“[Option 3 for the fat man] Or he can get tough and stick to a big fat steak and a half cup of black coffee three times a day... In doing this he will be somewhat in the class of a pioneer, and a pioneer always meets with suspicion. No matter how well he does, he need not expect the approval of his neighbors. Any disaster that may overtake him, even to the extent of ground moles getting in his lawn, will be blamed on his “red meat” diet...” Human NatureMeatHomo SapiensRed MeatCarnivore Author:Dr. Blake F. Donaldson
“The main weapons in the prevention and treatment of disease and human carelessness will probably always be food and exercise.” HealthHealthy LifestyleDisease PreventionAncient MedicineDisease Prevention Ageing Well Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“Everyone has an obligation to keep as young as possible. That implies useful work no matter how humble, and some serenity of mind, and normal weight, and daily outdoor exercise, and enough amino acids in fresh fat meat to do a good job of repair on breaking-down arteries.” HealthDutyLifestyleAgeing Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“Never expect to enjoy alcohol without ill effects if you have allergy.” AlcoholAllergiesAllergy Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“The biologists are a ruthless bunch, and quite devoid of any particular regard for doctors. In theory they don’t even want a surgeon to patch up a man who has been hit on the head with a brick, the argument being that it is better for the human race to be able to dodge bricks. Which is a correct viewpoint, I suppose, unless it happens to be your head and your brick.” BiologyGeneticsSurvival Of The FittestEthics And MoralityNature Vs CultureDarwinst Thinking Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“To my thinking the greatest advance in recorded medical history is the thirty-minute walk before breakfast. Premiums for life insurance are usually paid for the benefit of someone else. If you want any life insurance for yourself you had better pay the daily premium of a thirty-minute walk.” Healthy LifestyleAncient WisdomHealth InsuranceHealthcare Priority Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“I would be satisfied with my life if I could just get people to wash their feet every morning and buy decent shoes.” FeetShoesSkincare Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“It isn’t normal to live on milk and cream and cheese and ice cream and eggs and chocolate and wheat flour and alcohol. No! Man is a hunter. Most of the wheat flour should be fed to the animals. Let them go through the arduous labor of converting fodder into meat fat. And then eat the animal. That is the smart thing to do.” Homo SapiensReal FoodHuman Nutrition Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“The fat man has to make up his mind whether to crack up on glycogen from carbohydrate or to live well on ketones and fatty acids from fat meat. Obesity is just as simple and just as complicated as that. - 1961” ObesityOverweightMetabolism Author:Dr. Blake F. Donaldson
“People practically always steal food when they are hungry, and low-calorie diets mean weakness and hunger... No! Counting calories is for the birds. There should be no sensation of hunger in proper weight reduction.” Weight LossWeight ManagementCalorie CountingWillpower Does Not Work Book:Strong Medicine Source: Strong Medicine
“The faulty idea that it is necessary to eat plenty of carbohydrate along with fat in order to prevent acidosis has little place in the proper treatment of obesity.” Ketogenic DietKetosisKetogenicKetoacidosis Author:Dr. Blake F. Donaldson