I went in for a blood test to get a little incentive $ from my employer. Before drawing blood, they checked my blood pressure. They said my blood pressure was high.
Went to see an MD about the high BP. Dr: "I recommend that we put you on meds to reduce BP." I said, nope, I won't be doing that. I had a good friend who had a heart attack, so this was fresh in my mind, which led to my next question: I then asked, would high BP be an indicator of plugged up arteries around my heart? Dr: "Oh yes, that can be associated with high BP". Me: OK, then why don't we do a scan to see if I have plugged up arteries? Dr: "Oh, this would NOT be covered by your health insurance, and it is also expensive!" Me: How expensive? Dr: "It could be as much as $150!" I sat there in utter disbelief. A simple test for a measly $150, that can tell me if I have a possibility of an imminent heart attack, and this young female Dr is telling me that it's "too expensive". And yes, this really did happen!
I got my scan results back and was told that (at 65 years old) I have ZERO plaque buildup around my heart. That's nice.
Then I got the bill from this useless "doctor". $325. For one half-hour of bad advice, more than double what she considered very expensive. It's like a story from the Twighlight Zone.
Compared to all the headache you would have to go through dealing with insurance you saved a lot of time and money just by paying that stupid doctor cash and you got better results anyway. If you take the insurance out of the way then pay cash you're going to be a lot more likely to get the care you need and the reason the doctor tries to push you to go through the treatment that the insurance covers is because they can bill the insurance way more than what they can bill you and you also get a repeat Customer because the insurance is going to make you go to like 15 different doctors and not a single one of them is going to tell you jack diddly squat. I went to the dentist that the insurance told me to go to for my cavity and my tooth and that son of a b**** tried to get me to have them extract it, I went down the road to the other dentist and paid her about 160 bucks and I got my teeth cleaned and I got my cavities filled and I was also able to get the appointment in a reasonable time as opposed to having to wait 4 months to see the other guy and have him rip my tooth out
I was told that it is much better to keep the tooth as long as possible. Once a tooth is extracted, you have very few options left. The tooth is gone.
After that, the options left become very expensive.
He might have been trying to get you as a repeat client for the more expensive options down the road. I'm thinking shifting teeth due to the extraction....
Ever notice how the first thing they do when you walk into a doctor's office is to check your blood pressure...after you've raced to get there, sat nervously in the waiting room, then are rushed into an exam room?
And, they wonder why your blood pressure is high. Tell them you have "White Coat Syndrome," then ask them to take your blood pressure at the end of the visit.
Voila! You will have much lower blood pressure. Guaranteed.
When my husband and I were trying to conceive, at the specialist's first visit, I was told to put on the paper gown and wait for the DR. Well, when the DR and nurse came into the room, took my blood pressure, the Dr said to me, "Do you know you have high blood pressure?" I told him, Of course my blood pressure would be high. I'm wearing nothing but a paper gown in a room with 2 fully clothed strangers, and you worry my blood pressure is high? You should worry when you have a patient in this kind of situation their blood pressure isn't high!
I'm convinced that healthcare is a multi-layer scam and most people are only wise to the outer most layers (if that)
Make people think that God hasn't given us what we need to be healthy (plants, resources, intelligence, companionship, etc.)
Make people think that decades of study and accreditation are needed to understand health and make health decisions.
Make people think that because health is valuable and hard to understand, caring for your health must be expensive.
Make people think that because they imagine healthcare is expensive, that insurance for healthcare must be necessary.
Make people think that because they imagine healthcare is expensive and that they imagine insurance is needed for exorbitant expenses, that said insurance must also be expensive.
Make people think that only the government could cover something so expensive as health insurance because their income never could.
And that's how you pay $20k a year for "health insurance" that rarely pays on claims, for "healthcare" that just makes you sick and frustrated, and why your doctors and nurses work in very nice buildings and drive very nice cars..
Also ask why so many doctors are not from the U.S. and why there are so many levels between you and the doctor, i.e. nurse, nurse practioner, physician assistant, etc.? In days gone by doctors had a local office, often in their home. Sometimes they had a nurse, often not. The family doctor could do lots of things from exams for school athletics to knowing if you absolutely needed a specialist or not. They could stitch you up, set broken bones, take care of skin ailments, do eye exams and they were good at it. Plus, they'd make house calls if you couldn't get to them.
Compare that to the kind of service you get today. The family doctor was paid a few dollars. They didn't need 5 back office people to process all the insurance claims. They worked with all ages and had good bedside manner. Why? Because they were known and respected in the community. They were on call 24x7 because their patients were their friends. You saw them at church, you knew their family and they knew yours. I miss those days.
Pork rinds are zero carbs (the plain, regular pork rinds). I buy the big bags of pork rinds, put them into my blender to make a "flour" with them and store this "flour" in big container with a measuring cup. I use pork rinds flour in the place of regular flour, almond flour, coconut flour, etc. There are quite a few youtubers that create great low carb/no carb recipes. indigo neli is one person. victoriaketokitchen.net is another good one. Victoria has to be low carb for her health.
Last month, a local grocery store put pork chops on sale for a dollar a pound. I quickly got a few packages, cut them up into nuggets, double battered them with pork rind with asst seasonings coating, egg wash, again pork rinds flour then into the hot lard. Turn over after a few minutes brown other side, drain on paper towels. Season with salt and enjoy. Hubby didn't know he was eating keto!
If we are metabolically healthy, which is accomplished by avoiding toxins, seed oils and carbs. We can avoid or reverse heart disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, etc. Toss in a little sunshine and exercise and never have to worry about the medical system again.
It really is that simple. Most of us though, are addicted to carbs and seed oils and toxins, it is really sad.
You are correct! People need to remember, you didn't get unhealthy in a day, so do not expect your body to become healthy in a day. You will notice changes, some quickly and others very slow. The key is knowing it is a life change, not a diet.
Much of prescription medicine IS the chronic disease. Think about what ailment you have then take a very close look at the side effects related to the medication you are prescribed. In many cases if you give yourself the nourishment your body requires and the sleep it needs to heal, you're better off.
I went in for a blood test to get a little incentive $ from my employer. Before drawing blood, they checked my blood pressure. They said my blood pressure was high.
Went to see an MD about the high BP. Dr: "I recommend that we put you on meds to reduce BP." I said, nope, I won't be doing that. I had a good friend who had a heart attack, so this was fresh in my mind, which led to my next question: I then asked, would high BP be an indicator of plugged up arteries around my heart? Dr: "Oh yes, that can be associated with high BP". Me: OK, then why don't we do a scan to see if I have plugged up arteries? Dr: "Oh, this would NOT be covered by your health insurance, and it is also expensive!" Me: How expensive? Dr: "It could be as much as $150!" I sat there in utter disbelief. A simple test for a measly $150, that can tell me if I have a possibility of an imminent heart attack, and this young female Dr is telling me that it's "too expensive". And yes, this really did happen!
I got my scan results back and was told that (at 65 years old) I have ZERO plaque buildup around my heart. That's nice.
Then I got the bill from this useless "doctor". $325. For one half-hour of bad advice, more than double what she considered very expensive. It's like a story from the Twighlight Zone.
Compared to all the headache you would have to go through dealing with insurance you saved a lot of time and money just by paying that stupid doctor cash and you got better results anyway. If you take the insurance out of the way then pay cash you're going to be a lot more likely to get the care you need and the reason the doctor tries to push you to go through the treatment that the insurance covers is because they can bill the insurance way more than what they can bill you and you also get a repeat Customer because the insurance is going to make you go to like 15 different doctors and not a single one of them is going to tell you jack diddly squat. I went to the dentist that the insurance told me to go to for my cavity and my tooth and that son of a b**** tried to get me to have them extract it, I went down the road to the other dentist and paid her about 160 bucks and I got my teeth cleaned and I got my cavities filled and I was also able to get the appointment in a reasonable time as opposed to having to wait 4 months to see the other guy and have him rip my tooth out
😮 I am glad you found a new dentist.
FYI. I asked about tooth extraction a while back.
I was told that it is much better to keep the tooth as long as possible. Once a tooth is extracted, you have very few options left. The tooth is gone.
After that, the options left become very expensive.
He might have been trying to get you as a repeat client for the more expensive options down the road. I'm thinking shifting teeth due to the extraction....
Own your labs. Online drs and you can pick any test you want and bypass the middleman.
Ever notice how the first thing they do when you walk into a doctor's office is to check your blood pressure...after you've raced to get there, sat nervously in the waiting room, then are rushed into an exam room?
And, they wonder why your blood pressure is high. Tell them you have "White Coat Syndrome," then ask them to take your blood pressure at the end of the visit.
Voila! You will have much lower blood pressure. Guaranteed.
Works every time.
When my husband and I were trying to conceive, at the specialist's first visit, I was told to put on the paper gown and wait for the DR. Well, when the DR and nurse came into the room, took my blood pressure, the Dr said to me, "Do you know you have high blood pressure?" I told him, Of course my blood pressure would be high. I'm wearing nothing but a paper gown in a room with 2 fully clothed strangers, and you worry my blood pressure is high? You should worry when you have a patient in this kind of situation their blood pressure isn't high!
I'm convinced that healthcare is a multi-layer scam and most people are only wise to the outer most layers (if that)
Make people think that God hasn't given us what we need to be healthy (plants, resources, intelligence, companionship, etc.)
Make people think that decades of study and accreditation are needed to understand health and make health decisions.
Make people think that because health is valuable and hard to understand, caring for your health must be expensive.
Make people think that because they imagine healthcare is expensive, that insurance for healthcare must be necessary.
Make people think that because they imagine healthcare is expensive and that they imagine insurance is needed for exorbitant expenses, that said insurance must also be expensive.
Make people think that only the government could cover something so expensive as health insurance because their income never could.
And that's how you pay $20k a year for "health insurance" that rarely pays on claims, for "healthcare" that just makes you sick and frustrated, and why your doctors and nurses work in very nice buildings and drive very nice cars..
Also ask why so many doctors are not from the U.S. and why there are so many levels between you and the doctor, i.e. nurse, nurse practioner, physician assistant, etc.? In days gone by doctors had a local office, often in their home. Sometimes they had a nurse, often not. The family doctor could do lots of things from exams for school athletics to knowing if you absolutely needed a specialist or not. They could stitch you up, set broken bones, take care of skin ailments, do eye exams and they were good at it. Plus, they'd make house calls if you couldn't get to them.
Compare that to the kind of service you get today. The family doctor was paid a few dollars. They didn't need 5 back office people to process all the insurance claims. They worked with all ages and had good bedside manner. Why? Because they were known and respected in the community. They were on call 24x7 because their patients were their friends. You saw them at church, you knew their family and they knew yours. I miss those days.
Top post!
Maybe a booster would help.
Only one booster?
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I'm a diabetic. Tell me about it.
Carnivore diet cures type 2 pretty quick. Most drs say do low carb. My brother is type 2 and can’t seem to quit chicken fried everything.
Type 1, juvenile. I'm not overweight and very fit.
Perhaps your brother can try using crushed pork rinds with seasonings to coat the chicken and fry in olive or avocado oil. You could also use lard.
Wow! That’s a thing? I’ll inform him! Thanks
Pork rinds are zero carbs (the plain, regular pork rinds). I buy the big bags of pork rinds, put them into my blender to make a "flour" with them and store this "flour" in big container with a measuring cup. I use pork rinds flour in the place of regular flour, almond flour, coconut flour, etc. There are quite a few youtubers that create great low carb/no carb recipes. indigo neli is one person. victoriaketokitchen.net is another good one. Victoria has to be low carb for her health.
Last month, a local grocery store put pork chops on sale for a dollar a pound. I quickly got a few packages, cut them up into nuggets, double battered them with pork rind with asst seasonings coating, egg wash, again pork rinds flour then into the hot lard. Turn over after a few minutes brown other side, drain on paper towels. Season with salt and enjoy. Hubby didn't know he was eating keto!
Berberine
I agree, berberine is great.
If we are metabolically healthy, which is accomplished by avoiding toxins, seed oils and carbs. We can avoid or reverse heart disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, etc. Toss in a little sunshine and exercise and never have to worry about the medical system again.
It really is that simple. Most of us though, are addicted to carbs and seed oils and toxins, it is really sad.
You are correct! People need to remember, you didn't get unhealthy in a day, so do not expect your body to become healthy in a day. You will notice changes, some quickly and others very slow. The key is knowing it is a life change, not a diet.
I've never been healthier since I quit taking my asthma meds, vaccines, and general "health advice" from doctors. Been 5 years now.
Much of prescription medicine IS the chronic disease. Think about what ailment you have then take a very close look at the side effects related to the medication you are prescribed. In many cases if you give yourself the nourishment your body requires and the sleep it needs to heal, you're better off.
Why isn’t Fauci on trial instead of Trump?
Crime