Posted on 01/11/2025 8:05:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Most non-injurious Healthcare is really about a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition, exercise, proper sleep, and most Healthcare issues are taken care of.
This is where I don’t have a problem, on a theoretical level, in the government being involved in Healthcare. Just theoretical, because the government would not limit itself to this.
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Itβs a balance. I donβt think itβs the end of the world to take a Motrin for a headache, or be vaxxed for polio, but some will go the opposite extreme and refuse all pharma. π€·π»ββοΈ
Because “health” care ceased being about health decades ago.
I had atrial fibrillation for two solid years. My ejection fraction was down to 13%, which is heart transplant territory. My cardiologist was talking about ablation or a pacemaker.
He also wanted me to drink 64 ounces of fluid a day. I got tired of water and started drinking 64 ounces of low-sodium V8 juice a day. I have a Kardia Mobile device and took my EKG every day. Within a couple of weeks the EKG went from possible atrial fibrillation to unclassified, and a couple of days later it went to normal sinus rhythm. That was almost six months ago, and it has been normal ever since.
All four ejection fractions are now over 50%, which is healthy heart territory. My cardiologist says I no longer require ablation or a pacemaker.
Turns out low sodium V8 juice is loaded with potassium. It was the potassium that got my heart rhythm back to normal.
My bet is that most people who have atrial fibrillation could fix it with more potassium. Heart beat is dependent on the membrane potential of the heart muscle, and the membrane potential is a function of the differential ion concentrations across the membrane. Low potassium or any other ion imbalance can definitely cause an abnormal rhythm.
I absolutely believe that the “health care” industry does not care about health, they care about churning illness for profit. Potassium is cheap. There is no profit in treating atrial fibrillation with it. There is lots of profit in performing ablation or inserting a pacemaker.
If you have atrial fibrillation, you should try drinking 8 ounces of low sodium V8 for a few weeks. That should be plenty of potassium. It cannot possibly hurt you, and it might actually cure you.
Thanks, I think I’ll have a V8
Yeah, me.
When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, I walked out of the dentist’s office without the prescription and didn’t take anything. Worst 24 hours of my life, but I got through it.
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But the other is certainly that they have prejudged you and are already sure that what ever complaint you have is not that serious. If you would just "lose weight, get more rest, quit smoking, not drink coffee and go on a healthy diet" they are sure that what ever problems you have will just vanish. And partly they are right. And at the same time, wrong.
Some things are lifestyle. So when a young man comes in complaining about headaches and being tired you write it off as typical teenage problems. You don't think "brain cancer". Not until over a year later when he is starting to lose his ability to walk.
Make sure it is the low sodium V8.
Obviously.
There are thousands of variables involved in the health of our bodies and minds, and there’s no way that the optimum values and the interactions are the same for all of us. Thinking that one positive use for AI might be to start correlating those thousands of variables with other factors such as genetics to start to unlock the real keys to healthy living.
Exactly my thoughts as well...
Nevertheless, the basics of eating a good, healthy, real food diet, drinking enough water, getting adequate sleep and exercise and foundational for everyone, whatever else they may need to include in their healthcare paradigm.
I’m sure there’s a drug for holistic care.
Stop using hot water!
Myself, I recently started eating pickled beets to control my blood pressure. So far, so good. I already have found out that eating ginger candy or anything with ginger in it is much better than taking seasick pills which make you drowsy. On my last cruise we hit some high waves but I was fine thanx to the ginger candy. I was even able to eat food while the ship was rocking.
You’re better off for it. Ginger is very good.
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