LJ, the problem with the current health care industry is that they pretty much only care about making money.
this is why diet is almost always over looked and not researched to the extent of the next billion dollar drug.
diet is the biggest controllable key to health and disease.
for example, an WHOPPING 83% reduction in diabetes incidents was correlated with a mediterranean diet minus grains in a major spanish study (>13k participants).
reuters.com
83% reduction in the incidence of diabetes. treating diabetes is one of the most costly diseases to treat.
this diet consists of, ta da!, *real* food - chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, olive oil and nuts.
who would've thunk it?
pharmas have likely spent billions to get 1/10 of that result AND your physician almost certainly knows *nothing* about this study because nobody spent money to tell them about it.
the system is backwards.
fortunately, the doctors at harvard medical school actually did research and recommend what is basically a 40-30-30 (with a range for modification) as the ideal ratio of carb, protein and fat calories. of course, the carbs are good carbs (vegetables and fruits) and the fats are good fats (nuts olive oil, long chain omega 3s).
i personally know two people who eliminated severe pain just by applying the principles of this anti-inflammatory diet.
the latest one had spent $10k+ out of pocket and exhausted everything modern and alternative medicine could provide (over 5 years of failure!) to resolve her back pain without success. within 2 days on an anti-inflammatory diet, she told me, and i quote, "i can't believe it, the inflammation is gone."
3 days later she was off her ulcer medication.
dietary intervention should be a first step. as it is now, it isn't even on the radar when it is, in fact, the best treatment available (as in the case of my friend's back pain).
don't expect the government to point people in the right direction, they are busy subsidizing foods that generate cellular inflammation (omega 6 fatty acids and high glycemic load carbs) and are bought and paid for by the drug pusher industry - just like they are bought and paid for by the banks and the military industrial complex. |
