My epiphany came when a doctor I had gone to (and trusted) for 25 years put me on a pill that had been around for decades and was considered "very safe and with very few, minor side effects." I developed at least 2 autoimmune diseases
and gallbladder problems from this "safe" drug. And those are just the permanent damages...there were a whole host of other bad side effects that thankfully went away as soon as I stopped the drug. It also destroyed my vision and I will have to have potentially very expensive eye surgery in order to get back to being able to do the things I used to do for a living. Covid was just the icing on the cake in fueling my mistrust.
Of course there is always more when it comes to the medical field. One thing that has surprised me is that there are a group of Australian Drs that run a group called low carb down under. One of the Drs had their license threatened for using low carb to treat diabetes. Insulin resistance is a top killer around the world. Your Dr will tell you to continue eating carbs deathly advice. You continue declining until you either die or get stuck in a nursing home.
Yeah, I think Drs still think the food pyramid is healthy advice. I've done very low carb off and on for a long time and I can tell you everything feels better when I'm low carb. All gastro problems go away and I have more energy. Every time I go off the low carb my blood pressure goes up too.
Yep, and I think it has done a lot of damage to those of us who were forced to follow it for school lunches, or whose well-meaning Moms thought it was scientifically derived. Even now, when we know it is bunk, our metabolisms are permanently slowed from being subjected to it during our formative years. I never had any kind of weight problem until 6th grade, which is coincidentally when the food pyramid came out, and ever since, I have struggled to keep a healthy weight, even though I have mostly cut out carbs since college. Same with my sister.
My epiphany came when a doctor I had gone to (and trusted) for 25 years put me on a pill that had been around for decades and was considered "very safe and with very few, minor side effects." I developed at least 2 autoimmune diseases and gallbladder problems from this "safe" drug. And those are just the permanent damages...there were a whole host of other bad side effects that thankfully went away as soon as I stopped the drug. It also destroyed my vision and I will have to have potentially very expensive eye surgery in order to get back to being able to do the things I used to do for a living. Covid was just the icing on the cake in fueling my mistrust.
Of course there is always more when it comes to the medical field. One thing that has surprised me is that there are a group of Australian Drs that run a group called low carb down under. One of the Drs had their license threatened for using low carb to treat diabetes. Insulin resistance is a top killer around the world. Your Dr will tell you to continue eating carbs deathly advice. You continue declining until you either die or get stuck in a nursing home.
Yeah, I think Drs still think the food pyramid is healthy advice. I've done very low carb off and on for a long time and I can tell you everything feels better when I'm low carb. All gastro problems go away and I have more energy. Every time I go off the low carb my blood pressure goes up too.
It's even worse than not being beneficial. The food pyramid if followed would cause diabetes, organ failure, and heart failure.
Yep, and I think it has done a lot of damage to those of us who were forced to follow it for school lunches, or whose well-meaning Moms thought it was scientifically derived. Even now, when we know it is bunk, our metabolisms are permanently slowed from being subjected to it during our formative years. I never had any kind of weight problem until 6th grade, which is coincidentally when the food pyramid came out, and ever since, I have struggled to keep a healthy weight, even though I have mostly cut out carbs since college. Same with my sister.
Lawsuit time..?
Unfortunately, I was given a generic version of the drug (since it has been around for so long), and they're immune from lawsuits.