Michael John Axtens
@mjaxtens
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Post burnout GP. Medical educator. Preferrer of Safe Plausible Medicine whenever so called Evidence Based Medicine is based on confirmation biases.
Joined April 2010
What did 1224 people who lived to be 100, as observed by the Swedish AMORIS study, have in common? Higher cholesterol levels and lower glucose levels than those who died younger. The narrative calls these associations "poor science." Real scientists call it a paradox.
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https://t.co/7M6vPMk5Ub Please sign and consider donating. Our environment needs this expertise. Our health depends on it.
countryneedspeople.org.au
Country Needs People supports Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas, keeping people, nature and culture strong.
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TLDR. American dietary guidelines are rubbish. But we knew that. The researchers are more cautious. Conclusion = we think they are rubbish but we need to do more work to prove it. Let's not wait. Just Eat Real Food.
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#nonukes Peter Dutton hasn't accounted for this, because of the health hazards and prohibitive costs of "safe" storage (read permanent guards, dangerous and insecure containers) the UK is taking this very expensive step.
bbc.com
The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at Sellafield.
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Do medical tailored meals improve T2 diabetes? Treatment group received home delivery of 12 meals weekly for 3 months + supports Meals per @American_Heart guidelines, each with 60g carb (add snack, 200g/d) 👉"Intervention uptake was good but did not improve clinical outcomes"
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This is a Diabetes meal plan approved by the ADA It includes skim milk, cheerios, slices of bread, grapes, oranges, pasta, chips, mashed potatoes, canned pineapples In the two day window a woman should eat less than 1lb of meat according to them. This ISNT a meal plan ITS
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Brain teaser. Can I park unrestricted on the left side of this sign on a Saturday? Bonus points if you can get any useful information from this site https://t.co/OrNo7yVZcp
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🚨 The UK is banning #junkfood ads online and on TV before 9pm from 2025, including so-called 'healthy' foods like granola and rice crackers. 👏 Do you think it's time for Australia to step up and bring the same rules here? 🇦🇺 https://t.co/wKvDAlVfmm
#DefeatDiabetes #JunkFoodBan
bbc.com
Online restrictions will start in October 2025, with junk food adverts on TV banned before 21:00.
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#LCDU #defeatdiabetes
https://t.co/t0ydajHPWx "But insulin resistance also decreases the risk of five diseases including anaemia (-6% risk), Parkinson’s disease (-16%) and osteoporosis (-13%)" interesting association
medicalrepublic.com.au
The latest drug, comorbidity and lifestyle findings from the annual European diabetes conference in Madrid.
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This article fails to mention that PPI manufacturers generally recommend a maximum duration of 4-8 weeks. Why not mention that? Most people don't know that. https://t.co/jaXRiZaY7z
@ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs have been linked to kidney problems and cancer.
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#nonukes Such a safe energy source as global warming increases the frequency of floods, fires, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Oh and Tsunamis. Let's go nuclear Australia.
apnews.com
A small robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel...
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#healthysunshine Vitamin D in "Engineering"? Not published in a medical journal? "vitamin D improved all glycemic parameters in non-Westerners, whereas no effect was observed in Westerners" Fits with current science and likely surpassed by ↑sunshine IMHO
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Follow the ChatGPT prompt below with this one :"These prevalences do seem to correlate with oats and rye consumption, which would make the " Whole-grain predisposes to type 1 diabetes" a plausible theory. Comment?
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An exercise.. Feed this into ChatGPT "A recent article associates rye and oats consumption with the prevalence of type 1 diabetes. What's the relative prevalence of type 1 diabetes in the following countries? Sweden, Germany, France, UK, Australia, India, China"
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#lcdu @PenelopeFigtree @karendwyer12 When similar articles come out the press normally mangles them to favour big food (eg "meat causes diabetes" lol ) Let's see how under-reported this one will be. Big grain has influence. Microbiome mediates immunity
medicalxpress.com
New research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Madrid, Spain (9-13 September), shows that eating fruit, oats and rye in childhood...
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#surrogaterepairmarkers #lcdu Just like cholesterol and atherosclerosis let's blame the fire-fighters and distract our attention from the arsonist🤔 More attention on the burning coals (metaflammation) please
newatlas.com
A new study has somewhat redeemed the tau protein, which up to now has been associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Turns out, the protein has a ‘good guy’ role, helping to protect...
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Cholesterol and the overselling of statins: Doctors sue British tabloid for libel and win first battle round. This case shines a light on how journalists cover scientific issues and discredit those who challenge the official narrative.
blog.maryannedemasi.com
This case shines a light on how journalists cover scientific issues and discredit those who challenge the official narrative.
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