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You mean quacks and grifters like Dale Bredesen, MD, researcher in Alzheimer's, who recommends everyone omit oils except olive, avocado and coconut oil entirely

You mean quacks and grifters like Dale Bredesen, MD, researcher in Alzheimer's, who recommends everyone omit oils except olive, avocado and coconut oil entirely from their diets because they promote chronic inflammation? (Bredesen probably does not maintain that coconut oil is good for you, just that it doesn't have the problem of contributing to chronic inflammation.)

tpush 5y ago
Yes, exactly like that [0]: "In her editorial in the Lancet Neurology, published in May 2020, Joanna Hellmuth, MD, of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, said the “Bredesen protocol” – named by neurologist Dale Bredesen, MD – has reeled in patients and their families seeking hope outside of the physician’s office for a disease that is currently incurable. The Bredesen protocol is propounded in his 2017 bestseller and can be accessed for $1,399, which includes protocol assessments, lab tests and contact with practitioners, who provide the regimen for additional fees. Online support and cognitive games are available for an additional monthly charge. A follow-up book will come out in August, aimed at anyone concerned about their memory. The three papers, which were published in 2014, 2016 and 2018, and are cited as evidence that the Bredesen protocol is effective, have major flaws, said Hellmuth, who is also affiliated with the Weill Institute for Neurosciences." [0] https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417431/pricey-protocol-not-proven-prevent-or-reverse-alzheimers-says-ucsf-neurologist https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417431/pricey-protocol-not...
- 0xcde4c3db 5y ago
  Also, being affiliated with the Institute for Functional Medicine is kind of a red flag [1]. [1] https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/functional-medicine-the-ultimate-misnomer-in-the-world-of-integrative-medicine/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/functional-medicine-the-ult...

tpush 5y ago

Yes, exactly like that [0]: "In her editorial in the Lancet Neurology, published in May 2020, Joanna Hellmuth, MD, of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, said the “Bredesen protocol” – named by neurologist Dale Bredesen, MD – has reeled in patients and their families seeking hope outside of the physician’s office for a disease that is currently incurable. The Bredesen protocol is propounded in his 2017 bestseller and can be accessed for $1,399, which includes protocol assessments, lab tests and contact with practitioners, who provide the regimen for additional fees. Online support and cognitive games are available for an additional monthly charge. A follow-up book will come out in August, aimed at anyone concerned about their memory. The three papers, which were published in 2014, 2016 and 2018, and are cited as evidence that the Bredesen protocol is effective, have major flaws, said Hellmuth, who is also affiliated with the Weill Institute for Neurosciences." [0] https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417431/pricey-protocol-not-proven-prevent-or-reverse-alzheimers-says-ucsf-neurologist https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417431/pricey-protocol-not...

0xcde4c3db 5y ago
Also, being affiliated with the Institute for Functional Medicine is kind of a red flag [1]. [1] https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/functional-medicine-the-ultimate-misnomer-in-the-world-of-integrative-medicine/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/functional-medicine-the-ult...