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Sep 3 6 tweets 1 min read Read on X
The “healthcare system” isn’t broken.
It works exactly as designed: keep you sick, keep you medicated.
Here’s how the scam plays out
👇 🧵
You’re told: “Just count calories.”
So you eat low-fat, high-carb garbage from the supermarket.
Now you’re hungry, tired, frustrated… and still fat.

Pharma wins — you get a prescription.
Your doctor says: “Cut salt to lower blood pressure.”
So you throw out the salt shaker but keep pounding sugar and carbs.
Your BP doesn’t budge.

Pharma wins — you stay on meds for life.
Your dietitian tells you: “Eat carbs with every meal to manage type 2 diabetes.”
You follow orders.
Your blood sugar spikes, your insulin climbs, your meds increase.
And you stay diabetic.

Pharma wins — another “chronic patient” locked in.
Notice the pattern?
Bad advice keeps you sick.
The meds keep you hooked.
And the system keeps cashing in.
Want out?
Stop following the playbook written by Pharma.
Eat real whole food.
Cut the junk (carbs, sugar, seed oils).
Prioritize protein and healthy fats.
Exercise regularly and improve your sleep.

That’s how you finally heal and break free.

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May 10
“Food noise” is real.
Constant cravings.
Thinking about food 24/7.
Eating when you’re not hungry.
Feeling like your appetite is out of control.

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic quiet that noise.
But you don’t need a shot to do it.

Here’s how to boost GLP-1 naturally:

🧵 👇🏼
Prioritize protein—especially in the morning.
Protein stimulates GLP-1 and other satiety hormones like PYY.
It also stabilizes blood sugar and reduces cravings.

Skip the cereal.
Start your day with eggs, meat, or high-protein yogurt.
Cut ultra-processed foods.
These hijack your dopamine system and keep you chasing the next hit.
They increase food noise, even when you’re physically full.

Eat real food.
Your brain won’t scream for more when it’s actually nourished.
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Mar 23
As a doctor, I see this all the time:

A patient completely transforms their health with diet…
And some other doctor panics because their total cholesterol and LDL went up.

Let’s look at the whole picture and see what else went up and down.
Down ⬇️:

✅ Visceral fat
✅ Inflammation
✅ Triglycerides
✅ Blood pressure
✅ A1c
✅ Fasting insulin
✅ Uric acid
✅ Liver enzymes (fatty liver)
✅ Hunger and cravings
✅ Aches and pains
✅ Medication dependence
Up ⬆️:

✅ HDL
✅ Energy
✅ Satiety
✅ Mental clarity
✅ Mood
✅ Resilience
✅ Sleep quality
✅ Metabolic health
✅ Fitness

And yes, LDL often goes up 😱
Read 7 tweets
Feb 28
If insulin resistance were a virus, the world would be in lockdown.

But instead, it’s ignored—even though it’s the deadliest and most widespread pandemic of our time.

Here’s why it’s silently destroying billions of lives. 🧵👇
Imagine a virus that infects billions, impairing their ability to process energy, slowly poisoning their metabolism.

At first, there are no symptoms—just subtle weight gain, fatigue, and cravings.

But over time, it leads to devastating chronic diseases.
Here’s what this “virus” causes over time:

❌ Obesity
❌ Type 2 diabetes
❌ High blood pressure
❌ Fatty liver disease
❌ Heart attacks & strokes
❌ Kidney failure
❌ Dementia
❌ Cancer
❌ Blindness
❌ Amputations
and many more…

Yet, it doesn’t make headlines. Why?
Read 8 tweets
Mar 19, 2022
(1/5) My tweet about helping my parents come off 💊 with diet has generated a lot of interest & I gained many followers. My DM is blowing up with messages asking for specific advice about how to do it. I’m sorry I can’t give people medical advice here, but here is some info ⬇️
(2/5) In general, obesity, high blood pressure & T2 diabetes have the same root cause: The Standard American Diet, very high in sugar, refined carbs & seed oils that have caused chronically & persistently elevated insulin in the body, inflammation & insulin resistance… ⬇️
(3/5) The consequences are fat storage, abnormal visceral fat causing inflammation, worsening insulin resistance & eventually developing T2D. Excess salt & water retention by the kidneys (driven by too much insulin) + blood vessels thickening & narrowing cause high BP… ⬇️
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