I can't laughing after watching a short commentary on this supposedly holistic doctor,
Dr Lipman's "theory" about people being ahem "spent" and how we should all do these things listed below to avoid being spent:
P.S. I mean COME ON, who deliberately puts the title MD behind his/her website just to emphasize that he/she is a doctor?! That's just being putting the "ooh and aaah-ing" factor into people's heads, especially those that think that doctors are always right- no offense to all you med students out there, I'm only referring to this nutcase.
(words in red are what I personally think about this idiotic "spent syndrome'' being a pandemic)CUT OUT CAFFEINE
Eliminating caffeine, particularly coffee, from your diet is essential to overcome exhaustion.Caffeine is a powerful stimulant that can stay in your body for up to seven hours - or longer if you are taking oral contraceptives - blocking sleep neurotransmitters and over-exciting adrenal glands. Alcohol is equally disruptive. It cuts oxygen to the brain and is high in sugar.
Well, OK. We get it, caffeine is bad for you. But hey, unlike you just sitting around signing autographs and answering questions that we already know the answers to for decades, some of us have lives that without caffeine, will fail to function. Excessive caffeine is bad, yes, but up to 3 cups a day of coffee is good for the soul, or in my case, helps me focus on writing up my thesis. The dude's obviously has a grudge against Starbucks. And making coffee sound as bad as alcohol? That's just so unprofessional.CUT OUT SUGAR
Overwhelming your body with sugar can put enormous stress on hormones - when you crash from a sugar high your adrenal glands kick in and release cortisol, a steroid-like substance, to help lift you. Over time, your adrenal glands exhaust themselves trying to regulate your sugar levels, leaving you feeling washed out. Cut out sugar and artificial sweeteners, but don't go cold turkey overnight. Replace empty sugars, such as carbonated drinks, with fruit smoothies. Load up on superfoods such as berries and broccoli to help your body rebalance. Glutamine supplements reduce craving by tricking the body into thinking it is getting glucose.
Sugar is sugar, and glutamine is an amino acid (which is what sugar is made out of). So this whole paragraph seems irrelevant to me.NO PROCESSED FATS
Like sugar, processed fats and processed foods are toxic to the body, particularly if you're run down. Avoid hydrogenated fats and trans fats as they not only increase bad cholesterol, they also block the uptake of good fatty acids such as omegas three, six and nine - needed for healthy brain functions, eyes, joints and skin.
-_________- How are they toxic again? I'm sorry, but using "bad cholesterol" and "good fatty acids" just sounds so commercial to me. EAT EARLY, EAT WELL
By midday, the body's metabolism is reaching its peak, so make breakfast and lunch the largest meals of the day and include a larger proportion of proteins and fats. As daylight wanes, the body clock slows down the secretion of active hormones and our metabolism. If you eat late, include nutrient-packed carbohydrates like fruit, vegetables and whole grains that will help you relax and detoxify while you sleep.
Carbs help us relax??? DumboMAKE YOUR FOOD MORE COLOURFUL
Phytonutrients are the biologically active substances responsible for giving foods their smell, flavour and colour - and they're also thought to protect the body from disease, acting as anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, hormone-balancing agents.The colours in fruit and vegetables house more than 20,000 beneficial chemicals.
Ah, like what mum always say. Eat the greens, the oranges, the pretty peas. Oh wait, isn't this news like 10,000-years old already?SLEEP SMARTER
The first rule for better sleep is don't watch TV in bed - don't use your bed for anything other than sleep or sex. Many of us are photosensitive, so the light from your TV will make your body think it is still daylight. Taking small doses of the hormone melatonin (0.5 milligrams) can help you fall asleep.
Ooo the big word "photosensitive" -__- I wonder what the long term effects of taking a hormone as a daily supplement; apparently some think it's not safe (it's illegal to be sold OTC in Germany btw).BREATHE PROPERLY
Take a 'breathing break' before you go to bed to aid a relaxed deep sleep. Find a comfortable space, sit down and spend five minutes concentrating on breathing deeply in and out. It is a great way to settle the mind and relax the body.
snicker snicker snickerCHOOSE GENTLE EXERCISE
Yoga is a great way for stressed-out bodies to stretch and relax without using up too much energy. Also, practise good posture, which is essential to help balance your body. SOAK UP THE SUN There is no greater healer than the sun, so make the most of lighter nights and brighter days to give your whole body a boost.
Of course, Vit D being good to us isn't something new anyway.BLAH BLAH. So basically this guy just a book about things that (a) we had already known for decades - i.e. sun being good for us, veges and greens being the healthier option, (b) mishing and mashing everything that keeps us healthy in a book, which probably costs US$30 or so, and (c) targeting the increasing group of people who have their shelves filled with self-help books (
"I have tried everything but nothing works!") and nod at everything he says like in a Dr Phil show/cult (see the Dr-title trend here?)
Bah. What a waste of intellectual resource. My advice to him: (1) either give all the profits from the selling of his books to poor, poverty-stricken children in 3rd whole countries, or (2) give up this holistic/cult-ish doctor thing and go back to being an actual doctor and help people who are actually physically sick, not trying to convince the healthy that they aren't.
So yeah, long rant about this poo-of-a-person. What a shame. I feel sorry for him and his so-called followers.
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Writing up is slowly picking up pace. 9 pages for methods/materials so far. Still haven't done any writeup for results sections yet eeeks. And it's all due by Monday.
Don't freak out don't freak out don't freak out.Found this circulating around Facebook. Pretty cool, eh?
