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AKA Dr Mike
GMC registered 38 years and counting.
Hung up stethoscope in May 2015
Living the dream in Poole, Dorset having emigrated from Watford after 27 years as a Single Handed GP and 30 years living in Oxhey
Absolutely loving having both my <18 month old Grandsons living within 10 minutes of my home and having the ubiquitous Hamworthy Park 4 minutes from my front door......currently it's all good! -
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3rd Sep 2015poldoc commented on:
Dieting - it just 'clicked'Wouldn't it be better to feel good about yourself having consistent, safe weight loss rather than potentially worrying that you might(no assumptions) pile it back on? And removing the financial imperative of paying a company which doesn't have your long term health interests at heart. It appears that, for all of us, the 'eat less, move more' preaching for consistent weight loss just doesn't hold water. It ignores the fact that major food manufacturers are knowingly producing hyper rewarding foods that are both energy rich and nutritionally poor. They are packed with salt, sugar, unhealthy fats(contentious at the moment) and taste addictively delicious whilst doing us little or no good.ViewDate:
3rd Sep 2015poldoc commented on:
Dieting - it just 'clicked'Other side of the coin......dieting and calorie counting doesn't work long term which is why most of the 'weight loss' diet companies stay in business, it's what they rely on....known in the business as restarts. It's not hugely difficult to lose 8-10 lbs, reason being is that physiologically, the body will look for a readily available energy store as soon as it detects that there is a reduction in calories consumed. That store happens to be glycogen which is stored in the liver, as the glycogen is being converted into energy to fuel the calorie depleted body one of its byproducts of metabolism is water and......surprise, surprise as you pee out the water you lose weight. It is self evident that this weight loss is not fat, but there is some muscle loss as well initially. So.........as I said it's no biggie losing that weight, problem is........it's then very difficult to get into fat burning. It's very easy for a diet company to trumpet the weight loss and ascribe it to their particular 'magic eating pattern, proprietary foods, pills, lotions, potions, plant extracts, detoxes etc etc......are you beginning to get the picture? Yes there are a few people who end up as Slimmer of the Year, but how many of them sustain the huge weight loss and remain Slimmer of the Second year? Very few, if any......dieting doesn't work.....healthy eating works, a change of mindset works, eating for life not living to eat, works. I believe in the science and physiology of weight loss not the anecdotal rubbish spewed out by various companies in the pursuit of money not your health and well being. My qualifications for this rant??........doctor of medicine for 38 years, giving scientific nutritional support for 38 years, specialising in the nutrition field(pro bono) for the past 10 years, having worked at the Harley Street Diet Clinic and others in the seventies and learning the tricks of their trade.....that is all. Find my FB Group DocMikeLiveLife, no hard sell, no merchandising, no links to any diet clinics or financial conflicts of interest.....just huge concern at what we are doing to our kid's/grandkid's futures by feeding them the fast, processed, sugar laden, cynically advertised rubbish that passes for food. It's my passion, look around at all the obesity and Type 2 Diabetes around us. You can bet your bottom dollar that most have 'dieted', succeeded in the short term and failed miserably in the long term. Let's change this slide to ill health into an informed choice not a cynically advertised, money making exercise!ViewDate:
3rd Sep 2015poldoc commented on:
Is the balance right between toddlers social interaction and technology engagement?One of the major problems is that the screens give off blue light, this suppresses Melatonin(which promotes the getting to sleep phase) production from the Pineal gland in their little brains. The effect of this is that these kids are dragged to see their GPs with sleep disturbance issues.....poor little blighters have no control over this.....poor parents have no idea that they are promoting the insomnia. It's the same with smartphone and TV screens. Received wisdom is to encourage other activities that don't involve screens from mid afternoon. There is a tiny programme called F.lux that I use on my Mac and PC. It cuts out the blue light emanating from the screen thus virtually eliminating the screen exposure/Melatonin issue.ViewDate:
3rd Sep 2015poldoc commented on:
Is it wrong to spend your kids’ inheritance?It appears that most of my spending, ostensibly on myself will benefit my kids as and when....at least that's what I keep telling myself! Did I do 2 full time jobs for 25 plus years to amass a fortune to leave to my progeny......NAH!! -
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