CPC # 40: THE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE FALLACY

One of my friends on social media is Dr. Patel.  He is a great guy and I like him.  But the Dunning Kruger effect in functional medicine is blinding to him.  Let us examine this to teach a lesson in becoming a mitochondriac. 

Here is a recent FB status:  

Sachin Patel

1 hr · Mississauga, ON, Canada · 

"What makes the human brain an astonishing masterpiece is not its ability to interpret reality, communicate a message, or coordinate the function of trillions of cells simultaneously. 

What makes the human brain truly remarkable is its ability to project reality, organize matter, and create circumstance. 

What will you project, organize, and create today?"

When Dr. Patel posts about the superiority of functional medicine over other paradigms I don't think he ever thinks about the quantum foundations of nature that I teach him and his flock.

He actually is now advocating selling supplements linked to theory genomic profile and calling them "youtrients" and passing this off as WISDOM of functional medicine.

THIS IS MITOCHONDRIAC FACEPALM.  Why do I say this?   

THE SCIENCE OF CHONOBIOLOGY:

Sachin Panda is Dr. Patel's countryman.  They both hail from India, but there paths of understanding are very different.   Dr. Panda's research and his current take on food and supplements is as far away from Dr. Patel perspecitve as the sun is from a distant galaxy.

I believe, belief and reality are bridged by real science.  Todays truths are just approximations of Nature's truths because they are based upon the current state of science.  Using food and supplements to build wellness was a PAST idea whose time has come and gone.  Very few people in the functional medicine world seem to realize this because they do not read the work of Dr. Panda.

Most of the people in the functional medicine world business model cannot sustain a practice without selling supplements or over prescribing useless tests.  The test help support the idea that another supplement they can sell you. The story is always convincing to the person because they do not have a command over the science being espoused by the customer.  The functional medicine practioner often sells right into the biases and belief paradigm of the target audience because their group help build the idea that biochemistry is SOMEHOW foundation to getting well.  

Nothing can further from the truth as I show in the TREATISE about Adrenal Fatigue. Have a listen to it before going further with the blog.  AUDIOPODCAST 

To back up my point about why food and supplements are useless to a person before they repair their circadian mechanism I want you to listen to what Dr. Panda, a chronobiologist has to say about this here in his TED talk done in December of 2018. 

PANDA TED talk 

 What did Dr. Panda say in this talk that should offend the common beliefs of modern man?

He told us that new data is a game changer to the food and supplement paradigm::  

1. Food does not matter to wellness as much as we think it does.

2.  It appears either does its caloric density or quality. 

3. When you eat is critically important. 

4. What you eat is almost immaterial too,  but counterintuitive to modern beliefs.

5. Your light environment is critical, because it sets your circadian mechanism,

Dr. Panda research reinforces the points I have been making for 15 years now about prescription drugs and supplements.   

He clearly explains why they can act as TOXINS based upon light and timing mismatches we create in our environment when they are taken incorrectly. 

We should AVOID them until you know your EXACT proper circadian context in reference to your mitochondrial biology and circadian mechanism. 

Those who prescribe drugs and sell you supplements, TODAY,  HAVE ZERO clue about these aspects of human biology. Currently, most of them are selling you things that MAKE you WORSE and they get a big advantage out of this.   That is good marketing, but it is not good medicine.  

Dr. Sachin Panda said this ^^^^^ this week.  This is why I like the guy.  He knows full well there is a lot more to the story.  I want you to know that the data for that story is published and it exists but too few in the functional medicine world understand the butterfly effect it causes broken cells with bad mitochondria inside.  Black Swans do, and they share that information with all who listen and have an open mind about how this data should change how we approach food, supplements, and prescription drugs going forward. 

This error in judgement has the ability to keep you unwell and feeding at their profit trough.  They will have plenty of new supplement and food gimmick ideas to sell to you.  that is how the SALES FUNNEL works in the altenrative world.  Ironically they rail against allopathic medicine and the use of Prescritpion drugs but their use of supplements carries the exact same risks for humanity.  

This is true in allopathic, functional medicine, and the supplement world.

My response on Dr. Patel's thread on FB months ago to this "Youtrients post" was thus:  

I'll disagree again on what makes our brain remarkable from a neurosurgical quantum perspective.  How does a "mitochondriac" see the brain???  What makes our brain special???? Humans evolved the attributes of a large brain and the ability to speak, in order to form intricate social networks that can use many aspects of technology. Our biggest attribute is the ability to THINK. This allows us to radically CHANGE the environment that we are "ideally adapted to". It has allowed us to dominate all habitats on Earth and CREATE HAVOC in most of them.  The irony is that the smartest brains do not even realize how just changing the light in the environment blinds us to this REALITY.   The real human miracle of our minds is not that we can see the world as it is……but that we can see it as it is not, and then change it. If we think and act incorrectly, we can quickly recalibrate and overcome it.  What are the implications here?  You are not your brain. 

Most of your thoughts and beliefs were given to you by some guru, education, or device run by a paradigm.  When we don't know who we are fundamentally, we are prone to be who somebody else wants me to be.  Everyone sees the world differently. Your brain is bombarded by 10 million bits of information per second, your quantum computer in your skull only process 40 qubits of that data. Your brain filters the other millions of bits through your beliefs and your perspective. Most of us only see what we believe right now.

I used to believe much of what the allopathic and functional medicine paradigm do today, but then I stopped that.  New data informed me my brain was fooling me.  I did this myself for a time until I realized the data in chronobiology was AT ODDS with my old way of thinking.

Many believe the brain is our teacher.  I am a neurosurgeon, and I used to believe this was AXIOMATICALLY TRUE.  Today, new data I have read has changed this opinion too.  I no longer believe this is accurate.  Why?   A true teacher defends their pupils against their own personal influence.  Our cognitive biases and perceptions of the truth stands in our way in our journey to find the truth about wellness.  We must eliminate the unecessary old ideas to make way for the news ones.  We must follow the new data that trumps old ideas.  

These ideas really teach us that quite often our own brain is our real enemy when we are trying to improve because of how it thinks, believes, and ACTS via our choices NOW.  It may not have are best interests at heart.  This is a counterintuitive truth bomb that I learned while studying quantum biology. 

Here is our irony as a species: Man is the only creature intelligent enough to think themselves to death. In order to pursue greatness we first have to understand where our source of greatness lies.  Mitochondrial density in the brain and heart results in the quality of our thoughts.  But this ability is a two edged sword for a Black Swan. The truth only irritates those it enlightens. 

An expert problem solver for nature’s recipe’s must be endowed with two incompatible qualities – a restless imagination and a patient pertinacity. We must pursue these thoughts with vigor. I try never to be "irritated by the truth" but to engage my audience with enthusiasm and good cheer in the pursuit of authentic knowledge and genuine wisdom that only nature can provide us.

I don't care what the truth turns out to be, I want to know nature's truth and not man's beliefs about their truths. I have no fears or reservations of where nature's truths may lead me.  Humans are the only mammal that is capable of laughs or weeps; because we are the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.  

A leader who wants to lead the orchestra occasionally must turn his back on the crowd (and their beliefs at times).  Because of the human brain, humans mimic the universe in miniature, almost a caricature of nature’s full complexity.  The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance.  It is the illusion of knowledge we think we have right now.  

Nature always trumps healthcare beliefs; when you know better - you do better. Everyone has talent because of their brain, but talent only allows us to hit targets we can see and understand. Talent is common.  What is rare is the courage to follow your talent to the dark places it takes us. This defines what genius is because it is extraordinary compared to talent.  

Genius hits targets that no one else can even fathom really exists.  Why would any physician tell the public 15 years ago that food is immaterial but the circadian mechanism is.  Because that is THE REAL TARGET of the Black Swan.  The data lead me there. 

In my opinion, there's a fine line between genius and insanity. A chronic connection to nature erases this line. 

I'll end with a quote also from a famous Indian leader:  "Many people, especially the ignorant ones, want to punish you for speaking the truth for being correct, for being who you are.  Never apologize for being who you are, for being light years ahead of your time.  If you are right and you know it, speak your mind.  Even if you are a minority of one, the truth remains the truth." ---  Mahatma Ghandhi

SUMMARY:

I have great affection for Dr. Patel, Dr. Mercola, and Mr. Asprey.  I just have no affinity or tolerance for spreading half truths to the public in exchange for $$$ about what really controls our ability to get well.  Never mistake my personal feelings about them when it comes to my professional duty to tease out the pathway for you my audience. I will always be relentless to uncover the truth for you because I know the answers lie in areas of nature wisdom that I am not familiar with yet.  I know nature blinds us for a deep quantum reason.  This is why I am always looking to hit targets no one else sees to get people better.