Also insulin, cesarean section, GMO crops, etc. Although hailed as saving lives in the immediate time frame, they foster more and more fragility in the population which cannot avoid being catastrophic over the long term.
I had a daughter with diabetes. The Navy set her up with a the head of pediatric endocrinology at Yale. In our first consult with him, he told us juvenile diabetes has increased exponentially in the last 30 years (this was 1993). Science had no idea why, but they suspected environmental factors.
I asked him when artificial insulin injections became common treatments for diabetes. (I already knew the answer.) He said, "the late 50s, early 60s."
I said, "is it possible that, before insulin, people with a propensity for diabetes simply didn't produce another generation."
This doctor -- the number one endocrinologist at Yale, mind you--looked around the room in wonder. "I never even thought of that," he admitted. "It makes more sense than anything."
At that moment, I realized doctors are idiots and we are doomed.
And “mainstream” medicine still hasn’t caught up with the idea that carb restriction should be the foundation of diabetes control.
I think there’s some evidence that besides natural selection and environment, moms with high blood glucose have babies that are more prone to being overweight, diabetic, etc. Epigenetics bridges the nature/nurture gap.
Preach!
Also insulin, cesarean section, GMO crops, etc. Although hailed as saving lives in the immediate time frame, they foster more and more fragility in the population which cannot avoid being catastrophic over the long term.
I had a daughter with diabetes. The Navy set her up with a the head of pediatric endocrinology at Yale. In our first consult with him, he told us juvenile diabetes has increased exponentially in the last 30 years (this was 1993). Science had no idea why, but they suspected environmental factors.
I asked him when artificial insulin injections became common treatments for diabetes. (I already knew the answer.) He said, "the late 50s, early 60s."
I said, "is it possible that, before insulin, people with a propensity for diabetes simply didn't produce another generation."
This doctor -- the number one endocrinologist at Yale, mind you--looked around the room in wonder. "I never even thought of that," he admitted. "It makes more sense than anything."
At that moment, I realized doctors are idiots and we are doomed.
And “mainstream” medicine still hasn’t caught up with the idea that carb restriction should be the foundation of diabetes control.
I think there’s some evidence that besides natural selection and environment, moms with high blood glucose have babies that are more prone to being overweight, diabetic, etc. Epigenetics bridges the nature/nurture gap.
Excellent! Best thing I've read in a long time.
Thank you! Sorry about the typos.