Dr. Kempner finds a way
Lifestyle changes, predominantly diet, have been scientifically shown to have a much greater impact on chronic diseases than the drug therapies that are currently the medical system’s standard of care. On the other hand, diet has consistently been ignored or significantly downplayed by the medical system. The three (external) video presentations below illustrate this, and also introduce another medical pioneer Dr. Walter Kempner (of Duke University Medical School).
The first two presentations are by Dr. Greger. Generally, in Dr. Greger's videos he shows and reads from clips taken from the medical literature. The name of the source can usually be seen in small print in the upper left-hand corner of the clips. (Here the sources may sometimes be hard to read.) These videos describe the effects of diet therapy devised by Dr. Kempner in the 1940s and 50s. The third presentation, on YouTube, is by three physicians and one patient at the Joslin Diabetic Center in Boston - introducing contemporary practice.
Drugs and the Demise of the Rice Diet
Can Diabetic Retinopathy Be Reversed?
Reversal of Diabetic Retinopathy - You Should Know .
COMMENTS
- At a point between one and two minutes into the Joslin Center presentation, one ophthalmologist states her agreement (with a previous remark by her colleague) that 40 years ago there was no treatment available for diabetic retinopathy. Dr. Greger has read exactly the opposite from the medical literature.
- It is clear, in the Joslin Center presentation, just what is being ignored, and what is being promoted. The moderator thanks the company that paid for the presentation. One ophthalmologist mentions both the drug names and the product names of the three drugs that have been so useful. He also mentions the protein, endothelial growth factor, that is causing reduction of vision.
Dr. Esselstyn has explained, in some of his material, how endothelial cells (all over the body) are destroyed by effects of the standard American diet. Excessive endothelial growth factor would be the body's attempt to counteract this destruction. Vision reduction would be a "friendly fire" side effect. With a low-fat, WFPB diet the body would have no need to produce excessive endothelial growth factor.
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Defining a disease by the words "diabetic retinopathy" may lead one to imagine that the retinopathy is caused by the diabetes.
And Dr. Greger didn't help, when he referred to retinopathy as a "complication" of diabetes.
Actually, diabetes and retinopathy have a common, independent cause: the standard American diet.