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Aristus

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5. I've actually had patients say that to me.

Fri Nov 22, 2024, 10:10 AM

Nov 22

I don’t know if they’ve seen Idiocracy or not; probably not. But they do spout the advertising slogans.

I reply: “Name an electrolyte!”

They don’t know.

I reassure them that it’s not their job to know; it’s mine. And you get all the electrolytes you need from your food. Stay away from the sports beverage poisons, and get your health back.

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Equitable health care in the USA? Diamond_Dog Nov 22 #1

Equitable health care is like equal justice under the law. LudwigPastorius Nov 22 #21

Yep Diamond_Dog Nov 22 #22

I have 400-lbs patients with their teeth rotting out of the heads Aristus Nov 22 #2

Gatorade -- it's got electrolytes! Zorro Nov 22 #3

I've actually had patients say that to me. Aristus Nov 22 #5

No Gatorade! But try to design a menu that meets potassium requirements rainin Nov 22 #14

Bananas, cantaloupe, apricots, lentils, kidney beans, Aristus Nov 22 #23

Getting a list of "high" potassium foods is elementary. Creating a menu that actually provides enough rainin Nov 22 #30

Well, I don't know what to tell you. Aristus Nov 22 #32

See reply 33. highplainsdem Nov 22 #34

It is hard to get the recommended levels in diet Meowmee Nov 22 #37

Except for bananas, those aren't foods Americans are likely to eat almost daily. A baked potato with skin, highplainsdem Nov 22 #33

So: easily accessible and palatable potassium. Aristus Nov 22 #35

Yes. Most people, I've found, automatically think of bananas for potassium and stop there, and never highplainsdem Nov 22 #36

True, unless they live on Top Ramen and Cup-O-Noodles. Exp Nov 22 #16

Idiocracy comes to life Stuckinthebush Nov 22 #6

It is a Polkyannaish fairytale and we can only hope TheKentuckian Nov 22 #26

Nice analysis. Stuckinthebush Nov 22 #28

It's what plants crave! EYESORE 9001 Nov 22 #8

Totally agree. talking-liberally Nov 22 #18

The great tragedy of this country is the way... ananda Nov 22 #24

Darwin serves a useful purpose Bluetus Nov 22 #27

Except that these are my patients and I love them. Aristus Nov 22 #29

I didn't take the hippocratic oath. :) Bluetus Nov 22 #38

You dont get to 400 lbs drinking gatorade and most fat people go for coke etc.. berkerly6240 Nov 22 #39

No. There's more to it than that. Don't get hung up on the Gatorade. Aristus Nov 22 #40

Wealthy areas attract more and better doctors and medical facilities bucolic_frolic Nov 22 #4

That's a feature in zero sum/ownership capitalism, not a bug. haele Nov 22 #7

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I pretty much live on junk food and I have never been overweight Skittles Nov 22 #31

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The FDA does not require the approval of Congress to ban menthol cigarettes MichMan Nov 22 #15

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