MIT Educated Neurosurgeon Now I'm Unemployed And Alone In The Mountains

[Rocky]

Very interesting insights from a very intelligent educated person


Too long didn't watch version:
He studied medical sciences and became a neuroseurgeon, but felt something was wrong when he wasn't able to help everyone.

He found that the patients he helped that got better, followed a specific diet and lifestyle and those that didn't followed a different diet and lifestyle.

His mindset shifted to how the medical system is set up in a "therapeutic" manner versus a preventative manner.

His main things he found in patients that got better much of which aligns with what I have found myself.
Low sodium diet
Plant based diet (mostly, but not necessarily vegan/vegetarian)
No smoking/drinking
Exercise or sweat
Sleep well
Less stress/good social life

I found most of these to be normally understood as healthy practices, however a more controversial one that I found interesting was low sodium.

I have found particularly in myself there is fairly significant negative effects of a high sodium diet, even "moderate" sodium by normal standards. Don't want to go too deep into it but a lot had to do with how it affects potassium levels and the sodium/potassium pump and the nervous system.

Interesting to see and it was a nice reminder to focus on diet and lifestyle as a priority to being healthy.

 

[DeeKnows]

Very interesting insights from a very intelligent educated person


Too long didn't watch version:
He studied medical sciences and became a neuroseurgeon, but felt something was wrong when he wasn't able to help everyone.

He found that the patients he helped that got better, followed a specific diet and lifestyle and those that didn't followed a different diet and lifestyle.

His mindset shifted to how the medical system is set up in a "therapeutic" manner versus a preventative manner.

His main things he found in patients that got better much of which aligns with what I have found myself.
Low sodium diet
Plant based diet (mostly, but not necessarily vegan/vegetarian)
No smoking/drinking
Exercise or sweat
Sleep well
Less stress/good social life

I found most of these to be normally understood as healthy practices, however a more controversial one that I found interesting was low sodium.

I have found particularly in myself there is fairly significant negative effects of a high sodium diet, even "moderate" sodium by normal standards. Don't want to go too deep into it but a lot had to do with how it affects potassium levels and the sodium/potassium pump and the nervous system.

Interesting to see and it was a nice reminder to focus on diet and lifestyle as a priority to being healthy.

Switching from table salt to sea salt made a big difference for me. High sodium pre packaged or processed foods are not good but sea salting your food is great imo.

 

[Shrek]

Therapeutic vs preventative treatment is because the medical system sees patients as customers, and as with any business you make money by having repeat customers.

Sodium is no joke. I can't eat a lot of it and I'll get sick from it. I never add it to any food at home. Restaurants pile it on to the point I have to ask for "no added salt or seasoning" with every meal I order.

What I find interesting is a double quarter pounder at McDonalds or other fast food burger places isn't too bad for salt compared to what you get in your food at many restaurants.

No smoking/drinking is also a big one.

 

[ClearWater]

Very interesting insights from a very intelligent educated person


Too long didn't watch version:
He studied medical sciences and became a neuroseurgeon, but felt something was wrong when he wasn't able to help everyone.

He found that the patients he helped that got better, followed a specific diet and lifestyle and those that didn't followed a different diet and lifestyle.

His mindset shifted to how the medical system is set up in a "therapeutic" manner versus a preventative manner.

His main things he found in patients that got better much of which aligns with what I have found myself.
Low sodium diet
Plant based diet (mostly, but not necessarily vegan/vegetarian)
No smoking/drinking
Exercise or sweat
Sleep well
Less stress/good social life

I found most of these to be normally understood as healthy practices, however a more controversial one that I found interesting was low sodium.

I have found particularly in myself there is fairly significant negative effects of a high sodium diet, even "moderate" sodium by normal standards. Don't want to go too deep into it but a lot had to do with how it affects potassium levels and the sodium/potassium pump and the nervous system.

Interesting to see and it was a nice reminder to focus on diet and lifestyle as a priority to being healthy.

@Rocky thanks for this link

when i got injured a month or two ago that was when i was prescribed NSAIDS. The script medicine reduced my 'pump' and I started to wonder how physiologically similar water retention from
PEDs was to water retention from diet. If taking prescription can effectively reduce some of my swole, then how similar is the water retention inside my cells? For about 10 years I eat organic and five years almost no meat in diet. Off gear while I heal right now. I definitely prefer DHT compounds because they 'seem' drier than many other products and I always include Anavar, Primo, Winstrol or Proviron in my stack. I am looking forward to getting back on cycle but not at the cost of losing functional abilities and mobility to succeed in sports.

Wonder if the guy in this video is legit or if he is just getting views and subscribers.

 

[ClearWater]

Therapeutic vs preventative treatment is because the medical system sees patients as customers, and as with any business you make money by having repeat customers.

Sodium is no joke. I can't eat a lot of it and I'll get sick from it. I never add it to any food at home. Restaurants pile it on to the point I have to ask for "no added salt or seasoning" with every meal I order.

What I find interesting is a double quarter pounder at McDonalds or other fast food burger places isn't too bad for salt compared to what you get in your food at many restaurants.

No smoking/drinking is also a big one.

@Shrek i don't even try processed foods these days because the sodium is so darned high.

and yeah drinking and smoking are off limits because they do not add value to my life or my goals.

 

[Sorbate]

I intake a far bit of sodium each day, but I also drink 1.5 gallons of water a day, plus coffee.

When I was using one particular pee strip, it always showed my salt to be high in my urine, which I would assume was my body riding itself of excess salt.

I really don’t notice a difference between high and low salt days.

Now drinking, that one fucks your body up.