Category Archives: Paleo Diet
The Keystone Cops of Australian Medicine PART 2
Did AHPRA make an example of Dr Fettke? Prior to AHPRA’s ruling, a 2013 Senate Inquiry highlighted the failings of AHPRA’s complaints-handling in order to guarantee public safety. As a result of this investigation, there was a call for a more strict handling of complaints against practitioners by AHPRA. This could have motivated relentless pursuing of legal action against Dr Fettke for giving out unsolicited nutrition advice in favour of low carb. Gary Fettke: punished for speaking the truth The dietary evidence points to a low carb diet…
The Keystone Cops of Australian Medicine, Medical Foundations, AHPRA and the role of the Government. (with apologies to the Keystone Cops) PART1
This is one long blog but stick with it— digging through meters of BS in hip-boots, a shovel and a bucket takes a bit of time. Recently Pete Evans came under yet another attack by the ‘authorities’ for his support and promotion of The Paleo Diet. Michael Gannon, the President of the AMA called him ‘Paleo Pete’: derision I suspect, to lower Pete’s status in the eyes of the Australian public. Here are some of the less than articulate comments from said President after the…
University of Sydney at it again: this time saying Paleo diets kill!
It seems some Aussie experts, particularly those at the University of Sydney are spending too much time with the Mad Hatter and others in the Alice story. Their research gets more bizarre as time goes by. Today researchers there announced that: Paleo diet leads to ‘shorter lifespan’. “The Paleo people will be screaming and howling and they have a personal and professional interest in doing it,” says Professor Simpson the academic director of Sydney University’s Charles Perkins Centre. “One of the best ways to combat the lure of fad…
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Metabolic Syndrome and taking medicines unnecessarily (‘just in case’.)
The LCHF Conference in South Africa, would have been a revelation to the general public that came to the Sunday conference. People learned that T2D can be ‘cured’ in just a few days after starting a LCHF diet. The medical profession is becoming less skilled in optimal disease management because the ‘6 minute consult’ cannot allow doctors to develop refined clinical skills. Lab tests dictate treatments, which makes no sense as they are meant to be used as a guide to the clinical assessment, but that…
ABC Catalyst — The Heart of the Matter – Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY4eTGMe-EY
