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Volume 2, Letter 30
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July 16, 2012
The mounting evidence is once again pointing to the gut as the road to disease management. I recently listened to an interview with Dr. Mark Houston where he lays out a convincing paradigm for heart disease management that spurns the use of cholesterol lowering drugs unless there is no other choice.
He points out that 80% of heart disease is based on lifestyle dysfunction, i.e. diet, exercise and toxin exposure. 20% may be genetic and necessitate medicine use. I personally fall into the 80%. I cured my heart risks through diet and exercise.
He further discusses the data on the gut microflora (bacteria) and the toxins that they release being critical to the heart damage. In other words the food that typical Americans feed their children, fast/saturated fat/refined flour/sugar/processed, sets the stage for children to develop heart disease as they age. The bad food promotes the wrong bacteria in the intestines which then promote toxic inflammation and disease.
What a notion! Bad food = bad bacteria = heart attack
Crazy. Yet, everywhere I turn the obvious problem of poor diets in children goes unchallenged and unparented.
Please head this warning for the future health of your loved ones. The data is here. Reduce Americanized processed food and refined carbohydrates specifically.
My take home point today: We know how, now lets act as a community,
Enjoy summer,
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Why it matters!
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I had a great discussion with a parent of a beautiful 5 year old girl today.
Why does it matter? Why should I care that we are slowly killing our children through poor choices? Why should we care that we are crippling society by not taking personal responsibility for our actions and those of our offspring? Why shouldn't I just prescribe Metformin for diabetes and call it a day? I am still making a living, right?
The answer is simple. Hippocrates. The oath I took as a 25 year old partially educated physician was to do no harm. Unfortunately, I equate giving medicine without teaching personal responsibility as failing my oath. I know that my practice is rare in the world of medicine, but it is what it is.
As a patient or a parent, I would love to see you demand that your caregiver educate you in prevention and a whole child approach. Demand that we give you the best care with the least risk. Demand that we hold your child to the highest ideal!
Here comes the hard part. I want you to demand of yourself only one thing. That you do what is right and not what is convenient.
What I am saying is - if you can breastfeed your baby then do it because we know it is better for your baby. If you can afford it, buy more vegetables and fruits because we know it is the right choice. Avoid letting your child watch TV as a babysitter because it is easy for you. Etc.......
Not preaching, just challenging you to be the best you can be!
With admiration for you as a parent,
Dr. M
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Recipe of the Week
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Summer crab cakes
Ingredients: always organic according to EWG dirty dozen.
Egg beaten 1 cup of lump crab meat 2 cups chopped zucchini 1 Tbsp butter 1 cup gluten free bread crumbs 1/3 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup chopped celery 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning 1/4 cup gluten free flour 1/4 cup canola or evo oil
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, combine crab, zucchini, egg, and butter. Stir in seasoned crumbs, chopped celery and onion and seasoning. Mix well.
Roll mix into cakes. Roll in flour.
Heat canola oil over medium heat until hot. Fry cakes in pan until golden brown on both sides.
Boy is that good!
Dr. M
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Chris Magryta
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