What is Health and How to Measure It.

What is Health and How to Measure It.

I am not a fan of chasing lab tests. But, we need a measure of how our health is progressing. What SHOULD we measure?

Latest Free Substack: "If we want to measure and track our health, we should know what health is."

What is Health and How to Measure It.

I am not a fan of chasing lab tests. But, we need a measure of how our health is progressing. What SHOULD we measure?

I think after this next bull run, we won't see prices like these anymore.

This is my second year as a father. I would just like to thank the Universe for this opportunity.

Joe Rogan offered to donate $100K to charity if Peter Hotez debates @RobertKennedyJr on his podcast. Since then, the total contributions have reached >$780K Will Peter accept the challenge? https://twitter.com/RemnantMd/status/1670248422891241474?t=2afJoA_sgW-9eHzjck2ARg&s=19

Obesity is due to hunger. Chances are, you are not feeding your body the right stuff. Nutritionally. Socially. Psychologically. Physically. Intellectually. Electromagnetically. Feed your body right.

Modern Medicine suffers from widespread confounding errors. It finds co-occurring phenomena, and then assumes causality. Cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. Pneumonia and microbiota. Chronic diseases and DNA/RNA fragments (aka viruses). Gene mutations and cancer.

Tocopherols, different forms of Vitamin E are used to preserve food, both for storage and undergoing high heat processing of food. That should tell you something about the nature of vitamin E. Protects organic matter against high stress conditions.

Top Tip: If you are ever concerned about a treatment option, one of my favorite statistics is... NNT = Number-needed-to-treat The NNT tells us how many people need to receive this treatment, for just ONE person to achieve the desired outcome. For example: The NNT high blood pressure to prevent 1 death = 125 people for 5 years! Meaning: you need to treat 125 people with prescription drugs for 5 years to prevent 1 death. But there's more. The often ignored cousin of NNT NNH = Number-needed-to-harm Similarly, NNH tells us how many people need to be given a treatment option to harm 1 person. To continue with high blood pressure, the NNH is 10. 1 in 10 experienced some side effect resulting in stopping the medication. Now, I am not saying no one should ever take antihypertensives. No. But, these drugs do not provide the same benefit for everyone that takes it. So, you must be cognizant of what you are trying to achieve...and harms you are trying to avoid. Thennt.com

Melatonin is Ubiquitous It benefits sleep, inflammation, immunity & obesity. Originally found in cows - later in plants, nuts, and even coffee. Rats fed walnuts demonstrate increased blood serum melatonin AND increased anti-oxidative capacity. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0899900705001632?via%3Dihub

"As in the outer, so in the body."

Treat patients, not lab values. Pursue the feeling of balance, vitality, and health. Only you know when you have achieved this. No lab, test or doctor can tell you.

The stomach is a fire, which cooks food and breaks it down. The small intestine is a river, absorbing and funneling nutrition to the body. The colon is a swamp, eliminates waste and absorbs water.

Trust in teachers, doctors, scientists... We have lost the things which we took for granted. Now, people are acting out of a need. Our desperation is our greatest strength.

Guard yourselves against a day on which no soul shall stand for another. Al-Baqara 2:48

"All of these refined stimuli inevitably lead to resistance. Resistance is the word we use to describe when our bodies have been so overexposed to a stimulus, that it is no longer capable of dealing with that stimulus effectively."

The Root Cause of All Illness

Recently, I have been thinking about the common elements of illness. In this article, I make the case for the most fundamental root cause of disease.

Fortify yourself to such a degree, that when you decide to take stand, your loved ones don't feel the need to voice concern and hold you back.

As rates chronic disease continues to rise, acute illness becomes more frequent and more severe. E.g. Diabetics have far worse outcomes with common infections.

The Root Cause of All Illness

Recently, I have been thinking about the common elements of illness. In this article, I make the case for the most fundamental root cause of disease.

By encouraging people to get healthier, we all win more as the number of people getting better goes up.

I have been thinking about the similarities between various forms of illness, both physiologic and psychologic. Free Substack:

The Root Cause of All Illness

Recently, I have been thinking about the common elements of illness. In this article, I make the case for the most fundamental root cause of disease.