Guest guest Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 On various health related e-lists, I frequently see posts by people who trust what their doctors tell them. These folks cannot comprehend that that their doctors just can't keep up with all the new discoveries, new research, and approaches never taught to them in med school. Doctors are very specialized specialists. Anything beyond their specialized knowledge is unknown to 99% of all doctors. So doctors give misleading information on vitamins, and know nothing of therapies which many on this list understand in depth. I just watched a short video on youtube which demonstrates how quickly our world (and out worldviews) our changing. " Did you know? " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nteiqLgZFOU & feature=related Future Shock was a book written by the sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970. The rate of change has drastically increased since 1970. At this point in time, NOBODY can keep up with all the latest information discoveries. For me, e-lists, like this one, enable me to see health challenges and solutions from many different perspectives. Some people I know scoff at me for thinking I know more than an M.D. I laugh back and tell them that the MD knows vastly more about prescription drugs than I do, but I know more detailed information about supplements, vitamins, and alternative perspectives than most docs ever heard of. Alobar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Alobar, I would even go as far as saying that you might know more than MDs about prescription drugs since you read inserts and know the side effects, they mostly listen to presentations by drug reps and other doctors 'pushing' more prescriptions of the drug. Many times they don't know the possible side effects and even worse, they don't believe their patients when they complain about the side effects. Nagla , Alobar <Alobar wrote: > > Some people I know scoff > at me for thinking I know more than an M.D. I laugh back and tell > them that the MD knows vastly more about prescription drugs than I do, > but I know more detailed information about supplements, vitamins, and > alternative perspectives than most docs ever heard of. > > Alobar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I say that MDs are good for plumbing: changing valves, fixing a broken arm, stitching a cut, and such. The rest... it is all about symptoms and Big Pharma. Of course, there are some who have gone to the other side; ours. But where are they? Also, I avoid the term doc or doctor because I am one of them, not the least related to the medical establishment. Maria , Alobar <Alobar wrote: > > I am arrogant based upon my life experience. You say there are > " many " docs who aquired training in natural medicine. I doubt it is > " many " . Do you have web references to back up your assertions? > > Medline is supposed to index health related research, but they refuse > to index orthomolecular papers from peer reviewed publications. So > even docs who want to learn alternatives to the standard alopathic bs, > do not have easy access to cutting edge information. > > When I was having problems with leg cramps I asked my doc about > possible causes. I suspected diabetic neuropathy or a " side effect " > of the diabetic med I was on. The doc was clueless and never got > back to me with more info. I stumbled on information daling with > people with problems handling dietary oxalates. I went on a low > oxalate diet. The cramping went away. > > I had a leg infection. Another doc put me on antibiotics and told me > to take on Zinc tablet a day. The leg stopped exuding puss, but did > not heal. A Naturopath I know in Canada sent me some St.Johm's Wort > oil. That stopped my leg problems and restored my hatural skin color > rather than the deep dark bruised look. > > No doc has ever told me to take more than the RDA for Vitamin C, > Vitamin D, or Niacin. Doing my own research, I saw that the RDA for > all 3 is criminally low. > > Docs would be useful to me if I had been shot, run over by a car, or > severely burned. But not much else. > > Alobar > > > > On 12/7/08, Nancie Elizabeth Barnett <deifspirit wrote: > > Actually I find your post very arrogant. There are many providers out there > > that may have been initially trained in allopathic medicine but have gone > > back and acquired training in natural medicine. I am one of them. > > Then there are providers who trained in natural medicine and who are also MD > > s. I go to one of them. > > You are doing a disservice to people when you make these incorrect blanket > > statements! > > Nancie > > ---- > > > > Alobar > > 12/7/2008 4:55:13 PM > > ; > > coconut_oil_open_forum > > << >> " Did you know? " > > > > On various health related e-lists, I frequently see posts by people > > who trust what their doctors tell them. These folks cannot comprehend > > that that their doctors just can't keep up with all the new > > discoveries, new research, and approaches never taught to them in med > > school. Doctors are very specialized specialists. Anything beyond > > their specialized knowledge is unknown to 99% of all doctors. So > > doctors give misleading information on vitamins, and know nothing of > > therapies which many on this list understand in depth. > > > > I just watched a short video on youtube which demonstrates how quickly > > our world (and out worldviews) our changing. > > > > " Did you know? " > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nteiqLgZFOU & feature=related > > > > Future Shock was a book written by the sociologist and futurologist > > Alvin Toffler in 1970. The rate of change has drastically increased > > since 1970. At this point in time, NOBODY can keep up with all the > > latest information discoveries. > > > > For me, e-lists, like this one, enable me to see health challenges and > > solutions from many different perspectives. Some people I know scoff > > at me for thinking I know more than an M.D. I laugh back and tell > > them that the MD knows vastly more about prescription drugs than I do, > > but I know more detailed information about supplements, vitamins, and > > alternative perspectives than most docs ever heard of. > > > > Alobar > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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