'Blind Spots' by Dr. Marty Makary: Book Review - Fake Medical Science Explained

[@ajj9355]

My last post. I’ve read the first 3 chapters of Blind Spots. As soon as I finished chapter 2, OMG HRT, l made an appt with hormone dr. Been on HRT for 2 weeks and already seeing positive changes. Great read so far!!

[@ahealthcarez]

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[@markkrogulski9720]

Good review. I saw a message from Marty the book is being released now so I ordered it. Looking forward to reading it this week.

[@ahealthcarez]

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[@CoryDakotaKidinZionJones]

This is an awesome video and needs to be shared everywhere.

[@ahealthcarez]

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[@drshanep]

awesome; now I want the book for sure

[@ahealthcarez]

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[@ajj9355]

If you had a daughter(23yo) who has had covid and also mono, has had severe neurological issues (symptoms that look like Parkinson’s or something similar), has seen numerous autoimmune drs, neurologists, spinal tap, and lab tests galore and still has no answers, who/where would you turn?

[@ajj9355]

It’s my best friend’s daughter and she’s so frustrated and the medical community is falling short. The mother is a RN and very sharp! and still can’t find a doctor who can diagnose and treat her daughter.

[@lindanitzschke1315]

I had little regard for the medical community prior to doing 13 years of medical transcription, and that regard went a lot lower due to the job of transcribing. Man, the pills doctors were handing out like candy! I have much higher regard for the teachings of the Hallelujah Diet, a program in existence for many years now by people constantly researching the connection between diet (and lifestyle) and disease. One source they refer to is The China Project (or the China Study...one of the two is the full study, the other a shorter synopsis). It's considered the most comprehensive study ever performed to link diet with disease. One thing I found interesting is the claim that the LDL cholesterol is dangerous and needs to be reduced/removed. The Hallelujah Diet teachings say that the LDL actually shows up when there is some heart damage going on, but that the LDL is actually there to help repair that damage. I guess I can't prove that to be true, but I do know they're so right about so many things, way more things than any doctor I've had any kind of contact with (and that's many due to those 13 years of doing medical transcription (a horrible job, by the way, that pays very little, esp. for how difficult the job is)...totally ruined my finances leading up to retirement even tho I worked the last 4 years on the graveyard shift, over 10 hrs. per night, and did not take so much as even one night off! I'm a wee bit of a ding dong now, as a result. Don't ever try that!! Anyway, I tell people, that if you want to do just one thing in your life to make a HUGE difference in your health, get a juicer (not a blender or processor, but a true juicer that separates the juice from the fiber) and drink as much fresh carrot juice as you can. It's why I had NO FEAR of Covid even tho, at age 69, I was cleaning huge apartment buildings here in the apt. complex where I live...and this was during the worst of the outbreak. Living in S. Dakota, I changed NOTHING about my lifestyle...no ridiculous mask wearing, no sheltering at home and avoiding people, etc., no vaccinating...and, of course, have never done a flue shot. Never got Covid, never get the flu and and can't remember the last cold I had...has to have been over 10 years ago. Carrot juice is the most powerful part of the Hallelujah Diet, BUT I have to warn everyone...if you Google it, you'll probably see a link to "Quackwatch." Ignore it. People, instead of trying the program, so often automatically just disparage it right away cuz it they were to consider there may be something to the program, it would involve making some hard choices when it comes to diet, etc., and it's much easier to put the program down than to give the program a try. Oh, as a side note...know what I figured out by doing all those years of transcribing? You know why most doctors scribble the name of the medication when writing out the prescription? Cuz they don't no how to pronounce the medication's name, and they don't know how to spell it, but they don't want anyone else to know it. (Hey, but no offense to you, doc...you sound pretty sharp!)

[@nicholas8479]

Better to eat the whole vegetable. In light of this video.... maybe there's a study on it! Good chance you had covid with no symptoms. One reason why the virus spread.

[@GH-zs9fj]

The US Surgeon General and federal gov officials are promoting PSA's to residents to utilize the updated COVID vaccine for the Winter 2024 flu season. FL medical director is advising FL residents to refuse the jab. I experienced a serious GI side effect with the first vaccine. I need to ask my PCP (1) Is there a non mRNA vaccine available to the general public that I can try, and (2) does she recommend me taking the updated vaccine. It is very difficult for patients to make a decision when federal medical directors and state medical directors are stating conflcting recommendations, both with documentation to support their recommendation. It sounds like we need a study to resolve these differences in opinion. Thank you very much for reviewing the book and providing additional commentary.

[@ahealthcarez]

Agreed. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@suemilkbone4868]

Very interesting video, Dr. Bricker. So, if cholesterol and saturated fat causing heart disease was debunked decades ago, why are the insurance companies, government agencies and health care organizations still pushing statin use even with the high incidence of negative side effects?

[@ahealthcarez]

Good question. High cholesterol level in your blood is produced by your liver and is bad. Medication should be taken. It’s just that cholesterol from food is not bad because it is not absorbed.

[@suemilkbone4868]

@@ahealthcarez Thank you, Dr. Bricker, for the explanation.

[@RK-ww5sj]

Fats in one's diet are not healthy. The reason has to do with blood viscosity and the zeta potential of red blood cells, blood clotting and diminished tissue blood perfusion. Astounding how few doctors know this yet it's well documented.

[@JMK-vo8pv]

@@ahealthcarez Dr. Bricker, are you saying that "high" blood total cholesterol and "high" blood LDL-C are INDEPENDENT drivers of atherosclerosis?

[@scasinger123]

@@ahealthcarez Isn't high LDL also a result of the liver producing less LDL receptors on the liver that can grab the circulating LDL that isn't needed and dispose of it? As we age, the liver generates less LDL rectors, which is the reason why people need statins when they get older. To stimulate the liver to produce more LDL receptors. I actually had patients in the Repatha trial and making the LDL receptors recycleable (?), caused people to have LDL levels that were almost undetectable. Too bad it's so expensive.

[@Hemlocksipper]

8:03 The Jab ( which I cannot legally name without losing my job), has left the chat.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts.

[@jhaychjh]

Looks like you curate your comments. No prob. I wanted to add that I'm in my mid 60s, vegetarian since the '70s (before there was such a thing as "vegan"), and my total cholesterol is 129. This actually is NOT an n of one. J

[@yiannifunataoldotcom]

Please calm down. It's hard to watch. Sorry.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for your feedback.

[@emilelegendre2617]

I like how animated your teaching is. It makes things interesting and your passion comes through in your style.

[@thomasaquinas399]

I love his passion! Gets me excited to learn more about the field I work in.

[@dougwhitehead8359]

I find Dr. Bricker is great at taking a complex subject and through the use of his whiteboard he systematically breaks it down into "layman's terms". No, don't calm down. You have great inflection. People can be passionate, but monotone, and therefore boring. Great job as usual. I'm also glad you reviewed Dr. Makary's book, because he is a real disruptor and seeks the truth, and he is never afraid to voice his opinion no matter what people think.