What makes allopathic medicine (MD) different from most 'alternative' medicine? MDs often (not always) come to management decisions on the basis that the body is wrong, and it needs to be intervened on. Be corrected. Most popular alternative medicines take a different approach. IMO, the over-riding motifs within alternative practices of medicine are: -we are not giving the body something it needs -we are doing something wrong to our body -both of the above, but to the mind -and don't forget the soul This is very different than MDs We can appreciate this difference: -your blood pressure is too high -your blood sugar is too high -your blood cholesterol is too high -your [insert organ] is dysfunctional Most of the solutions proposed are aimed at correcting the measurable manifestation of the problem. Despite what most MDs are taught...they do, in fact, treat the numbers. Blood pressure? Treat the # Blood sugar? Treat the # Cholesterol? # We will stick to these 3 for arguments sake. All of them are prescribed drugs. Until they aren't enough, and you need surgery. Nobody stops to think: -What is accounting for the tension in the body to cause hypertension? -How am I causing my body to be resistant to insulin? -Why is my body needing to pump out so much cholesterol? Your body isn't stupid. It knows what it is doing, very well! You want to believe that you know more about your body, than your body? Your body has billions of years of evolved wisdom. Your mind, not so much. Even your doctor. Definitely not smarter than your body. Then, after the medication you are prescribed masks the symptoms without addressing the problem. Inevitably, the problem gets worse. But you have silenced the feedback mechanism your body was using. And if your doctor is 'smart,' the drug also adjusts your lab values. Mask the symptoms ✅ Normalize the labs ✅ Congratulations, now you have no way of knowing if the underlying problem is getting worse or better. That is until the problem builds-up. Over years and years. Until one day...you need something new. Unexpectedly, the blood pressure and cholesterol you have been masking has contributed to coronary artery disease. Even the vessels in your brain are getting narrowed. You have a stroke, or a heart attack. Now, you need surgery! Alternatively, all the toxins and inflammation you have been inflicting on your body eventually causes a tumor to form. Now, we need to cut our a body part. Irradiate your body. Inject chemotoxins into your bloodstream. I think you get it. Look, I don't like to talk about my profession in this manner. It's just something that I have been coming to terms with, and trying to understand how we can correct our path. No matter how bad, we should always strive to improve what we love doing.

Start 'em young. Lighter for scale.

Where we are headed, there is no need for "licensure" for doctors. This is alreayd manifest in the flourishing of health coaching. We will be consulted on the merits of our thoughts and the strength of our character. Proof-of-work medicine is inevitable.

What if the prevalence of mood disorders is a function of refined neurological & emotional stimulants causing neurotransmitter resistance? Similar to how refined sugars lead to insulin resistance.

Slinging 600+ arrows in the first week into archery has not been kind to my shoulder. PoW.

What if we taught people how to listen to their bodies, to prevent problems from getting out of hand?

I appreciate the respect people have for "evidence-based medicine." Problem is, we codify the standard of care with aggregate data. One person will cure their reflux with apple cider vinegar. Another will cure their reflux with melatonin. A third with a chiropractor. Standardize that.

From my beginner understanding, the difference between Olympic and traditional archery, is that the former teaches how to aim a weapon, and the latter teaches how to align yourself with deadly force. No arrow rest. No sight. No scope. No counterweight. No padding or protection.

The poem in appreciation of cholesterol got quite a bit of attention. I'd like to direct your attention to an article I wrote in August, 2022, entitled "Cholesterol Good - Statins Bad." This information is relevant to everyone from the recently retired, to recent graduates embarking on their new career.

Cholesterol Good - Statins Bad.

The idea that cholesterol is bad for you is rooted in a rather comical and simplistic conception of what cholesterol is.Remnant | MD is a reader-su...

Medical students and trainees have no idea how much of what they are taught as 'medical fact' is the unsubstantiated conjecture of an industry gluttony for grant funding.

✍️ An Ode to Cholesterol Cholesterol gets a bad reputation - particularly LDL. We dislike it because we find it insinuated within the lining of our arteries. We blame it for shortening our lives. It is important to remember the function that the LDL serves. It is patching up all the damage you are doing to your body. Where inflammation and tissue damage go, LDL follows. It is part of the healing process. So, the next time you want to throw shade at LDL, remember what your blood vessel would look like without it. Inflamed, fibrotic, leaking, and throwing clots. You'd stroke out in no time. Improve your habits, and thank your cholesterol for keeping you alive this long.

What you put on your skin matters: Once you get past the thin and flimsy flaking skin & epidermis, you have the largest and one of the most richly vascularized organs in the body. Just because it doesn't go down your throat, does not mean it's not harming you.

The general population is increasingly overweight, distracted, unproductive and dejected. Why? 1. Insulin Resistance. 2. Dopamine Resistance. 3. Cortisol Resistance. 4. Serotonin Resistance. Detox from refined stimulants.

For those of you interested in something other than anarcho-capitalism, I have started working on a multi-part framework from which you can understand cancer and tumors. This is part 1:

Rethinking Tumor Growth | Part 1 - Where Does Cancer Begin?

I have shared my thoughts on tumor growth and cancer without a unifying framework. If you have ever had the nagging thought that the current cancer...