When I was in college, healthcare costs were 11-12% of gross domestic product. Currently these costs are 18.3% (2021)… remember that healthcare costs inflate and the gross domestic product also keeps growing, but each does not grow at the same rate. There is no way that our current medical technology (drugs, CT scans, MRIs, cardiacContinue reading “Highly processed foods and fructose intake lead to elevated insulin levels and mitochondrial dysfunction, which, in turn, lead to 80% of chronic illnesses in the US.”
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THE VAST MAJORITY OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS NEEDING TRANSPLANT, KIDNEY FAILURE PATIENTS NEEDING DIALYSIS, AND STROKE PATIENTS NEEDING REHABILITATION WOULD HAVE HAD THEIR ORIGINS IN THE ASYMPTOMATIC PERIOD 20-40 YEARS PRIOR. TWENTY TO FORTY YEARS PRIOR, SUCH PATIENTS WOULD HAVE BEGUN THEIR MEDICAL JOURNEYS WITH THESE PREVENTABLE AND TREATABLE CONDITIONS: HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, TOBACCO ADDICTION/USE, AND OBESITY.
Charles Tadros, M.D. August 24, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri