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<blockquote data-quote="MrsGruffy" data-source="post: 1818899" data-attributes="member: 472571"><p>I've just finished watching those 2 very long streams from the conference and I am just sitting here gobsmacked - lucky my fingers are still finding the keys. I know I have my own bias - it is really hard to ignore your very own n = 1 results when you aren't telling any fibs or misleading yourself, and you know you aren't really a precious little individual flower from planet mars, but a fairly standard run of the mill human. </p><p></p><p>The GP at the end - who asked about how GPs could get involved in research and his subsequent rebuff - it felt like he was told "do your own little feel good bizzo, but leave the real stuff to the real scientists" just made me realise how completely cut off from the real world a lot of the scientists/academics are. The only glimmer of hope was that the people I've been watching/learning from in the last few months were very well represented, so even the scientific community recognise their impact/power and possibly fear the impact that they're having. </p><p></p><p>I feel so angry. I feel I've done everything I've been advised in the last few years to improve my health, and the truth is, if I had continued to listen to the conventional advice, I'd be getting sicker and sicker. Notwithstanding I have abused my body for many years in very many ways, so I can't expect to reverse a lifetime of abuse by a few years of good responsible health behaviour, but the thing is, that's exactly what would have got the blame if I had done exactly as advised and died early anyway (rather than their advice and guidelines actually making me sicker than I need be). I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box, but I'm not the bluntest or most broken either. I fear for those many, many people who won't take their health in their own hands, and who don't have the resources to question and dispute what their HCPs tell them. Apart from this community in this forum, I have zilch support for the new lifestyle of LCHF and fasting I have embarked upon. My family, friends and HCPs all think it's somewhere between a fad and extremely dangerous. It's not that I need anyone to agree with me, it's that I'd like to feel respected for my choices and encouraged for taking a very active role in my own health recovery. Hopefully the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, in the longer term. Why aren't they interested in us?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsGruffy, post: 1818899, member: 472571"] I've just finished watching those 2 very long streams from the conference and I am just sitting here gobsmacked - lucky my fingers are still finding the keys. I know I have my own bias - it is really hard to ignore your very own n = 1 results when you aren't telling any fibs or misleading yourself, and you know you aren't really a precious little individual flower from planet mars, but a fairly standard run of the mill human. The GP at the end - who asked about how GPs could get involved in research and his subsequent rebuff - it felt like he was told "do your own little feel good bizzo, but leave the real stuff to the real scientists" just made me realise how completely cut off from the real world a lot of the scientists/academics are. The only glimmer of hope was that the people I've been watching/learning from in the last few months were very well represented, so even the scientific community recognise their impact/power and possibly fear the impact that they're having. I feel so angry. I feel I've done everything I've been advised in the last few years to improve my health, and the truth is, if I had continued to listen to the conventional advice, I'd be getting sicker and sicker. Notwithstanding I have abused my body for many years in very many ways, so I can't expect to reverse a lifetime of abuse by a few years of good responsible health behaviour, but the thing is, that's exactly what would have got the blame if I had done exactly as advised and died early anyway (rather than their advice and guidelines actually making me sicker than I need be). I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box, but I'm not the bluntest or most broken either. I fear for those many, many people who won't take their health in their own hands, and who don't have the resources to question and dispute what their HCPs tell them. Apart from this community in this forum, I have zilch support for the new lifestyle of LCHF and fasting I have embarked upon. My family, friends and HCPs all think it's somewhere between a fad and extremely dangerous. It's not that I need anyone to agree with me, it's that I'd like to feel respected for my choices and encouraged for taking a very active role in my own health recovery. Hopefully the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, in the longer term. Why aren't they interested in us? [/QUOTE]
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