numerous others to control the weight-associated chronic conditions. As always, drug safety is key.
Ranveig Elvebakk, MD
http://foodtreemd.com/blog/the-limitations-of-anti-obesity-drugs/
I could not have said it better myself. I have worked with anti-obesity drugs over the years. Weight loss drugs do not teach anyone anything, they articificially disconnect us from our weight problem, and when we “wake up” after stopping them, we have not changed what drives our weight gain. In the absence of insight and changed behavior, the weight comes back, and then some.
Considering the medical consequences of overweight, one could make a case for giving a patient such a drug (monotherapy) in lieu of numerous others to control the weight-associated chronic conditions. As always, drug safety is key.
Ranveig Elvebakk, MD
http://foodtreemd.com/blog/the-limitations-of-anti-obesity-drugs/
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
How Bad Is McDonald's Food?
Did you see this article?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/how-bad-is-mcdonalds-food_b_754814.html
Chronic illness may be triggered by small increments in insulin sugar and. fat.
In our culture, sugar is the mother of all metabolic toxins, inviting a more descriptive name Sugar Eater’s Syndrome.Our sugar-based diet is creating a culture of ill, malnourished Americans including toddlers.
Meanwhile the complex nature of inflammatory illness eludes symptomatic treatment because it will not address the cause Current evidence based approach to all chronic illness is long on cost and short on results. No one gets well. We are caught in a spiral of slow deterioration and the need for ever more medication and procedures and other treatments. The disease mechanisms are so diverse, complex and so profoundly tied to our very biochemical makeup that the idea of any curative medication is an expression of having missed that point.
Chronic illness account for some 75% of the 2.5 trillion dollars spent per year on healthcare in this country. The results of this effort are sadly disproportionate to the effort and the US is behind most industrialized countries in overall health status. We are implementing health care reform, but our current approach is not sustainable because it misses this point.
The remedy for a toxin is not “vegetarianism”, it is its removal of excess sugar and fat, which reverses inflammation and chronic disease. There is a plethora of studies confirming this,leaving us with the imperative to shift our food culture from sugar-based to food-based.
Ranveig Elvebakk, MD http://foodtreemd.com/blog/is-mcdonalds-to-blame-for-the-obesity-epidemic/
http://back2basicnutrition.com/?p=911
http://bionutritionalresearch.olhblogspace.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/how-bad-is-mcdonalds-food_b_754814.html
Chronic illness may be triggered by small increments in insulin sugar and. fat.
In our culture, sugar is the mother of all metabolic toxins, inviting a more descriptive name Sugar Eater’s Syndrome.Our sugar-based diet is creating a culture of ill, malnourished Americans including toddlers.
Meanwhile the complex nature of inflammatory illness eludes symptomatic treatment because it will not address the cause Current evidence based approach to all chronic illness is long on cost and short on results. No one gets well. We are caught in a spiral of slow deterioration and the need for ever more medication and procedures and other treatments. The disease mechanisms are so diverse, complex and so profoundly tied to our very biochemical makeup that the idea of any curative medication is an expression of having missed that point.
Chronic illness account for some 75% of the 2.5 trillion dollars spent per year on healthcare in this country. The results of this effort are sadly disproportionate to the effort and the US is behind most industrialized countries in overall health status. We are implementing health care reform, but our current approach is not sustainable because it misses this point.
The remedy for a toxin is not “vegetarianism”, it is its removal of excess sugar and fat, which reverses inflammation and chronic disease. There is a plethora of studies confirming this,leaving us with the imperative to shift our food culture from sugar-based to food-based.
Ranveig Elvebakk, MD http://foodtreemd.com/blog/is-mcdonalds-to-blame-for-the-obesity-epidemic/
http://back2basicnutrition.com/?p=911
http://bionutritionalresearch.olhblogspace.com/
IMPROVING MEDICINE – WHAT TO DO?
Did you see this one.
While I agree that we need to do this, we are not getting to the real problem. The Center for Disease control just showed us some dismal projections about diabetes.
The goal of drug manufacturers is to have everyone at least taking a measly statin every day. It’s gonna cost. In health and in money.
The real problem is that we don’t understand medicine. Illness does not rain down from above. It is a reaction to stressors in the environment. Until we recognize this and retool medicine to remove the stressors we will only see more of the same. See the CDC’s recent predictions for diabetes
http://foodtreemd.com/blog/251/
http://back2basicnutrition.com/?p=911
http://bionutritionalresearch.olhblogspace.com/
While I agree that we need to do this, we are not getting to the real problem. The Center for Disease control just showed us some dismal projections about diabetes.
The goal of drug manufacturers is to have everyone at least taking a measly statin every day. It’s gonna cost. In health and in money.
The real problem is that we don’t understand medicine. Illness does not rain down from above. It is a reaction to stressors in the environment. Until we recognize this and retool medicine to remove the stressors we will only see more of the same. See the CDC’s recent predictions for diabetes
http://foodtreemd.com/blog/251/
http://back2basicnutrition.com/?p=911
http://bionutritionalresearch.olhblogspace.com/
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