Health tips people need to know

[btcusury]

Pap smears, breast examinations (even men), colonoscopy... a good idea to do them in recommended time frames.

Except mammograms (what often is meant by "breast examinations"), you might want to carefully consider those, as they carry some risk of cancer and there are better alternatives: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/12/20/mammograms-tragic-lie.aspx

If what doctors say is true:
- then why are they often surprised when people live who are not expected to live, and that people die who are not expected to die;
- then why do many doctors not prescribe for their own families the same medications that they prescribe for other people;
- then why is it that they haven't figured out how to keep people alive for 500 years.

Doctors know a lot of stuff. But they mostly know that they don't know much of how life works.

There are a large number, I want to say a majority, of people in the medical industry who are well-meaning people, and a large subset within that who are heart-centered/service-to-others-oriented.

But the business model of the healthcare industry hinges upon people being sick. Even moreso the pharmaceutical industry. There are more incentives to keep people sick than to keep them healthy. Drug research is conducted based on how to mask a condition rather than how to expand consciousness (e.g. by ideally agonizing serotonin receptor types), how to increase well-being (e.g. by selective modulation of neurotransmitters, like a safer MDMA), how to help you meditate (say by eliminating anxiety or mind chatter), etc.

"Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence." --James Bryce

"The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medical profession. There are no specific diseases; there are specific disease conditions." --Florence Nightingale

"'Modern medicine' may well be defined as 'the experimental study of what happens when poisonous chemicals are placed into malnourished human bodies.'" --A. Saul, Contributing Editor, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Try "gotu kola" for brain enhancement. Take it with Korean ginseng, and Russian ginseng (which is really eleuthero), and eat a lot of fish and walnuts.

Those are great indeed, although only small fish which eat few or no other fish is recommended, because of high mercury levels in most seas. An example is salmon, which by itself is one of the healthiest things you can eat, but due to the mercury contamination it's only worth it if it's wild-caught from uncontaminated waters in Alaska. Mercury is one of the most damaging toxins, but it's a slow gradual easily unnoticeable damage spread over its long half-lives. Farmed salmon also has several other toxins such as pesticides, antibiotics, dioxins, PCBs: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/03/24/why-farmed-salmon-are-toxic.aspx

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Good. I'm glad we are in agreement that all serious scientific and peer reviewed data back up my statements.

Only if by "all serious scientific and peer reviewed data" you mean the (unscientific) selective science underpinning the established/dogmatic beliefs and deliberate lies of the medical and pharmaceutical industry.

"Medicine being a compendium of the successive and contradictory mistakes of medical practitioners, when we summon the wisest of them to our aid, the chances are that we may be relying on a scientific truth the error of which will be recognized in a few years' time." --Marcel Proust

"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." --Dr. Marcia Angell (2009)

It's actually far more common for tolerance to side effects to develop over time, rather than sensitization to them. Still, if you have serious side effects then of course you should try a different class of drug, but that's not what you said originally. You said you should continually cycle between drug types, which is just plain dangerous.

Not continually based on some schedule based on generalities/averages as the medical industry would give you the impression is the best way to do it, but based on your own discernment of desired-to-undesired effects progression over time. The same is true for any drug taken chronically. You generally want to allow homeostasis to take hold, rather than adaption to chronic administration of some chemical.

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[sovie]

My tip is to eat soaked almonds in the morning while fasting.
Make it habbit not to sleep  without doing cardio exercise.

[btcusury]

Forgot to mention, colonoscopies are also highly questionable: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/10/16/is-colonoscopy-worth-the-risk.aspx (cancer scares tend to be fake news, oncology being possibly the 2nd most corrupt within the medical industry behind only the lawless and amoral vaccine industry)

[o_e_l_e_o]

Only if by "all serious scientific and peer reviewed data" you mean the (unscientific) selective science underpinning the established/dogmatic beliefs and deliberate lies of the medical and pharmaceutical industry.

Rich coming from the guy whose only sources are links from mercola.com, a site which only exists to sell quack supplements to the gullible.

[franky1]

Reducing Salt and Sugar is not necessary if you already have a normal intake of these two elements.In fact, it's life threatning to have a below normal salt intake. Source:https://www.verywellfit.com/what-happens-if-i-dont-consume-enough-sodium-2507757

its important to know there are different types of 'salts' and 'sugars' too

take the salts/brines used in processed meat is not the same salt you sprinkle on your fries
the salts/brines used in preserving meats is far worse.

[Naida_BR]

Reducing Salt and Sugar is not necessary if you already have a normal intake of these two elements.In fact, it's life threatning to have a below normal salt intake. Source:https://www.verywellfit.com/what-happens-if-i-dont-consume-enough-sodium-2507757

its important to know there are different types of 'salts' and 'sugars' too

take the salts/brines used in processed meat is not the same salt you sprinkle on your fries
the salts/brines used in preserving meats is far worse.

But what about the sugar?
I don't think that there is any "good" sugar... All kinds affect negatively our body. Even the sugar that exists in fruits in not healthy if you consume a lot of "sweet" fruits.

[Negotiation]

People lack of knowledge in one's health is why most people get sick, i used to wonder why i always get a fever more often and why my learning curve is so slow it really affected my confidence towards people and academic performance. Luckily im interested in watching anything in youtube that one day recommend me a vid to watch about health and how to improve brain function then i watched, after that i got amazed on how much i could do to change my body and change it to be able to learn faster like in the movie limitless.

I think that we lack education of the nutrition and healthy lifestyle.
There should be classes from early school stages where kids will learn what it is good to eat or not. Sweets and junk food is tasty for the most people but we should not rely our diet on what tastes better.

Yes you are right that we are deficient in nutritious food which causes great harm to our health. For this reason to maintain good health you need to take nutritious food and avoid lubricating and external foods.

[deadthings]

Just want to add regarding renal health, when people think that more water can help. It’s otherwise; less water is needed when kidney fails. Less potassium intake is needed for the patient suffer End stage renal disease ESRD

[BADecker]

Try "gotu kola" for brain enhancement. Take it with Korean ginseng, and Russian ginseng (which is really eleuthero), and eat a lot of fish and walnuts.

Those are great indeed, although only small fish which eat few or no other fish is recommended, because of high mercury levels in most seas. An example is salmon, which by itself is one of the healthiest things you can eat, but due to the mercury contamination it's only worth it if it's wild-caught from uncontaminated waters in Alaska. Mercury is one of the most damaging toxins, but it's a slow gradual easily unnoticeable damage spread over its long half-lives. Farmed salmon also has several other toxins such as pesticides, antibiotics, dioxins, PCBs: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/03/24/why-farmed-salmon-are-toxic.aspx

Mercury is not a problem. Heavy metals can be expelled from the body by: EDTA, cilantro, sauna, and other ways. People often have high mercury content in their bodies from the fillings in their teeth.

Tooth fillings the way the dentists do them are not really all that natural. The mercury-silver amalgam is something that the body tries to remove, because the body naturally knows it is foreign and poisonous. So, over the years, the fillings break down slightly, thereby poisoning the body a little. The better one eats, the better his health gets, and the more capable the body is for getting rid of the mercury-silver amalgam by breaking it down, and the more it gets into his system.

Fish mercury is not a big problem.

[semobo]

My tip is to eat soaked almonds in the morning while fasting.
Make it habbit not to sleep  without doing cardio exercise.

Stretching in the morning will do more good than doing at eve time.It not only gives fitness to body and also help us to wakeup our mind and start doing our works more brisk than before.

[franky1]

But what about the sugar?
I don't think that there is any "good" sugar... All kinds affect negatively our body. Even the sugar that exists in fruits in not healthy if you consume a lot of "sweet" fruits.

there are different types of sugars
lactose, dextrose, fructose etc

they each have different properties and yes excess amounts of each have negatives.
your body does need sugars and each type of sugar has a different effect on the body

there are simple sugars which your body just uses direct as energy which can cause excess bloodsugar if taken too excess. there are also complex sugar which take time to breakdown.
there are also sugars which take time to break down but your bodies initial reaction is to spike the insulin which can actually cause a mis match of your body slowing down due to insulin and then speeding up later due to the sugars.
its where people after a meal feel sluggish and then get a second wind later

yep it isnt the christmas turkey making you having the christmas afternoon nap. its all the carbohydrates from the potato's and gravy that triggers your insulin

short summary.
dont eat to excess and your body wont go wild trying to control the uncontrolable
so control what you eat and your body will control the rest

[SummerBliss]

You only get one body, the way you treat it today goes along way to determine your health in the long term. What if you were allowed to have just one vehicle your whole life? You'd have to take care of it, change the oil, filters, tires, decide what fuel source is best and a lot more. This might seem like the best comparison, but cars have easily replaceable parts.
These are a few health tips. I added some links so you could read more about your health.


1. Drink Water.

2. Hand washing is a life saving routine of the last century. https://globalhandwashing.org/about-handwashing/history-of-handwashing/

3. Antibiotics should be taken only when prescribed by your Doctor. They are not a magical cure for every pain in your body. Stick strictly to the dose, and completely you prescription.   Misuse of antibiotics creates an Antibiotics Resistance apocalypse. https://www.nationaljewish.org/treatment-programs/medications/medicine-safety/antibiotics-use-and-misuse

4. Being skinny doesn’t mean you’re healthy.

5. Always let the doctor know (especially when asked) about all the parts you had removed, implants and drugs you’re on.

6. It doesn’t matter how you feel now, you need some kind of exercise.

7. You kidneys and Liver naturally do all the detoxification you ever need. Except in kidney/liver failure, you don’t need to spend money on all these detox teas. https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/liver-detox

8. Never Ever boil Breast milk.

9. Type 2 diabetes can be largely prevented by a healthy lifestyle. You can save your future self a lot of diabetes complications. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/disease-prevention/diabetes-prevention/preventing-diabetes-full-story/

10. Speak up! Share symptoms with your doctor. They don’t need to ask before you say.

11. Don’t give honey to children below the ages of 1. https://www.poison.org/articles/2010-jun/dont-feed-honey-to-infants

12. Do not Use Soap douching water inside your vagina. You should wash your labia (the area around your vagina) instead. Just like your eyeballs, your vagina is self-cleansing, you don’t wash your eyeballs. Washing it flushes out the good bacteria that’s supposed to be there, which automatically gets replaced by bad bacteria (yeast infection). https://www.healthline.com › healthWeb resultsHow to Clean Your Vagina and Vulva: 13 FAQs on Soaps, Scents, More - Healthline

 
13. Reduce Salt and Sugar intake.

14. The orifice a baby comes out and that of urine is different. It’s shocking how many people don’t know the anatomy of women. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ap/chapter/the-female-reproductive-system/

15. Don’t postpone seeing a dermatologist , if you see any skin moles that are:
A - asymmetrical B - border (odd borders, like they're jagged or something) C - Colour (different colours) D - Diameter (grows) E - Evolve (Well, evolves)
It might be skin cancer.

16. Lifestyle Modification is the First line of treatment for most common diseases. If you knew the complications of diabetes, hypertension or most common disease, you take healthy lifestyle changes serious.


17. You often will feel normal (asymptomatic) with high blood pressure. 1/3 of people living with hypertension don’t know it. Most people find out incidentally, during check ups. Don’t wait until it gives you symptoms you totally don't want to go through. https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-symptoms-high-blood-pressure

18. You mental heath is just as important as your physical health. Damage to one, would affect the other.

19. Teeth are considered as luxury bones and must be treated golden. Brushing your teeth twice daily would save you thousands of dollars in the future.

20. The immune system is an incredibly complex organization of cells that communicates readily to destroy anything deemed hostile within the body. The immune system explains why/how vaccines are supposed/designed to work, why allergies complications differs, and why transfusions/transplants procedures are hard to successfully pull off.


21. Allergies may fade out overtime. When exposed to a non-threatening level of an allergy for a long enough time, the body decides that it's not really a threat anymore.


22. Get Sleep. Psychosis could result from not having slept over a long period of time. A few extra hours of sleep might be the solution to a psychological disturbance.

23. There is a vestigial remnant of the uterus located in the prostate (in males). called the prostatic utricle. It is a duct that leads nowhere.  It sometimes has some remote endometrium in it which produces one drop of blood every 28 days.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2858890/

24. Your kidneys play a huge role in health and treatment procedures. Learn to take good take of your kidneys by taking appropriate amount of water and salt. https://www.niddk.nih.gov › ...PDFWeb resultsKidney Failure: What to Expect - National Institute of Diabetes - NIH

25. You might decide to refuse all vaccines for your newborn; Hepatitis b vaccine and all others, I care less, but you see Vitamin K, don’t skip that. Babies don’t make Vitamin K which prevents bleeding. Vitamin K is made by gut bacteria flora which newborn babies don’t have.
https://kidshealth.org › parents › vit...Why Do Newborns Need a Vitamin K Shot? (for Parents) - Nemours KidsHealth

26. Feed your Newborn (especially when you can). Exclusive breastfeeding is essential for infant development and survival. https://www.who.int › elena › titlesWeb resultsExclusive breastfeeding for optimal growth, development and health of infants - WHO

27. Some things aren’t meant to go in your rectum. And when you’re rushed in ER, you don’t need to lie saying you ‘fell on it’, we know you didn’t.


These are health tips, and shouldn’t be taken as Diagnosis or treatment. ALWAYS SEE YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.


Yes, I’m a doctor. I’ll do well to add more tips. Please do add to the list when you can. Got some tips/inspiration from https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ca3ije/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_something_that_you_wish/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


"treat your body like Cubans treat their 1950s VW beetles"

For me and what I personally follow : dehydration , getting good sleeo , eating healthy , staying away from junk and exercising are few things to stay healthy. Exercising atleast 3 days a week and maintaining your diet is very important.  Not really necessary to go join a gym but simple jogging can help maintain a good health.

[butcherme]

I was away because of health issue and this is the first topic that caught my eyes I really like the tips and it would really help a lot.
I used to drink less water since I don't do anything besides play on my computer and eat I only drink less than 5 glass a day but I think I should really start to have even small exercise and try to complete the 8 glass of water per day to stay healthy.

[samputin]

This is a nice list if health tips. But I would just like to input my opinion especially on No.4 — Being skinny doesn't mean you're healthy but being skinny doesn't also mean that you're not healthy. I just know people who are skinny but they're healthy. They do not have underlying illness. It's just that, they have a fast metabolism (at least that's what they say).

Anyway, it's really important to take care of ourselves. And what I always do is to drink plenty of water (plenty as in 8-10 glasses a day). I just feel dry if I don't drink enough water. A regular exercise will help, too, in boosting our immunity which is really necessary especially this time of pandemic. Being quarantined for several months now just allowed many of us to have time for ourselves and keep our body healthy and fit.