I've just put this up on facebook, but thought it might reach out further, so I'm putting it up here:
I regularly post on Healthunlocked and am an administrator on one LCHF site there. Mostly I'm concerned with Diabetes India. I often wonder why I bother when the depth of ignorance and reluctance to address the root causes are displayed. Time and again Ayurvedic nonsense (cows urine anybody?), homeopathy and acupuncture along with other woo trumps good solid evidence that LCHF (Low Carbohydrate, High Fat) is the answer. It’s depressing when you consider that the people posting there must be at least the wealthy middle class to have access to the internet but are too idle or afraid to do a little digging.
But back to us. There’s a choice to be made if we are to fix what certainly will bankrupt the NHS, currently running at 23.7 billion pounds in the UK. We have the SAD (Standard American Diet) that is killing us against returning to the diet that put you at the top of your ancestral tree. A regime that works, yet you’ll still see the shopping carts of the obese and diabetic full of healthy whole grains, low fat milk, fat free yoghurt and butter substitutes that owe their origins to seed (NOT vegetable) oils, chemicals and stainless steel.
£23.7 billion guys, but politicians in thrall to the lobbyists and vested interests of big agri, food and pharma aren't going to rollover soon. The answer will not come from top down, but from bottom up; with computer literate people who have access to the internet with voices insisting to be heard.
It’s not gluttony and sloth - it’s a changed environment that owes its existence to the dollar.
I grew up in the ’50’s when obesity was seen as something odd. There a wasn’t a problem with T2 diabetes or Alzheimers - look at any pre WW2 photograph of crowds if you want to challenge me.
Don’t like the newspeak of Low Carb High Fat? OK, dump it and just go back to eating what your grandparents ate!
There’s an elephant in the room guys, and I guess I’ll still have to bang the drum, but it does get me down.
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Raoji, it is very pertinent to point out that attacking various systems of medicine is an insult to millions of its followers. They are all time tested systems and their efficacy is beyond any reproach. Only an ignorant and lmmature will make a mockery of those systems.
Just give us the data. I don't know how many times I have to say it, unless you have hard data, then what you are offering is anecdote, opinion and prejudice. It's not an insult to challenge institutionalised or cultural paradigms as the attraction of people just wanting a simple solution to a complex problem is a worldwide phenomenon, and extremely damaging.
I can assure you I am neither ignorant and immature. And mockery is just one tool I use to shake the truly ignorant and immature out of their complacency.
Respect others. You will gain respect only if you give it to others. You are nobody to ask any hard data here on this forum about Ayurveda in the same way as we do not ask for any Western Medical system. We have enough evidences of efficacy of our ancient Ayurvedic Medicinal system because we use it and we believe in it. If you do not believe in it...it's ok....Just follow LCHF diet and you will be relieved of your problem of managing blood sugar numbers forever...right? Food is medicine itself as such, but once any disease happens, herbs helps us controlling it by stopping the progression of any disease. Ayurveda is nothing but a science of herbs which cures imbalance of dosha in our body. Read a book "PERFECT HEALTH" by Deepak Chopra to begin with to know basic principles of Ayurveda. Have an open mind and just read it for once. You will start believing in it for sure.
Learn to tolerate other cultures and don't tell it a non-sense just because you do not believe in it. See below link to judge your own culture and our Indian culture for a change.
Hello, Pal, what are you writing "Elephant in the Room guys" what does this mean, explain as an administrator. I need to study this new Phrase. Becuz, i see no animals here.
it is really sad to note that in spite of your so many posts in Indian forum...and after coming across many principles of Ayurveda discussed in forum...your knowledge about Ayurveda is just restricted to cow urine....
I request you to plz read more and gain some more knowledge on the subject before passing some sarcastic comments..
Hope some day you will come out of your ignorance.
Cure, There are so many so called 'alternative' therapies out there, all with their utterly convinced proponents. I have no interest whatsoever in something because somebody BELIEVES the efficacy. Here's a list from your own country. Are you going to research them?
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I'm afraid the onus isn't on me to convince myself, it's for you to provide the evidence
Your focus on Ayurveda is a cultural thing. This is not to be pejorative, any more someone believing in acupuncture would be more likely to be Chinese. There maybe something in some old remedy, as for example the salicylic acid from willow tree bark that lead to the synthesis of aspirin.
Even if you do believe in Ayurvedic efficacy there are very real and present dangers - number one you will find massively different opinions within practitioners as to dosage and use. And then there's this:
'Safety concerns have been raised about Ayurveda, with two U.S. studies finding about 20 percent of Ayurvedic Indian-manufactured patent medicines contained toxic levels of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. Other concerns include the use of herbs containing toxic compounds and the lack of quality control in Ayurvedic facilities. Incidents of heavy metal poisoning have been attributed to the use of these compounds in the United States'.
If you go for one Ayurvedic treatment, then surely you believe in all or at least most of the treatments, if not, why not? You mention cow urine. What would you use it for, what dosage, for how long go and where would you get it - is one cow source better than another?
In this cure we shall have to agree to disagree I think.
You mention cow urine. What would you use it for, what dosage, for how long go and where would you get it - is one cow source better than another?
DearMikePollard read read and read may be you are reading but seems there is some problem about your ability to comprehend the subject ...no where in ayurveda cow urine is mentioned as cure....
It will be noteworthy that many other sacred scriptures mention use of Auto urine...(if you wish I can quote from the scripture)
May I say auto urine therapy is more cultural thing in west??? as it is mentioned in some sacred script??
Rather just do quick search on wikipedia and u will find auto urine therapy was started in UK...and gained immense popularity in UK.
'Safety concerns have been raised about Ayurveda, with two U.S. studies finding about 20 percent of Ayurvedic Indian-manufactured patent medicines contained toxic levels of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. Other concerns include the use of herbs containing toxic compounds and the lack of quality control in Ayurvedic facilities. Incidents of heavy metal poisoning have been attributed to the use of these compounds in the United States'
Dear Mike which reportsare you talking about??? the same reports and same funded research paper which you always discard???
Mike don't tell me those bias reports.
And mike I have about 125 posts in last 7/8 months....mostly on herbs used in Ayurveda....
I am ready to discuss any post with you.... Almost in each and every post I have given the scientific study done by some impartial agency..some university....
Guess I will trust more with qualified researchers...than comment of some immature racist mocker with prejudice mind
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