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Charles Summers's avatar

I’m shocked to see someone identify insulin resistance as the underlying cause of sodium intolerance. Insulin resistance is the cause of the vast majority of diseases of the affluent. And your doctor probably doesn’t have a clue, and worse yet doesn’t want to have a clue. Because you dont need a prescription to correct IR, it’s free!

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Tilly's avatar

And insulin resistance probably starts in the liver. I think everyone should be free to choose whatever but there needs to be some basic truths that are reiterated throughout, like warnings on cigarettes (which I think are nocebos btw just like pink ribbon anything) and that is everything is buyer beware. Everything. Just because it says 'No BPA' doesn't mean it doesn't use a worse plastic they haven't tested at all. People see warnings on everything and they think *someone* has it all under control. Have you met people who work for the government? Do you know doctors and nurses who eat like shit? Who smoke? No one has anything under control and they shouldn't try, it would be impossible. The other truth is that everything anyone in public says is marketing, either for themselves or someone else. Buyer beware and marketing. If you can reiterate this before you go into the world each day then you have half a chance of making a workable decision for yourself.

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Lesilie Martel's avatar

Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to get to the truth of health science. Research is heavily subsidized by interested parties. We don't know what's in most prepared foods and we are finding that a lot of heath/science theories were politically motivated.

Leslie

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Renee Green's avatar

It gets easier.

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Monica Kemp's avatar

A. Thank you for stating categorically that salt/sodium is not the problem the medical professionals push. Geez.

B. Insulin resistance...have heard it so many times, never sure which side I want to be on, I looked it up! I am on the good side!

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Renee Green's avatar

you’re welcome! A lot of people have never heard of it. Or they have not heard about it from the “experts.” or at the doctor. It is not hard to explain it. But the article was already too long so I couldn’t pursue the topic this time.

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