I have chronic life threatening illnesses. I've had equal numbers of good doctors and bad doctors. I'm deeply skeptical. It's wicked hard for me to figure out what's going on in my body. And self-reporting is notoriously unreliable.
Until science catches up, I think we should all "try and see", compare notes, and keeping searching until we find solutions. I've been patient advocate for many others; this is old advice.
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About two years ago I tried the Four Hour Body strategy. My goal was to lose weight. I was astonished when my psoriasis started to clear up. The important part: I established cause and effort by stopping the nutrition (bad eating during business trips) and the psoriasis comes back with a vengeance. I have no idea why it works. Because I'm eating more veggies? Because I'm avoiding wheat? All I know is it works.
Since then, I've had steady improvement while sticking to the troglodiet (tm), resumed eating meat and lotsa more of veggies. More or less following Dr Terry Wahls "Minding your Mitochondria" strategy, with occasional treats (cheesecake!) so I don't go insane.
Most recently, my gf persuaded me to try her naturopath doctor. From prior experience, I think naturopaths are quacks at best. But I also think that the good bits of naturopathy will eventually just be called "nutrition".
I presented specific complaints to this ND, which my other doctors haven't been able to assist with. I'll give an non-embarrassing example. My muscles never relax. I'm now super tone without exercising. It's fantastic. But I also have zero energy. I've been taking magnesium. I've seen a neurologist. I've tried some other stuff.
So the ND says the magnesium isn't getting to my muscles because I'm not eating enough essential fatty acids. Tells me to eat more of such and such and take some pills. Sure, why not, can't hurt.
Similar story for the other conditions I have.
Well, I'm about a month into this new regiment. Huge improvement on one issue, modest improvement on two others, and no change with the fourth.
In a few more months, I'll stop the regiment, see if my conditions get worse. I don't want to be taking pills and such without benefit.
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I agree with everything you've written, but we should continue to experiment and ask questions, until we find solutions.
Until science catches up, I think we should all "try and see", compare notes, and keeping searching until we find solutions. I've been patient advocate for many others; this is old advice.
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About two years ago I tried the Four Hour Body strategy. My goal was to lose weight. I was astonished when my psoriasis started to clear up. The important part: I established cause and effort by stopping the nutrition (bad eating during business trips) and the psoriasis comes back with a vengeance. I have no idea why it works. Because I'm eating more veggies? Because I'm avoiding wheat? All I know is it works.
Since then, I've had steady improvement while sticking to the troglodiet (tm), resumed eating meat and lotsa more of veggies. More or less following Dr Terry Wahls "Minding your Mitochondria" strategy, with occasional treats (cheesecake!) so I don't go insane.
Most recently, my gf persuaded me to try her naturopath doctor. From prior experience, I think naturopaths are quacks at best. But I also think that the good bits of naturopathy will eventually just be called "nutrition".
I presented specific complaints to this ND, which my other doctors haven't been able to assist with. I'll give an non-embarrassing example. My muscles never relax. I'm now super tone without exercising. It's fantastic. But I also have zero energy. I've been taking magnesium. I've seen a neurologist. I've tried some other stuff.
So the ND says the magnesium isn't getting to my muscles because I'm not eating enough essential fatty acids. Tells me to eat more of such and such and take some pills. Sure, why not, can't hurt.
Similar story for the other conditions I have.
Well, I'm about a month into this new regiment. Huge improvement on one issue, modest improvement on two others, and no change with the fourth.
In a few more months, I'll stop the regiment, see if my conditions get worse. I don't want to be taking pills and such without benefit.
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I agree with everything you've written, but we should continue to experiment and ask questions, until we find solutions.