Give yourself a lift
For the past few decades, we’ve been continually bombarded by exercise propaganda that tells us bouncing around and working up a sweat is the key to good health.
But I still maintain that if you have a good diet, low in carbohydrates and vegetable fats and high in animal fats and animal protein and if you supplement with testosterone as needed, exercise isn’t really needed at all to maintain muscle mass and good health. Exercise will, of course, increase exercise tolerance, but that does not guarantee that you are going to live longer. I recommend a book titled The Exercise Myth, by Henry A. Solomon, M.D., for a good perspective on this subject (It is available at most large book retailers).
However, for people in a sedentary job, which means most of us, a moderate amount of weightlifting is a good thing. For people entering middle age, it’s more than a good thing; it is essential to preventing muscular atrophy. As an adjunct, men over 40 might also want to have their testosterone levels checked and consider a supplement if levels are low.
IBS cured – no BS!
A concerned reader wrote to me, pointing out that my report made it seem as if there is no satisfactory treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Cortisone, hypnosis, acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, drugs, enemas, cabbage juice, meditation, vitamins and minerals, fiber, yoga, oils, and New Age mumbo-jumbo are all a waste of time in this disease.
But there is a satisfactory treatment for IBS, which is 99 percent effective if the diagnosis is correct and if you have the patience to follow the instructions. You must first find a health care professional, which usually means someone other than an M.D., who will put you on an elimination diet, a regimen that will eventually identify all the foods that irritate your bowel.
There are many reasons why an M.D. is usually not your best choice. Most of them do not want to take the time to do it right. Most of them don’t understand the importance of food allergy/sensitivity in IBS. They get discouraged at the low level of compliance by patients – and, at least in this regard, you can’t blame them: Patients want a quick fix.
Unfortunately, this disease is not one subject to a quick fix. If you soldier through it however, you are cured for life, and not many diseases offer the option of a total, lifelong cure.
Go to a qualified M.D. to be sure your diagnosis is IBS. Then go to an alternative health care professional. I don’t care if he is a chiropractor, an astrophysicist, or an auto mechanic, as long as he understands the elimination diet. But just to be on the safe side, contact the American College for Advancement in Medicine (by phone at (800)532-3688 or (714)583-7666 and on the Internet at www.acam.org) for a referral to a qualified alternative physician in your area. Follow their advice regarding the elimination diet and you will get cured, and stay cured, so long as you behave yourself.
