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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

I agree that veganism is a trainwreck for health (for most people). I also agree with the notion that animals raised in industrial settings are horribly mistreated and the food products that come from then are subpar. When I became aware of this dilemma, I started slowly switching over to purchasing foods that are more in line with my values. We raise our own chickens/turkeys, catch our own salmon and we buy other meat, eggs, and dairy from local farms that raise animals in an amazing way that is both good for the environment and provides a quality life for the animal. I will purchase industry raised meat and dairy on occasion (like when I travel and can't find any alternatives) but I try not to let much of my money support an industry that is all about making food as cheap as possible at the expense of the environment and the quality of life for the animals. I also grow as much of my own food as I can and support other local growers. It's a bit more expensive and a lot of work but the benefits to my health, the benefits to our local community's economy and the health of the environment - is worth it. It's also a very rewarding lifestyle that makes me happy. Spending time with

my children and grandchildren in these pursuits is so fun. There is nothing better than enjoying the fruits of your labor, watching things grow, and filling up freezers and shelfs with healthy meat and other wonderful foods. Many of these skills were lost when we traded them in for convenience, but we are now realizing the cost to our physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health for that convenience and it's a high price.

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I added 2 Saw Palmetto caps to my vitamin/mineral intake 1 in the morning and 1 at night. You had kept telling me about hormones, which I never could tolerate at 74 I aged out of them, they hated my GI Tract. And kept telling the doctors NO thanks. Adding those two caps made a huge difference in overall well-being, more energy, and better concentration. While I still need my cane for balance, I can now shop with less stress, other than being frustrated with not finding the fresh foods on the shelves, produce I wouldn't slop a hog with. They sure aren't worth what our 1 store asks for them. That is an issue when 1 store dominates the whole end of your state. I don't know which is worse, Krogers or Walmart. Overpriced, poor quality.

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Hmmm... there is some confusion here. Diets are not nutrition. "Diets" assume that our traditional nutritional model is valid, which is a questionable assumption.

Vegetarian and vegan are mostly ethical concerns, vegetarianism mostly religious in nature (Hindu, Jain, Buddhism, and some Christian denominations (e.g. SDA). T. Colin Campbell became the pioneer of plant-based nutrition. I went through all of them, my parents became vegetarian when I was 2.5, I became more omnivore starting in my late teens/early twenties, but after age 50 I started drifting towards vegetarian or vegan, but at age 65, I switched to #WFPB, based initially on Dr. Esselstyn's book "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease." Then I studied Campbell and pretty much anything I could get my hands on, and took Campbell's nutrition course through eCornell.

This year (at age 72) I switched to a new PCP, and when I came in to discuss the results of my first physical, the conversation became about how I did it, what was my secret. I will now be teaching a class on Whole Foods Plant-Based nutrition and Cooking techniques there. BP 143/79, BMI 25, Total Cholesterol 132, and so on.

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Thanks Dr. Yoho. Excellent post.

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Apr 6, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Yes, Dr. Mercola has hit the nail on the head, I believe, in telling us to avoid seed oils! Looking forward to your post about that!

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

I want to know how we're supposed to live for any length of time considering how they're poisoning our food with toxins and now the MRNA vaccines. Several different reports now confirming that our animals will now be injected and it's already in the vegetables and wheat products.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Thanks, interesting article.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Dachsie put on her lawyer’s cap and looked for a good argument against exercise exhortations.

1 Timothy 4:8

For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Have a blessed and holy Spy Wednesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze1nAs8SBgw

Dr. Brant Pitre, the Jewish Roots of Holy Week, & Obi-Wan Kenobi

5:21 video runtime

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

Dr. Yoho: avoiding allopathic doctors, what is the best way to test for B12 and other vitamins/nutrients? Is there a specific panel you suggest?

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Robert Yoho MD (ret)

With Factor V, you can’t take even bio-identical hormones. Although not medical advice, any ideas?

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Thoughts only, not references or data. This is another story we disbelieve unless it happens. Sounds like a psyop to me. Humans are resilient

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A few chickens supply a lot of protein and they act like pets

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