Physical Intelligence - Day 82

The other great thing about Dr. Bergman's presentation is the way he uses humour to get his points across.  His presentation was highly compelling and opened up many, many questions which mean that we cannot reduce bone health to the level of taking Vitamin D.

I do take vitamin D, but for silly rather than sound reasons.  It turns out that I am OK with taking that Vitamin at my age because the video details that our bone mass reaches a peak point at 30 years of age and then from there on we lose a little bit more bone than we make.  The reason I was taking the Vitamin D was that the packet said "Chocolate Flavour" and that was enough of a reason for me to pop one for the day. 

There are so many system relationships that he talks about that one has to watch the video get a full appreciation of what he is talking about.  One has to think of the body as a whole system in order to appreciate all the linkages that Dr. Bergman brings out, and equally links to other aspects of health.  He does it so well he is justified to claim that the American health system is not a system of health care, but a system of disease management.

His presentation draws to big ticket political issues that are totally connected to health outcomes and in making his arguments he provides ample proofs to claim we are living in the dark ages, but unless we are asking the questions and searching for answers in the manner he does, we are still indeed living in the dark ages.  He points out a few things that are INSANITY and he asks his audience "am I the only one who reads like this?" - for sure he is well read.

It also highlighted that the way I use my laptop and position I use it with a bent back will lead to damage that leads to poor bone health that has nothing to do with calcium, but loss of spinal fluid due to poor posture and alignment. 

The subject of bone health is much bigger than one video by Dr. Bergman but the myths and misinformation about bone health leaves me asking a lot more questions and so that is where I am focusing attention about this aspect of physical intelligence.  Like all wise things, I took a second opinion about this from Dr Shelly Stillman.  I do that because this is producing the kind of insight that exceeded my expectations I had, when I decided to open my learning about bone health.  Just the acidic-alkaline, poor digestion, posture points open up this one initial area.  What I am taking away or looking for today is areas for further study rather than look for prescriptions or cures.  These are not answers I will discover in one day, but increase my own learning about bone health, so I don't have to worry about the question whether the medical expertise is providing information that has been ignorant, or where the industry is actually evil.