Thanks for the response.
Yes, the bioavailability of nutrients when consuming plants, especially minerals, proteins, and fat soluble vitamins, are lacking in comparison to animal products no matter how much they try to say otherwise. The only way a vegan is going to avoid eventually becoming malnourished is by supplementation. The majority do not supplement beyond B12. Just taking some B12 is not going to cut it. Supplementation is a whole other discussion in itself regarding quality and effectiveness - they are not all created equal. Of course there are always outliers that do not seem to have issues, but they are in the minority.
As a clinician I was in a unique position to do comparisons between patient cohorts. Some of my background was in research. What I saw in my practice among my vegan patients caught my attention - especially considering this was a population focused so much on trying to be healthy. The athletically inclined raw vegans were the worst. These vegans In their mid forties often had bodies with little muscle mass and their bones were trashed. The lower extremity shatter types of fractures that required surgical intervention resulted from non traumatic related everyday activities - something I would have expected to see more from a geriatric patient. It appeared to me that this particular vegan cohort had a much higher level of these types of severe fractures versus the rest of my patient base. That was concerning and it got me taking a closer look.
My vegan patients, due to the lack of muscle mass, body fat, and possibly some level of nerve dysfunction, also often had problems retaining body heat and felt cold even in the summer. They didn't seem to think this was a problem because they thought they were healthy. Personally, these vegans at that point appeared to have a lot in common with anyone else suffering from an eating disorder. I once went to meet with the director of a new dietetic program at the local college to discuss the program. It was in the middle of summer and she had a floor heater. The room was like a sauna. She was a hard core vegan and also was a runner. This person was in charge of educating dietetic techs and the like that often end up in nursing homes and hospitals implementing diets and counseling according to FDA recommendations which currently is pushing a heavy plant based diet. I have been around long enough to have seen this shift over the years.
Education in organic and biochem is not lost on me. It always amazes me that this basic foundational science seems to be thrown out the window when moving into the applied science of many medically related fields. I often find myself at odds with others - not only when I was in college, but also professionally throughout the years. Diets are just one area that I do not agree with the mainstream narrative and consensus. Glad to see there are many like minded individuals in the house.
Thanks again.
Yes, this is a battle over our health initiated by the powers that should not be. I have been in health care long enough to see the changes and the push towards plant based diets. When have they ever been truly concerned about our health? That should tell us something when considering their latest direction to once again change the American diet and claim it is healthier.
The gut biome enterotypes shift and can be different between a person that eats meat versus a person that has a plant based diet. The gut biome has a huge effect on brain and immune function. Beside the gut-brain connection, the brain needs fat to be healthy - especially animal fats that contain cholesterol. Ever wonder why cholesterol lowering drugs and low fat diets seem to be associated with dementia? The problem is not dietary cholesterol intake, it is chronic high amounts of dietary carbs that elevate fasting insulin levels, which in turn drives inflammatory processes. Cholesterol is also a necessary hormonal backbone. Cholesterol is necessary for survival. The medical/pharm/agricultural industrial complex has worked hard to remove animal fats from our diets and replace them with carbs and bad oils. I think herein lies the answer to your inquiry.
Very good response and you hit many of the key issues associated with vegan diets.
Over time there are malabsorption issues that can, and often do, take their toll. As a clinician for over 25 years I can honestly say that my vegan patients presented with some specific health challenges that manifested at a much younger age than their meat eating cohort equivalents. This was especially true for raw vegans that engaged in high level athletic activities. The younger they were when they started on their path towards veganism, the younger these problems seem to manifest. Many of them hit the wall between 40 and 50. Some of them appeared no different than a cancer or geriatric patient due to wasting syndrome. I had a 40 year old raw vegan runner that was malnourished and frail. She had the muscle mass and fragile skeletal structure of an 80 year old woman and looked many years older than her chronological age. She refused to believe that she was suffering from her raw vegan diet compounded by intense running because she thought it was healthy. Talk about cognitive dissonance. Her running abruptly stopped when she suffered a bad shatter type of leg fracture that required surgery. This was not uncommon with my vegan patients that were runners.
Wonder why strictly vegan men, especially when consuming raw plants, are often underweight and simpy? Alongside the malnutrition of essential proteins, fats, and minerals, there is the problem of enterolignans - specifically phytoestrogens. Besides all the environmental pseudo estrogen exposure from chemicals, vegan diets drive estrogen receptor activation thereby contributing to hormonal imbalances for not only men, but women as well.
As you already stated, plant based polyphenols lack bioavailability. It is essentially a crap shoot as to how the body utilizes these polyphenolic compounds due to the interplay between gut microbiome and gut metabolites. The gut-brain connections here also cannot be understated - a huge topic in itself. Humans lack the enzymes necessary to break down cellulose and hemicellulose. Cooking plants helps to break down the cellulose to some extent but this process also removes nutrients. So even though some lab has identified a possible beneficial nutrient of a particular plant, in practice how much of that nutrient contained in a plant is actually taken up by the human body? In order to even come close to meet human nutritional needs, a person would have to consume massive amounts of plant material. This may bring onboard some nutrition, but as you already stated, besides the nutrients there is also an increased amount of other lignans or other compounds contained in that plant that may not be beneficial when consumed in larger amounts.
Now, this is not to say that in order to combat certain health challenges like obesity, cancer, diabetes, etc., that a vegan diet cannot be helpful. But, a vegan diet is not healthy over the long term. Humans are not strict herbivores. We eat animals that have already broken down and absorbed vital nutrients that humans then consume in a form that is more nutritionally dense than from the original source plants - providing that the animal sources themselves are clean. Give me a grass fed organic steak any day of the week.
Thank you for your informative comments.
TWC was started to be an avenue for doctors, pharmacists, and other related medical professionals that have been black listed to find some kind of job and revenue stream. No doubt they are having difficulty running a business like this - it is a first for many of them so I would expect some bumps along the way. They themselves even admit it. Therefore, if people want to support what they are trying to do in offering alternative forms of health care delivery, then there needs to be some patience while they work out the kinks.
The video mentioned Dr Ryan Cole somewhere in the beginning. He is a pathologist who blew off what the embalmers were saying in a very dismissive manner way back when this stuff was starting to surface. Now he is looking into these clots. Hmmm. Cole has also tried to control the vaxxine narrative by dismissing any claims about what is in these kill shots beyond focusing on "spike protein."
Both the Mueller investigation and the subsequent Durham investigation were nothing more than damage control in order to cover up and deep six all the loose ends because the Obama/Clinton administration were careless and were assured she could not lose. But, it seems like they didn't get some of the most critical evidence of their crimes. Panic.
However, I do have some questions as to why FOX is allowing this to be reported. All mainstream media is controlled and nothing comes out unless the powers that should not be want it to be out. Are they giving others of their same ilk the head's up that there is still very damaging evidence floating around?
Most are economic refugees which is not a valid reason for immigration to the US. In fact, unless one has a means of support, they are not entitled to immigrate. That is why they are here under a different status than refugee. Asylum status however, may throw a monkey wrench into the works getting these invaders deported. Some of these asylum cases will not be heard for years and most asylum seekers do not even show up for the hearings. I do not think US immigration law will allow deportation unless there are other circumstances like violent criminal activity while one is waiting for asylum status. The Dems knew what they were doing when they went the asylum route. Those illegals that snuck into the US without turning themselves over to Border Control can be deported if caught. So this may be more difficult then it appears.
The situation you speak of is occuring all over. Speculators from private persons with money, like the Chinese, all the way to institutional and investment speculators are snatching up properties worldwide - so this is not just a US problem for average people that now find themselves unable to live in their own communities due to the increases. Entities that come in without financing and buy properties outright are driving up valuations beyond the reach of everyday people essentially forcing the common people either to become renters or homeless - a modern day feudal system in the making.
Tangible assets like real estate are where people park their money when other financial instruments seem too volatile. The average person on the other hand simply wants a place to live. The Chinese in particular see real estate as a means of not only holding wealth, but also making profit. With highly leveraged real estate development contributing around 1/3 of the Chinese economy, investment in real estate has been the Chinese citizens' primary way to achieve wealth - or so they thought. The real estate sector, along with foreign investment withdrawal, is currently in freefall which is taking down the rest of the economy.
Profit at all cost has become the Chinese religion so to speak under CCP rule. Very little concern is given to those hurt in the pursuit of profit - it is every person for themselves. This mindset goes beyond just the upper classes and is endemic throughout the society. Throughout history even the Chinese emperors made attempts to rein in corruption without success. This kind of self serving attitude and focus on financial gain has destroyed Chinese society and culture, and unfortunately, this kind of greed with Chinese characteristics is being exported to the rest of the world on top of our own greed. Our one saving grace however is that at least our society in general still cares for one another. But sadly, with all the influx of people from outside our own culture is eroding what really is at the core of what makes us great - our care and compassion for other human beings.
Yes, many Chinese are getting their money out of China - which most of them made through means of corruption. There are business owners that almost overnight liquidated their businesses leaving both workers and suppliers unpaid and have fled the country. The CCP has a huge financial problem and are targeting people with money and other assets currently extorting around 20% under fear of further auditing and possible corruption or other criminal charges - which is not hard to do in China. The CCP is slowly but surely cutting off all avenues of escape.
The economy is moving back to a more communistic centralized state run economy from a pseudo market driven economy. China in the coming years is going to look more like North Korea. The Chinese that can are buying up property anywhere outside of China to tie up their money. This is one of the reasons certain prime real estate areas are currently witnessing property values going through the roof - like Tokyo. It makes it difficult for locals to afford to live in those cities because of the hike in real estate values. The Chinese come with suitcases full of cash. They may have a proxy buyer to handle the overseas transactions. They are not looking for a place to live but a move to tie up their assets. No doubt many of that flood of Chinese coming across our border are some that have already arranged to move their assets to the US and are now coming into the US to claim asylum knowing they can't be sent back to China. China won't take them back because they have already moved their money. The US is not the only place where they are making exodus. Australia recently talked about stopping their golden visa program because of all the Chinese trying to immigrate. Funny that these Chinese buyers might end up with squatters living in their properties. Karma.
The key part of your response is "over time." When someone is dealing with arterial calcification, that itself has taken place over a long period of time, and which needs to be addressed in a more timely manner to lower risk, then IV chelation therapy is by far the best choice. If you have some research on the results of K2 therapy reducing arterial calcifications I would be interested in looking at it. I have not seen any that shows any substantial reductions in arterial decalcifications in the literature other than theoretical assumptions; however, I do not disregard the assumptions because they are based on good biochemistry theory. But until that theory can be demonstrated in clinical results, they remain just that - good theory. Taking K2 certainly is not going to harm most people. So if one can start early enough and keep up with a regiment, then good. But that is where most people fall down. It is difficult to keep up a nutritional supplementation regiment over the long term. Thank you for your comment.
Audits only apply to a filed return. Sign on the dotted line and they can audit that return almost in perpetuity. However, when a return is not filed there is another process that takes over. I know because I was involved in a tax revolt back in the seventies. It did not go well for most involved. I was one of the few lucky ones.
It was fairly easy back in the seventies to claim on a W-4 enough exemptions to not have any federal withholding. The employer had to honor it. Now it is different - the IRS clamped down. After not filing a return you will get the usual letters from the IRS, some time later, that you have not filed your return and will be assessed a fine for late file, the interest, blah blah. There is not a whole lot of contact with them for several years. It is easy to think that nothing is happening - but it is.
The statute of limitations on a no-file return is 3 years. At almost the 3 year point the IRS assesses what taxes they think you owe based on the information they have. After they assess the return and determine the money they think you owe they then start the process of collections. In the seventies and eighties there was a 6 year statute of limitations on collections of assessed monies owed. After the 6 years, the collections have to stop unless you have agreed to some payment plan with the IRS which at that point you will pay till they get their money even after you die. On a joint return, they can come after both spouses. Because of previous tax revolts, the IRS has extended that time to 10 years on collections. That is a long time to run from the IRS.
Once an assessed amount is levied by the IRS, including fines and interest, the amount owed can balloon to thousands. I figured I owed originally about $600. By the time the IRS started collections the bill had blown up to $28K in just 3 years. The IRS will not arrest you, but they can sure make your life miserable. They can garnish your wages, clean out your bank account, ruin your credit, and other things. In addition, a bankruptcy will not clear an IRS debt. I was lucky because I was in college at the time and was able to ride out the statute. The sad part were the others I knew that also decided to revolt and the heavy hand of the IRS reached deep into their pockets. So, it may sound like a good thing to do, but think carefully and understand how the process works before taking the leap. Make sure there is water in the pool before you jump. Until the IRS itself is either abolished or revamped, not paying taxes may not be a prudent move.
Good for you. I also wanted no part and left. I was a few years from retiring but chose to leave early and I took a financial hit making such a move. But I could not participate in what I knew was going to result in death and injury to millions. If more of us in health care would have said no to this shit show in the beginning things would have shut down almost immediately.
Exactly. They should have known but did not? They are either incompetent and should find another career, or they knew in some capacity but chose to do nothing about it and are now trying to rationalize why they continued to go along with genocide.
Yes, they figured it out almost immediately yet many chose to keep their heads down and said nothing for fear of... fill in the blank. So either they were directly involved or they were trying to stay employed. If more would have stood up and objected this would have shut down relatively quickly.
As a clinician with over 2 decades of experience in general practice it was obvious to me within the first couple of weeks into this shit show that things were seriously going sideways. There were several grand rounds online that I participated in and it became clear to me that there was a narrative already crafted and being pushed. The treatment protocols being implemented were insane and did not make sense - especially with regards to early treatment and ventilators. Any clinical based objections were met with heavy resistance and shut down immediately. Those trying to raise objections or alternatives were marginalized and sometimes publicly insulted. The fix was in. I knew then that I would not participate.
I have to question the competency of a professional that is supposed to be highly trained but yet did not see what was happening. The claim that they didn't know does not fly with me. They lose either way. They didn't know but should have, or they saw but chose not to object.
Arterial calcification is a process that takes place over time. No doubt if you had a scan several years ago it would have shown similar results but obviously to a lesser degree. Just about all older adults have some level of arterial calcification. Therefore, I seriously question Covid being related beyond complicating already present pathology - mostly inflammatory based and immune dysfunction conditions.
One of the treatments that have shown some success in decalcification is chelation therapy. However, it is not cheap. It will take several visits and you would have to find a practitioner in your area.
Doesn't work well for either the elderly and the disabled who can't ride bikes and have mobility issues. You notice that all the video clips show young people? Pets and the aged not allowed.