I’ve written at length on this blog about the benefits of regular physical activity and a simple approach to staying fit that doesn’t just rely on “working out.” To highlight this point from a different angle, I want to revisit a study that is now a quarter-century old.
I discuss nutrition a lot on this blog, and two themes I come back to over and over again are the importance of avoiding processed foods and the benefits of increasing protein. I’ve also stated in the past that I am diet agnostic, by which I mean I believe a multitude of diets can work and the most important thing is to find the diet that works for you. With that said, patients and readers of this blog may have picked up on the fact that I tend to be partial to low-carb diets. This is not because I believe that low-carb diets are the only way to lose weight or that they are always the best choice, but because in my years of practice I’ve found many patients to have an easier time sticking to these plans and therefore achieving results than they do with other types of diets.
Where do plant based/vegan diets fall into my thinking?
Last week marked one year since Dr. Fischer, MD, first opened its doors. Starting with just a single patient, we have since grown to almost 140, with new patients signing up every week.
Coming from a practice where I had over 2,000 patients and spent much of my time doing paperwork for the insurers, I have rediscovered the joy of practicing medicine in an environment where I get to spend an hour or more on patient visits, make housecalls, implement a more holistic and preventative approach than our insurance run “sick-care” model allows for, and have time to take an actual lunch break most days.
A heartfelt thank you to the patients who have made our practice successful. I look forward to working with all of you for many years to come.
Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas (1918). Original image from National Museum of Health and Medicine. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
I’ve seen a lot of viral illnesses the past six weeks or so: COVID. Bronchitis. Sinusitis. And of course, the flu. This is the time of year when people get sick with all kinds of sniffles, sore throats, coughs, chills, and aches. Understandably when people are sick, they want to get better as quickly as possible. Ergo, many patients who test positive for flu will ask me for Tamiflu.
