host posted on January 01, 2009 12:44
In order to understand why healthcare is such big business throughout the world, one must understand the machinery involved. Healthcare seems to evolve around a central doctrine, in the USA, called the Hippocratic oath; an oath of allegiance that doctors take to remain united in their support of their education, and their perception of the healthcare industry, which they are instructed they have become an integral part of. On the surface, this all seems honorable and ethical. But most every surface has deeper roots.
Hippocrates was the father of medicine. It is thought that The Hippocratic Oath initiated around the year 400 B.C. In days of old, graduate physicians would presumably raise their right hands, speak the oath aloud, throw their stethoscopes into the air and become certified doctors. After interviewing a few of my physician friends however, I have come to realize that neither version of the Hippocratic oath is recited upon graduating anymore. Oh, yes, there are two versions to the Hippocratic oath; the original version recommended using diet as a means of improving the patients' health, never using a deadly drug nor recommending its use and avoiding abortive remedies all together. Of course, all three references were deleted from the most current version.
The same sweet child whose mother used massage when his legs hurt before bed, or who taught him that too much sugar would ruin both health and teeth, believes differently now. Unfortunately, I tend to think of medical school as re-socialization facilities where sometimes logic and innocence are replaced with an overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward perceived inferiors. What happened to the young boy who knew that spinach helped him feel better?
Professor Lean recently wrote in the British Medical Journal that he was concerned that billions of pounds (remember, this is England) are wasted annually on weight loss claims being made about specific foods. Further, he contends that foods being marketed for health reasons should adhere to the same standards as prescriptive medications. Right! Let’s hold off eating broccoli until our tax dollars fund several research papers confirming that one of its active components, sulphorane, really does kill H. Pylori in the gut! Does that seem a bit illogical to you? Then you’re not a physician!
As an unquestionable expert, what then are Dr. Lean's recommendations for scientifically recognized weight loss? He states that energy-restricted diets (whatever that is) and exercise, coupled with the drug, Orlistat, and, in some cases, bariatric surgery, should be considered because they are safe and effective.
According to the website www.drugs.com, Orlistat takers seem to notice some ugly, albeit common, symptoms when taking this drug. They are; gas with leaky bowel movements, inability to hold bowel movements, increase in bowel movements, oily bowel movements and oily spotting on undergarments! NO WONDER THEY LOSE WEIGHT! And bariatric surgery? Within 30 days, 1 in 50 patients are dead and within one year, 1 in 20 patients are dead. Yet this expert teaches us not to trust those nasty people who might recommend a diet change when weight loss is sought. Shame on him and an entire industry that would ever endorse such nonsense!
If you seriously want more information on weight loss, try the Phase One Diet for a month. It’s safe, effective and free on www.knowthecause.com in the Q&A section. Along with that, Dr. Lean and I do agree on his one statement that exercise will help! Maintain weight loss without exercise is like maintaining good gas mileage without a car. Blessings! Doug