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Op Note IVThe pain came on like a shark attack and wouldn ’t release it’s grip. She was writhing in the ER. We advised surgical exploration. She gave a panting, wild eyed consent. But when we opened her up, everything was in its right place. The liver unfurled itself beneath the diaphragm like a majestic manta ray undulating through depths of ocean. The spleen swelled with purplish turgidity. Bowels squirmed with restless unscripted life like anemones. Curtains of yellow fat glistened under the glare of the OR lights like kelp. Everything was perfectly fine. We shou...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 10, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
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BathMy 10 year old son lies supine in a bath without bubbles. His lithe white body like a mullet fish in the lagoon floats fragile in dull gray waters. His shins are like champagne glasses. His wiener sways and strains for the surface like a blade of ocean kelp. Here ’s your towel, man, I say. He ’s dipped his ears beneath the surface so he can’t hear what I’m saying. Or at least plausibly deny. Underwater we only hear with our skull. Everything echoes. Each sound takes its turn. What did I even say. I ’d forgotten the towel. I ’m not even there. ...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - August 24, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Grain-Free, Legume-Free, Sugar-Free Experiment
For the month of August, I’ve been doing a new dietary experiment. I’m eating grain-free, legume-free, and sugar-free. I’m doing this mainly out of curiosity to see what effect it has. I think I’m far enough along (about four weeks) that this would be a good time to share what I’ve learned.
The biggest adjustment was switching some common food sources, especially carbs. Instead of brown rice or rice noodles, I’ve been eating more potatoes, sweet potatoes, and starchy squash. Instead of beans or tofu, I’m eating more fruit, nuts, and veggies.
While I’ve removed refined s...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - August 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 8th 2019
This study did not confirm the hypothesis that ELL individuals have lower polygenic risk scores for cardiovascular-related phenotypes. Only the HDL cholesterol and triglyceride PRS were nominally significantly associated with ELL participants. In contrast and as expected, ELL individuals had higher polygenic risk scores for exceptional longevity (EL). In regards to the associations of the various cardiovascular PRS with EL, no findings survived correction for multiple testing. This is despite validating the utility of the lipid PRS by confirming positive associations with measured lipid levels in our sample. Interestingly,...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 7, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
What ’ s the story with iodine?
Iodine is an essential nutrient, but one that many have forgotten about despite the fact that iodine deficiency was a major public health crisis all throughout human history until 1924.
Iodized salt was the solution to iodine deficiency. But, since the FDA advised everyone to cut back salt intake, iodine deficiency and even goiters (enlarged thyroid glands due to lack of iodine) are making a comeback along with weight gain, fatigue, thinning hair, high blood pressure and other health problems, yet the solution is so simple.
The post What’s the story with iodine? appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Hypothyroidism Iodine Thyroid disease kelp Source Type: blogs
Alginate Encapsulation to Ensure Greater Cell Survival Following Transplantation
In this study, scientists delivered the new algae-based capsules containing macrophages to areas of injured muscle tissue in the back legs of mice. Alginate from the cell walls of brown algae, which is mainly found in cold waters in the Northern Hemisphere, was used to form the capsules. They found that these macrophages successfully remained in the injured area, new blood vessels formed, and as a result more blood reached the damaged area. Currently, to treat CLI and restore blood flow in the limbs, the blocked section of the artery has to be either bypassed during surgery or widened using a small piece of expandable mesh...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 1, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Caramelized Onion, Fennel and Mushroom Soup – Umami in a Bowl
What do you make when you want something hearty but light? Something that will warm the cockles of your heart but not make you feel stuffed? That will work for a light and early pre-theater dinner after a not so light afternoon lunch with your sister who was just in for the afternoon? (What a treat!)
You make this soup.
The Umami is strong with this one
I love onion soup, but never found it satisfying on its own without being topped with a ton of cheese and bread.
This soup is different. Between the mushrooms, fennel and beef broth, it’s packed with umami. Add some shaved parmesan and you’re in an umami paradi...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - March 31, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Soups broth caramelized onions easy fast Fennel light Mushroom umami Source Type: blogs
Why are Americans so deficient in iodine?
Despite being an essential nutrient, so many people fail to obtain an adequate intake of iodine, even fewer obtain an ideal intake.
Yet getting iodine is so easy and inexpensive. But don’t rely on the doctor to tell you how or why, as he/she is too busy planning your next procedure or trying to hand you a drug prescription, since doctors really don’t know how to dispense genuine health.
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Let’s talk about iodine. Now I’ve talked about iodine before. It’s in the Wheat Belly Total Health program. It’s in the Undoctored Wild-Naked-Unwashed program. But I feel like the iodine mes...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 12, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates fibrocystic breast iodine Thyroid undoctored wheat belly Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Thyroid Tune-Up
I am re-posting a classic Wheat Belly Blog post from a few years ago. Despite all our discussions about thyroid issues, there continues to be an enormous information gap: undiagnosed hypothyroidism, gross mismanagement sufficient to impair weight loss and increase cardiovascular risk, dismissing the importance of iodine, and ignorance among healthcare providers. This Thyroid Tune-up is therefore an updated version of the previous post.
Imagine that all the cars in your neighborhood run poorly because nobody bothers to tune-up their autos. I show you how to tune the cars and, lo and behold, 80% of the cars now run great. B...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates autoimmune gluten-free grain-free grains hypothyroid levothyroxine Synthroid Source Type: blogs
Diet not working? Maybe it ’s not your type
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Have you heard of the blood type diet? I thought it had been debunked long ago but patients keep asking about it, so I figured I should learn more.
What’s the Blood Type Diet?
In 1996 Peter D’Adamo, a naturopathic physician, published a book in which he described how people could be healthier, live longer, and achieve their ideal weight by eating according to their blood type. One’s choice of condiments, spices, and even exercise should depend on one’s blood type. Soon, the book was a best seller and people everywhere were finding out their blood type, revising their grocery l...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 437
Answer:BlastocystisspeciesI had posed the question about nomenclature to see how labs are currently reporting this parasite when it is identified in stool specimens by microscopic examination.Originally, onlyB. hominiswas thought to infect humans, while other species infected other animals. However, we now know that humans can be infected with the same organisms as many other hosts, and differentiation between these species is not possible by morphologic examination alone. Therefore,the most accurate way to report this organism when observed in human stool specimens is "Blastocystissp. "rather than "Blastocystis hominis" ....
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - March 6, 2017 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
“Tasmania, Australia | May 13, 2016 A playful juvenile...
"Tasmania, Australia | May 13, 2016 A playful juvenile seal swims around me in a kelp forest along the rocky shores of Cape Hauy. #sonyalpha #eaglehawkdive #adventure #diving #scuba #seeaustralia #tasmania #discovertasmania" By benlowy on Instagram. Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - May 13, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Everything you need to know about iodine
What if your diet is perfect–no wheat, no junk carbohydrates like that from corn or sugars, you are physically active–yet you fail to lose weight? Or you hit a plateau after an initial loss?
Think iodine.
Iodine is an essential nutrient. It is no more optional than, say, celebrating your wedding anniversary or obtaining vitamin C. If you forget to do something nice for your wife on your wedding anniversary, I would fear for your life. If you develop open sores all over your body and your joints fall apart, you could undergo extensive plastic surgery reconstruction and joint replacement . . . or you could just tr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 31, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten grains iodine minerals nutrients supplements Thyroid Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
When to take Wheat Belly nutritional supplements
I’ve gotten a number of questions over the timing of taking the supplements advocated in the Wheat Belly lifestyle. So let’s talk about this issue. It’s actually quite simple.
Probiotic–Timing is unimportant. It’s also unclear whether they can or should be taken with food or on an empty stomach, as there are no clear data on this. So, until we have clarification, take it any old time. The only precaution is that it is probably best to not take your probiotic with anything really hot, e.g., coffee, as some species are heat-sensitive and will not survive. It is probably best to not take your pr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 17, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora fish oil gluten grains iodine magtnesium microbiome nutritional supplements omega-3 probiotic vitamin D Source Type: blogs
