Jeffrey Bland Quotes

AN ACADEMIC DEFINITION of Lynchian might be that the term "refers to a particular kind of irony where the very macabre and the very mundane combine in such a way as to reveal the former's perpetual containment within the latter." But like postmodern or pornographic, Lynchian is one of those Porter Stewart-type words that's ultimately definable only ostensively-i.e., we know it when we see it. Ted Bundy wasn't particularly Lynchian, but good old Jeffrey Dahmer, with his victims' various anatomies neatly separated and stored in his fridge alongside his chocolate milk and Shedd Spread, was thoroughgoingly Lynchian. A recent homicide in Boston, in which the deacon of a South Shore church reportedly gave chase to a vehicle that bad cut him off, forced the car off the road, and shot the driver with a highpowered crossbow, was borderline Lynchian. A Rotary luncheon where everybody's got a comb-over and a polyester sport coat and is eating bland Rotarian chicken and exchanging Republican platitudes with heartfelt sincerity and yet all are either amputees or neurologically damaged or both would be more Lynchian than not.

I know that if you spend enough on each person person in a village, you will change their lives. If you put in enough resources-enough mzungu,foreigners, technical assistance, and money-lives change. I know that....The problem is, when you walk, what happens? -Simon Bland

MY HEALTH SELF-ASSESSMENT   1.  Do you feel that your health has gotten worse over the past two years?

Have you lost or gained more than 10 percent of your body weight over the past five years—even though you weren’t intentionally dieting?   3.  Do you have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep?   4.  Does pain in your joints or muscles limit your physical activity or mobility?   5.  Do you commonly feel fatigued for no apparent reason?   6.  Are you frequently depressed or anxious?   7.  Do you have problems with memory?   8.  Is there a consistent ringing in your ears?   9.  Do you feel that you are losing your strength? 10.  Do you take any prescription medications? Do you take more than two? 11.  How about over-the-counter medications? Do you commonly take any of these? a  Anti-inflammatories

b  Antacids c  Analgesics d  Sleeping remedies 12.  Do you suffer from allergies? 13.  Do you occasionally have episodes of poor concentration or confusion? 14.  Do you commonly suffer from shortness of breath or feel winded? 15.  Have you lost any of your sense of taste or smell over the past few years? 16.  Do you feel that you have lost a significant amount of muscle mass over the past few years? 17.  Have you heard from your doctor that you have any of the following? a  Elevated blood pressure b  Elevated blood cholesterol c  Elevated blood glucose 18.  Has your dentist told you that you have gum

periodontal disease? 19.  Do you frequently alternate constipation and diarrhea or feel pain or discomfort in your digestive area? 20.  Have you been told that you have chronic bad breath? 21.  Are you shorter than you used to be? Had any evidence of calcium deposits? 22.  Do you catch every cold and flu that’s going around? This is the first of eight self-assessments this book asks you to do, and it is the one that will give you a general idea of your overall health.

During this struggle I could not help thinking about the birth of functional medicine, in which a physician determines the root causes of illnesses and treats all contributing factors. Drs. Jeffrey Bland, David Jones, David Perlmutter, Mark Hyman—starting about two decades ago, they began treating complex chronic problems like type 2 diabetes, lupus, and obesity with unprecedented success. Yet medical schools had virtually no interest in teaching about this approach. As the pioneers of functional medicine discovered, you know you are doing something that is paradigm changing when you are doing it right in front of everyone but no one can see it.

Genetic Engineering, Jeffrey Bland, PhD,

There are many stories locked into our genes. Some of these are health tragedies while others are health miracles.