Re: sed + nutritionalist-long

[Guest guest]

Hi :

It sounds like the nutritionist in Dr. Correll's office is the one we all

have needed for a long time. She seems very thorough and is covering the

ground the doctors should be explaining if they had time......and if they

knew the subject as well as she does. Few doctors have had as much training

in nutrition as her. I took particular note of the admonition of drinking

too much water. High water consumption does help with proper functioning of

the alimentary canal, and to flush out the kidneys. But it also flushes out

potassium, magnesium, and other minerals and nutrients the body needs.

Unfortunately, we don't have a built-in meter to tell us when our systemic

water level is correct. It changes constantly due to activity level, ambient

temperature, diet, illness, metabolic rate, and a host of other things. It

seems as though some person guessed that the familiar " 8 glasses of water per

day " was a good number. Bet you never saw any documentation to support that

as a regimen for everyone in the general population.

Perhaps I got on my soap box because of my last trip to one of my internist's

office. His dietitian gave me some handout material that looked like it was

prepared for third grade school children; This was accompanied by a 2 minute

lecture pitched at the village idiot's level. I left the office out of

sorts. Except for the fact that the internist is a nice guy and an excellent

physician, I would never go back there. Having said that, I would still

change doctors if I knew of one locally who had a dietitian like yours.

Virtually all AP doctors understand that diet is critical to the success of

the protocol.

Congratulations on your good fortune.

Harry

[Guest guest]

I know this is heresy, but I recall reading in one of Dr. Dale 's

books that this idea of drinking so much water was hogwash. As I recall, he

basically said that you get plenty of water in a normal day through intake

of liquids, fruits, etc. In fact he even went on to say that he thought it

was detrimental to folks with arthritis (and I don't remember his exact

reasoning, so if any of you have one of his books, perhaps you could explain

why) , something on the order that it was more or less diluting the

" slippery stuff " (my quote) that aids in making the joints flexable.

No Ethel - I didn't say this - Dr. did! Can't remember which book

though.

Thought that would spark some discussion!

Mark

Re: rheumatic sed + nutritionalist-long

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> Hi :

> It sounds like the nutritionist in Dr. Correll's office is the one we all

> have needed for a long time. She seems very thorough and is covering the

> ground the doctors should be explaining if they had time......and if they

> knew the subject as well as she does. Few doctors have had as much

training

> in nutrition as her. I took particular note of the admonition of drinking

> too much water. High water consumption does help with proper functioning

of

> the alimentary canal, and to flush out the kidneys. But it also flushes

out

> potassium, magnesium, and other minerals and nutrients the body needs.

> Unfortunately, we don't have a built-in meter to tell us when our systemic

> water level is correct. It changes constantly due to activity level,

ambient

> temperature, diet, illness, metabolic rate, and a host of other things.

It

> seems as though some person guessed that the familiar " 8 glasses of water

per

> day " was a good number. Bet you never saw any documentation to support

that

> as a regimen for everyone in the general population.

>

> Perhaps I got on my soap box because of my last trip to one of my

internist's

> office. His dietitian gave me some handout material that looked like it

was

> prepared for third grade school children; This was accompanied by a 2

minute

> lecture pitched at the village idiot's level. I left the office out of

> sorts. Except for the fact that the internist is a nice guy and an

excellent

> physician, I would never go back there. Having said that, I would still

> change doctors if I knew of one locally who had a dietitian like yours.

> Virtually all AP doctors understand that diet is critical to the success

of

> the protocol.

>

> Congratulations on your good fortune.

>

> Harry

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