How to Make Disease Disappear

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I can make diseases disappear. To be more precise, I can make chronic diseases disappear. You see, chronic diseases are the long-term conditions like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, depression or even dementia. And there is 15 million people in England who have already been diagnosed with a chronic condition; that means looking out amongst you now there’s probably about 250 people in here who have one of these long-term conditions.

About 25% of the book is dedicated to each of the four pillars, which he titles Rest, Eat, Move, and Sleep, as he feels each is equally important in health. Patients can dive into whichever pillar they want to get started. “I am writing this book to try to transform the health of as many people as possible. It is not about perfection – I’m just asking patients to do a little bit in each of the four areas,” Chatterjee said. Go outside for a 20-30 minute walk every morning (among as much natural greenery as possible), ideally before 10am. No looking at phone or listening to music/podcasts. During the walk, take an additional 10-15 minute break to sit/stand quietly--observing nature, feeling alive, grateful, and at peace. Make this morning walk a non-negotiable item. Prioritize mindfulness meditation - do it for 10 minutes every night as the first step of my bedtime routine. So what factors is he looking at? He’s looking at their diet; he is looking at their stress levels, their sleep quality, their physical activity level, their exposure to environmental toxins etc etc etc, as they start to sound a little bit familiar. See, what if all these seemingly separate diseases actually out there share common root causes. See, we need to update our thinking: our genetics are not our destiny, our genes load the gun but it’s our environment that pulls the trigger; all these factors here, these are the factors that basically interact with your genes and determine how your genes are expressed whether you want an optimal health, whether you have a disease, whether you are somewhere in between. Collectively as a society I genuinely believe we can do better and we have to do better.Some of his tips I was already doing. But as a result of the book, here are the specific things I have newly implemented or adjusted in my life: What about something else? What about Alzheimer’s disease? We’re all livinglonger aren’t we? But we’re scared, we’re scared that as we live longer and as we live older we may have to live with the devastating consequences of things like Alzheimer’s. I’m sure many of us in here have experienced that ourselves or our family. It’s a heart-wrenching condition and we the doctors, we’re scrambling around aren’t we, trying to find the cure. Well there’s a professor, near San Francisco, Professor Bredesen who’s actually demonstrating that you can cure dementia. He’s showing that you can reverse cognitive decline in his patients with dementia and how is he doing that? Well one thing he’s not doing, he’s not saying – well all these patients in my office have got dementia, Alzheimer’s disease – what is the cure? Nohe’s going the other way, he’s saying with all these patients, let’s say 10 patients in my office, he’s trying to work out what have been the triggers for the last 20 years that have ended up with this patient expressing themselves as dementia? And he identifies them and he corrects every single one of them. And when he does that, guess what’s happening – they are reversing their symptoms, they are no longer being classified as having dementia. It’s a brand newway of looking at disease. Its looking at what is causing this disease in this individual patient, it’s totally different. Sowhat factors is he looking at? Well he’s looking at their diet, he’s looking at their stress levels, their sleep quality, their physical activity levels, their exposure to environmental toxins, etc., etc. Aim to eat at least five portions of vegetables every day, ideally of five different colours. This approach, known as the ‘five-a-day’ concept, focuses on consuming a variety of vegetables rather than relying solely on fruit. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practised in years to come. He has been called a pioneer and is changing the way that we look at illness. He is known for finding the root cause of people's problems and he highlighted his methods in the ground-breaking BBC television show, Doctor in the House, which has been shown in over 70 countries around the world. In 2017, he was placed 8th in the Pulse Power 50 list for influential GPs.

A physician dedicated to finding the root cause of ill health rather than simply suppressing symptoms with drugs, Dr. Chatterjee passionately advocates and follows a philosophy that lifestyle and nutrition are first-line medicine and the cornerstone of good health. Drawing on cutting edge research and his own experiences as a doctor, he argues that the secret to preventing disease and achieving wellness revolves around four critical pillars: food, relaxation, sleep, and movement. By making small, incremental changes in each of these key areas, you can create and maintain good health - and alleviate and prevent illness. As Dr. Chatterjee, reveals we can reverse and make disease disappear without a complete overhaul of our lifestyle.

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So when I met Dotti and she had her diagnosis, her blood sugar was out of control, right, because that’s what people say — many people say that type 2 diabetes is a blood sugar problem but they’re missing the point. There is a problem with blood sugar in type 2 diabetes but type 2 diabetes is not a blood sugar problem. The blood sugar is the symptom, it’s not the cause. If we only treat symptoms we will never get rid of the disease. Dr. Chatterjee is one of my new heroes, since he is both transforming the lives of thousands of people for the better and also showing us how the doctors of the future need to be – they need to get away from prescribing medicine, which is harmful in the long run, and begin to teach people how to heal themselves by improving their lifestyle. As Rangan states, “the practice of medicine will also need to evolve”.

I read this book on recommendation from a friend and although I’ve read a few books of this ilk, this is one of the best ones. It’s so accessible, so actionable for anyone! It seems daunting at first, but Dr Chatterjee guides you gently through it all with plenty of reassurance that if you don't feel up to changing everything now, that's OK, just work on what you can today and build up to more tomorrow. They are mostly such small suggestions (such as drinking more water, not looking at your phone last thing at night, doing a few short bursts of exercise etc) that there's no way most people wouldn't be able to implement at least some of them. I am really taken with the book and Chatterjee's whole philosophy on medicine, that you can't always just throw pills at a problem -- there are things you can do to help yourself, preferably before there even is a problem. The thing we have to understand is an acute disease and chronic disease are two different things. Acute disease is something we’re pretty good at as doctors, we’re good at this. It’s quite simple. OK, you have something like a pneumonia, that’s a severe lung infection. So when you’re alone you have the overgrowth of some bugs, typically the bacteria. We identify the bacteria, we give you a treatment, typically an antibiotic and it kills the bacteria; bacteria dies and hey presto, you no longer have your pneumonia.

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I think everyone reading this book will realise they don’t get adequate sleep or relaxation/rest. And the Dr agrees we don’t have a lot of time for it in our hectic lives. But there’s still things we can do for 15 mins that certainly help to slow us down and chill us out. As regards the five portions of vegetables we should strive to eat each day, these should ideally be of five different colours. Re sleep, 1) Create an environment of absolute darkness (in the bedroom), 2) spend at least twenty minutes outside every morning 3) create a bedtime routine 4) manage your commotion (minimize any activity that will raise emotional tension before bed) 5) enjoy your caffeine before noon. So I started reading about this vitamin deficiency, and as I started reading, I started to learn a lot of science, a lot of science that I did not learn in medical school… a lot of science that made a lot of sense to me. SoI started applying the science, first of all with my son and I saw the amazing benefits. SoI started applying it with my patients and do you know what happened? People started getting better, really better – you see I learnt how to resolve the root cause of their problems, rather than simply suppressing their symptoms.