As I said in #292, I am not angry at
doctors, in general, “even though they are aware… that the
Standard of Care they are required to use to treat [Type 2 diabetics] will trap
patients in a lifelong regimen of drug management, obesity and escalating
diabetes.” These clinicians,
I said, “are in a tough spot.” There exists, however, on the fringes of
mainstream medicine, a growing cadre of doctors who have broken from the pack. These
are the “Young Turks.”
The army of sheep – the obese,
pre-diabetic and diagnosed Type 2s out there who are being herded into “a
lifelong regimen of drug management, obesity and escalating diabetes”
– are ready to be rescued. But these Young Turks are also in a tough spot. It’s
hard to herd sheep whose doctors lead them to follow the current treatment
protocol.
In early 2015, when I originally
wrote this post, one Young Turk who appeared on the scene was Eric Westman, MD,
MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University and Director of the
Duke Lifestyle Clinic. He is perhaps best known as a co-author of both “The New
Atkins for a New You” and “Cholesterol Clarity.” He was also then president of
the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. “Bariatric,” for the cognoscenti,
simply means having to do with weight.
Dr. Westman’s new venture was as
Co-founder, President and Chief Medical Officer of HEAL Clinics, a 2014 start-up.
The quote, “will trap patients in a lifelong regimen of drug management, obesity
and escalating diabetes”, was lifted from a Private Placement
Memorandum for HEAL Clinics. It is part of Dr. Westman’s Manifesto, “Benefits
of HEAL Clinic’s Low-Carb Lifestyle – Putting Diabetes in Remission.” The rest
of this blog is quoted from the PPM.
“Type
2 diabetes occurs when a person consistently eats too many carbohydrates. All
carbohydrates (except for the fiber content and small amounts of vitamins and
minerals) convert to blood sugar (glucose). When one consumes excessive carbs,
the pancreas produces excessive insulin. It is both the excessive levels of
glucose and insulin that produces harmful and chronic inflammation, damaging
our cells and organs.”
“Excessive
carbohydrate consumption is encouraged by the U. S. Dietary Guidelines and the
food industry, which provides tens of thousands of highly processed, sugar and
other carb-laden foods to entice us. Studies show that sugar is more addictive
than cocaine. It is this combination of our own desire to eat excessive carbs
and the food industry’s desire to sell carb-filled products that has created
our obese and unhealthy population….”
“Many
people not yet diabetic or pre-diabetic are asymptomatically obese, that is, obese
but do not have symptoms yet, though they are at high risk of developing
pre-diabetes and subsequently diabetes by consuming excessive carbohydrates. A
segment of our population is normal in weight but still suffers from Type 2
diabetes or pre-diabetes.”
“Since
excessive eating of carbohydrates can cause Type 2 diabetes, it can be put into
remission by following a Low-Carb lifestyle. The HEAL Low-Carb Protocol is far more preferable to doctors prescribing
medications and insulin that are expensive and have potentially dangerous side
effects. It is well documented that the standard ‘pills-and-needles’ treatment
method rarely puts diabetes into remission. However, it is certain that
following HEAL’s Low-Carb Protocol will put almost every person with Type 2
diabetes into remission.”
“A
Low-Carb lifestyle is not the medical establishment’s standard of care for Type
2 diabetes even though it is a safe, effective, and well-researched way to put
the disease into remission. Perversely, many of the prescribed medications,
such as insulin, cause weight gain and increase food cravings, making it
difficult for a patient to lose weight. Most of the blood sugar control
medications have side effects, many of them serious. The current treatment
protocols trap patients in a lifelong regimen of drug management, obesity and
escalating diabetes.” [The emphasis added by me.]
HEAL Clinics was a network of premium-priced,
medically-supervised, low-carbs clinics across the USA. In mid-2019, after 5
years of operations, Heal Clinics ceased operations, “because the business
model was not viable.”
Dr. Westman: “My passion has always been to
bring the benefits of a keto lifestyle and the remission of type 2 diabetes and
obesity without medications to the masses. To that end, I hope HEAL Clinics has
helped educate and spread awareness. But as a business model we’ve concluded
that HEAL Clinics cannot be financially sustained.”
HEAL Clinics did help to spread
awareness to the general public of the benefits of the low-carb lifestyle – of
helping patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes lose weight and put their
diabetes in remission. Thank you, Dr. Westman.
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