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Aug 28Liked by Joe Surkiewicz

It seems like heads of state and captains of industry are significantly underrepresented in the sudden death lists.

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Giving money to the Cancer Society is giving money to evil!

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Good point

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Side note: for decades, just to give you an idea of what the pharmaceutical companies are capable of, my blood pressure was absolutely a-ok. Always around 140/90 and every time the gp shook my hand saying "...you're doing fine, Ade, keep it up..." -fast forward a few years, when, as I found out later, some international heart association or whatever, lowered the 140/90 standard to 120/80! From one day to the other, I had "high blood pressure". My gp didn't even blink when he said it. I told him that I didn't understand, knowing that for years and years and years, he'd always been so enthusiastic about my blood pressure and now, out of the blue, he wasn't anymore. He just ran down a few lines that sounded like a sales pitch to me: "...new research has shown that it's better to have blood pressure ratings closer to 120/80 due to diabetes, lifestyle, blah blah blah etc..." -Initially I went along with it, but after a few weeks I came to the realization that this whole story meant that now, with these amended numbers, there was suddenly a completely new population that "had" to be put on medication, in other words: more blood pressure meds to be sold to a whole new market! Brilliant! I now barely listen to him anymore, but changing gp isn't an option either, 'cause all these new and young "doctors" all peddle drugs instead of actual off the cuff knowledge.

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Yes, back in the old days, doctors knew that older people need higher blood pressure than younger people and didn't freak patients out...

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Exactly that. It just makes my skin crawl that what had always been considered a good blood pressure for years was, ideally, 140/90, and that that particular number had a certain 'population' that only 'needed' medication if their numbers rose above that 'standard'. By lowering these numbers to the 'new' ideal blood pressure standard of 120/80 you do one thing and one thing only: you, overnight, tag millions of people as 'patients with high blood pressure that really need medication'. You can almost hear the cash registers dinging while reading that. If you do a bit of research on this subject, you'll find plenty of articles from doctors who did not agree to that step at all.

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IMO, the majority of people have better quality of life seeing doctors as little as possible.

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Aug 28·edited Aug 28

That list is insanely long.

Black seed oil has some great literature as a standalone cancer treatment and as a protective against radiation and chemo.

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Indeed. I buy the actual black seeds aka Nigella Sativa in bags at our local oriental store and throw them in my food while preparing it. Their bitter, slightly tangy flavor adds a lot of joy to an otherwise regular oriental dish and: it's good for ya :)

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