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Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure by changing oral microbiome: study

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Post by healsdata »

mrob wrote: post #16
healsdata wrote: post #6

Isn't nitrates what makes processed meats so unhealthy? Does this mean the bacon that claims to be cured with celery juice is actually on to something?

The main preservative for processed meats, and the one that reacts with other compounds to form carcinogens, is nitrites not nitrates. Nitrates are sometimes used too, especially for meats that are cured for a long time, because some bacteria will reduce them to nitrites, making them effectively work as a sustained release form of nitrite. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_salt

Thank you, I appreciate the correction and additional information!

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Post by bigmattystyles »

bongodongobob wrote: post #104
bigmattystyles wrote: post #80

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Don’t lead pipes or any pipes for water actually get a patina of calcium carbonate or something so while not great it’s not as bad as told. Only if the ph of the water changes because you change the water source, kinda like in flint?

Yes. There's nothing wrong with lead pipes.

Not sure if sarcasm if I don't know enough beyond my own comment that I remembered from a PBS documentary.....

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Post by specialist »

kaleinator wrote: post #114
Aurornis wrote: post #94

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> long, rambling discussion with a functional dentist on the Primal Podcast I don’t know what a “functional dentist” is, but the term “functional medicine” is used to describe alternative medicine doctors. They traditional misinterpret studies and exaggerate their impacts, focusing on small studies in mice or theoretical in vitro studies and then extrapolating those to treatment decisions.

In my own personal experience (chronic pain), "Real Doctors" seem to want to shove pills down your throat because "they work", or give things like steroid shots which have negative long term effects. Whereas "Functional Doctors" are willing to try more traditional things because historically they have seemed to produce good results and are typically less intrusive (but may require more effort from the patient). So I…

Same.

I went to Swedish Hospital's Pain Services Clinic. https://www.swedish.org/services/pain-services Transformative.

Funny thing: the techniques and skills they teach work, even if you don't think they will.

I think most (all?) new age stuff -- naturopathy, chiropractics, reiki, whatever -- is BS. But I can't argue with my lived experience of using tai chi, mindfulness, education, and other new skills to proactively manage my disease.

This is my first time hearing (reading) the phrase "functional doctor". WebMD defines them as specialists in digging deeper, seeing the whole picture. Perfect.

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YMMV. Consult your doctor, etc. Most treatments don't help with treatment resistant conditions. Beware adverse effects. Yadda, yadda.

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Post by underlipton »

Aurornis wrote: post #93
underlipton wrote: post #59

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Biphasic sleep was probably more common before artificial light, and you really need to be moving every 30-45 minutes. Even just a couple of minutes of walking or doing some chore counts.

> Biphasic sleep was probably more common before artificial light The last time I looked into this theory it wasn’t nearly as robust as I was led to believe. It got circulated as fact for a few years but the people pushing it didn’t really have as much evidence for it as I assumed.

That doesn't make it false. And you'd expect something so radical as extending the lit hours of human life to affect our sleep, as it does many, many other species.

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Post by chemmail »

djtango wrote: post #148
kaleinator wrote: post #114

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In my own personal experience (chronic pain), "Real Doctors" seem to want to shove pills down your throat because "they work", or give things like steroid shots which have negative long term effects. Whereas "Functional Doctors" are willing to try more traditional things because historically they have seemed to produce good results and are typically less intrusive (but may require more effort from the patient). So I…

It's unpopular to voice anti-science sounding sentiments about medicine but it's worth noting that there is often a disconnect between known and practiced medicine. Optimal outcomes at the aggregate don't always translate to optimal outcomes for the individual. This can mean that strategies like effective triage and prioritization lets people fall through the cracks of conventional medical treatment. This is especial…

If you look at the US healthcare system, it is 100% about fixing after the fact rather than prevention. Insurance would touch anything preventative.
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