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  Fundamental MedicineTeresa Gryder, ND

COVID-19 Links June 12

6/12/2020

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Don't Be A Superspreader!  They start more cases than the rest of us.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/just-10-20-of-covid-19-cases-behind-80-of-transmission-studies-suggest/

Tear Gas: The Whole Story
https://www.propublica.org/article/tear-gas-is-way-more-dangerous-than-police-let-on-especially-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

The Party Might be Virtual but Our Pride is Not

https://theweek.com/articles/917795/pride-celebrations-virtual-during-coronavirus-pandemic
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You Probably Want a Flu Shot This Year
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/502166-the-next-covid-19-challenge-convincing-people-to-get-their-flu-shots

A 17 year old Tracks Disease and Protest better than the Government
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/12/1002838/avi-schiffmann-17-year-old-guide-building-pandemic-protest-tracker/
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Diabetes is a Risk Factor for COVID, and COVID is a risk factor for Diabetes
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2018688

Cases in India Take Off
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-cases-covid-19?country=~IND

Cases Increase as States Open: Wear a Mask
https://apnews.com/feb4c26d9364497cf82ee7c0c1b1b3d5

T-Cells are Part of the Immunity You Need
​https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2820%2930610-3
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13 Ways to Love your Kidneys

8/15/2019

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The kidneys are one of those organs that nobody pays much attention to when they are young. They're in the back of the abdomen somewhere, and they don't say much. They just do their thing, filtering the blood and making urine that we eliminate many times a day. Without them we would not be alive.

I'm here to suggest that perhaps your kidneys deserve a little respect before they start failing. The kidneys weaken with age and can really cause a lot of trouble if they fail, but there are things you can do to treat them nice and keep tabs on them.

The kidneys are busy all the time because they get ~20% of your total cardiac output and have a lot of housecleaning to do.  Take care of your kidneys starting now and improve your chances of finishing this life with kidneys that still work.  Here are 13 Ways:

  1. Get your kidney function checked annually, or more often if you have a family history of kidney disease, unusual kidney structure, or you are hypertensive, diabetic, or obese, or if there are things on this list that you just can't do.
  2. Take care of invisible medical problems.  Most of the conditions that damage kidneys are things like high blood pressure, blood sugar or cholesterol—things that you can’t feel.  Deal with invisible problems because once you feel the damage it’s too late.
  3. Avoid NSAIDS as much as you can.  This means ibuprofen, aspirin and naproxen.  If you must take them, take the minimum dose for the minimum time.  High doses can be destructive.  Tylenol (acetomenophen) is the only OTC pain reliever that doesn’t hurt the kidneys, and it can cause liver failure.
  4. Caution with Medications.  Penicillins, sulfas and thiazides reduce renal function if taken longterm.  If there are other ways to treat your problems, find them.
  5. Stop Smoking.  If you’re a smoker you’ve probably already been told the thousands of medical reasons to stop.  Get help if you need it.
  6. Get heavy metals (lead, mercury, etc) chelated out if you have too much.  Start with a hair test and go from there.
  7. Fix prostate problems.  A swollen prostate can back up urine and drown the kidneys.  Get help if you can't pee.
  8. Drink water.  It’s the fluid that you’re made out of, and drinking it helps prevent kidney stones which really suck.  If you have kidney disease already, your doctor will suggest specific amounts.
  9. Stop boozing. Alcohol is a strong diuretic and can directly impact kidney function, as well as hurting the liver and adding to the kidney’s work.  Easy on the alcohol.
  10. Eat fruit and veggies.  You don’t have to give up meat but limiting meat consumption might be recommended if you have kidney disease.  For prevention of kidney disease the best dietary advice is to eat lots of fruit and veggies for the antioxidants.
  11. Be reasonable with salt. Too much salt makes your blood pressure go up which is really hard on the kidneys.
  12. Manage your weight.  Obesity is a top risk factor for kidney disease and just like blood pressure, smoking and drinking, it’s not an easy one to fix fast.  Get help.
  13. Know the symptoms of kidney failure and get help if they happen.  The early symptoms are non-specific: fatigue, brain fog, loss of appetite and swelling ankles.  The next stage is muscle twitches and cramps, itching, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, hipccups, a sore mouth or a bad taste in the mouth, sleep disturbances and possibly congestive heart failure.  The late symptoms are really bad; get help way before then.
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American Diabetes Association OK's Low Carb Diet

8/7/2019

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Hi friends.  This blog has been neglected for a while but I'm getting back to it.  I had to look up my log-in information!  I've been working on a couple of books.  One I've been calling "homeopathy lessons" but really it's about the need to look more deeply at every question in medicine.  It does not serve us to dismiss anything out of hand.  We should learn what we can from the very slow evolution of medicine.

Speaking of which, back in January the American Diabetes Association FINALLY decided to add the low carb diet to their list of acceptable diets for diabetics!  They're STILL not telling diabetics to stop eating so much sugar and carbs, they're just saying if you do, you'll have to take more insulin.  There is no sense in that, insulin is not something you want any extra of in your system.  Better to eat less carbs and then have to take less insulin.  So simple.  Curative, in fact.

Anyway, if you have any requests for blog subjects, let me know.  I have such a long list of possible topics that it helps to focus my energies when someone asks a question.

​Hope your summer is going well!!  Here, our tomatoes are just starting to come in.
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Don't Eat That Shit: Halloween Candy

11/1/2018

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Happy All Souls Day! The temptation of bad holiday foods is upon us, and our ancestors would be appalled. If you are anything like me, the easy availability of candy is bad news. Let me be the first to tell you to GET RID OF IT today instead of letting it sit around and tempt you into sugar addiction.

The problem with candy is that it is made out of sugar.  Sugar has many names, but it has the same effects. It doesn't matter if it's called honey, agave syrup, corn syrup or rice syrup, it still makes us crave more. And that is BAD NEWS.

It works like this.  Eating too much sugar (and even a little it usually too much) causes an imbalance in our insulin and leptin levels.  That imbalance causes us to feel hungry when we don't need food. That false hunger feeling, which can be a very strong craving, causes us to eat more and worse foods than we normally would. Uncontrolled eating worsens the imbalance which then leads to weight gain, pre-diabetes and diabetes, heart disease, cancer, dementia and all manner of bad news.

The GOOD NEWS is that this pattern of craving is easy to reverse. If you start your day by NOT eating sugar, you can stop the cravings for that day.  If you keep your sugar and carb intake low day after day, the cravings will disappear completely.  You will find that you aren't really a sugar addict after all.

Eggs and bacon are a great anti-craving breakfast, especially if you keep the portions of potatoes, breads and such small. Even oatmeal is a far better breakfast than a pastry, or even a bagel, sorry to say. The worst possible breakfast in the universe is Halloween candy, so get rid of it!  Throw it in the trash. Cheap sugary candy is the devil and you do not want to give it to anyone that you care about.

One small note about chocolate. People have the idea that chocolate is actually good for you, and this is true, but it has to be a certain kind of chocolate, AND you can't eat very much of it. Hershey's bars are more sugar and rancid milk than they are chocolate, so they are NOT good for you. Very dark (strong) chocolate, eaten one square at a time (not a whole bar!), is the only kind of chocolate that you can claim is good for you. And that is not the kind of chocolate that people give out at Halloween.

I hope this has been enough to get you started in the right direction.  Throw away the leftover candies, and brush your teeth.  Let your kids binge on sugar all at once until they feel sick, then get rid of the rest and make them brush their teeth too. Return to eating whole foods (fruit and veggies) as soon as possible! This Halloween curse can be beaten!


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