Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

NightWatcher

(39,358 posts) Tue Dec 3, 2013, 09:13 PM Dec 2013

Don't you love it when they come out with a new "fix", diet, or lifestyle?

And to read the book, see the seminar, or.... it's going to cost $$$.$$

I get it, don't eat McDonalds or other shitty foods. Drink water. Eat more veggies. If this is the extent of your advice, I'm not going to be paying for it. I don't need the 3 dvd set to tell me these things.

I'm not going to mention the Dr, nor the plan, nor the book.

Don't you love when people come up to you and ask if you've tried....(the latest thing)?

I don't want to go vegan, raw, or Paleo. I love sandwiches. I like to cook meat in the backyard over fire every once in a while. I laid off all alcohol for a year because it might mess up my liver with the drugs I was on. Guess what, nothing happened so I'm going to slowly reintroduce it to my system on a limited basis.

sorry, had to vent a little bit because it was asked if I had tried this thing and how it worked for someone else and blah blah blah.

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Don't you love it when they come out with a new "fix", diet, or lifestyle? (Original Post) NightWatcher Dec 2013 OP

amateur medical advice makes me nuts. mopinko Dec 2013 #1

And you know that it doesn't matter if you do NOT have celiac or gluten sensitivity.... Lisa0825 Dec 2013 #2

I'm even more amused by the weight loss gimmicks Warpy Dec 2013 #3

I get so tired of this kdmorris Dec 2013 #4

I think it best to assume people mean well, nod and smile and forget about it. hedgehog Dec 2013 #5

mopinko

(71,713 posts)

1. amateur medical advice makes me nuts.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 09:20 PM

Dec 2013

especially made me nuts when my daughter was little, and suffering. yeah, everybody and their brother had a plan.

usually they mean well. but sometimes it comes at you from someone who has tried this sort of tear down before. i just say f that shit.

Lisa0825

(14,489 posts)

2. And you know that it doesn't matter if you do NOT have celiac or gluten sensitivity....

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 09:54 PM

Dec 2013

gluten is evil and getting rid of it will cure EVERYTHING!

Warpy

(113,130 posts)

3. I'm even more amused by the weight loss gimmicks

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 10:02 PM

Dec 2013

that hawk supplements, shakes, or exercise equipment because their instructions invariably tell you to do the same boring healthy things that you were hoping to avoid by paying for the gimmick.

I haven't really been on a diet since my 20s and the only reason I was on one then was that the wasband needed to lose about 40 pounds. He deflated like I'd stuck a fork in him and I was just about hungry enough to do just that, even though I ate at noon.

kdmorris

(5,649 posts)

4. I get so tired of this

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 06:36 AM

Dec 2013

Especially all the people who tell me that I just need to eat X or Y and I will "cure" my Diabetes.

Whatever... my Diabetes is in great control. My last HbA1c was 5.3. I am not cured. I am in control, but I take insulin to accomplish that.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

5. I think it best to assume people mean well, nod and smile and forget about it.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 01:47 PM

Dec 2013

Sometimes i check up on the advice, sometimes it's good.

Anyone who is selling me something (as in wanting cash for their advice) gets run out of town on a rail!

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