Anna1111 wrote:
Sis wrote:
Anna1111 wrote:
Well, I don't have much respect for Dr. Weil, and tend not to give his ideas much credence. (or Dr. Oz, or any other "I play a doctor on TV" personalities). And, this statement is just WEIRD.
Over hydration - drinking SO much water without eating or drinking anything with sodium, potassium, etc that you deplete your electrolytes - is pretty rare -and is mostly limited to those with SEVERE underlying health problems like kidney dialysis or heart problems or anorexia. I've never known someone close up who had a serious over-hydration problem.
In contrast - dehydration is one of the world's top killers. I've been close to several people who have been hospitalized for this, and a few who have died of it.
So - where he gets the idea that over-hydration is the bigger problem? I don't know.
My personal fear is not having enuf COFFEE! That's what *I* tend to carry everywhere, and get panicky without ; )
Dr Weil and Dr Oz really are doctors. Practicing doctors, even. I don't put much stock in what MOST doctors say, including those 2.
Yeah. AS a Doctor I know is fond of quoting from his medschool classmates "D=MD" (D being a grade, in this context ; )
Anybody who spends his time promoting new age silliness on TV (and who can't even put on a suit & tie to do it) doesn't get very far in my book. Especially when he's neglecting patient care to do it - nobody can be in 2 places at once. He can't perform surgery while he's getting makeup done for Oprah! These pop-culture "gurus" are one of the many reasons I don't have a TV : )
Well!
Tell me what you really think!
I could care less about a suit and tie and probably more doctors than not have other things going on - teaching, golf, dating the nurses, appearing on tv shows, when they could be seeing more patients.
I don't know what they promote on tv. Is it new age stuff? Both of them? What I do worry about is how many people take what they say as gospel. My mom talks about both of them and even has a friend that follows Dr Weil rather than her own doctor. I guess that might be good or bad, depending on what her own doctor is like!