Following is the email I sent to the Diane Rehm Show (heard daily on NPR) today as a suggestion for a future show. It was in light of the sad program presented today with five "experts" from the medical field discussing the high costs of cancer treatments. It was really depressing. So I sent the following suggestion for a different show.
I doubt if it will have any impact, but the least we can do is try to make and suggest changes to those who are in positions of influence:
Dear Friends at the DR Show,
I am presently listening to today's (Thursday July 17) show with the panel of MD's covering the same sad ground that is covered periodically on the DR Show and elsewhere: the no-answer approach to cancer (and other diseases) offered by the AMA and Big Pharma. Doesn't Diane ever get embarrassed at hosting these shows that offer nothing except bromides like, "We've got to work together to get our hands around the cost of care and patients inability to pay" -- etc., etc?
If you want to have a show hosted by eminently qualified experts on the subject of disease PREVENTION and CURE -- things people can get their hands around and implement in their lives, then I suggest you host a show with the following two guests:
1. Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD -- for more than 35 years on the staff of the renowned Cleveland Clinic and author of the recently published Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. (http://www.heartattackproof.com). His impact on cardiac patients -- including many physicians of the Cleveland Clinic and their loved ones -- is unparalleled by any other approach.
2. Dr. T. Colin Campbell, PhD -- emeritus professor of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University and head of The China Study, the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. His recent book is The China Study that reports the finding of the study by the same name. (http://www.thechinastudy.com)
The two men are more qualified in terms of their own primary research and results than most "doctors" you have on your program. And what makes them unique is that their approach to disease prevention is exactly the same: a plant-based diet -- the exclusion of all animal and dairy products from the human diet.
I am 60 years old, have two master's degrees and most of a doctorate, and am not easily deceived. I have studied the research of both these men and can verify that their approach is scientific and results-based.
If you wanted to add two more M.D.'s to the panel you could invite Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. John McDougall, both of whom follow the same plant-based protocols in reversing disease in their patients.
The problem with this suggestion is that Diane would run the risk of offending the AMA and Big Pharma as well as the meat and dairy industry by devoting a show to these men -- and for that very reason I don't believe Diane will have the courage to follow my suggestion.
Each of the above-named men has endured the scorn of their peers, but they have done so on the basis of science and LIVES SAVED. I would think Diane would have the courage and integrity to buck the trend and tell the AMA and Big Pharma critics that she is committed to seeking and finding what works, not what sells.
Again, I won't hold my breath -- but I hope you'll consider this suggestion. (P.S. -- I don't get to listen to the show every day, so if Diane has already devoted a show to any of the above, or similar, individuals, then I thank you for doing so -- and I stand corrected on my presupposition concerning Diane's willingness to follow the trail of truth and results.)
Sincerely,
William Kruidenier
I doubt if it will have any impact, but the least we can do is try to make and suggest changes to those who are in positions of influence:
Dear Friends at the DR Show,
I am presently listening to today's (Thursday July 17) show with the panel of MD's covering the same sad ground that is covered periodically on the DR Show and elsewhere: the no-answer approach to cancer (and other diseases) offered by the AMA and Big Pharma. Doesn't Diane ever get embarrassed at hosting these shows that offer nothing except bromides like, "We've got to work together to get our hands around the cost of care and patients inability to pay" -- etc., etc?
If you want to have a show hosted by eminently qualified experts on the subject of disease PREVENTION and CURE -- things people can get their hands around and implement in their lives, then I suggest you host a show with the following two guests:
1. Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD -- for more than 35 years on the staff of the renowned Cleveland Clinic and author of the recently published Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. (http://www.heartattackproof.com). His impact on cardiac patients -- including many physicians of the Cleveland Clinic and their loved ones -- is unparalleled by any other approach.
2. Dr. T. Colin Campbell, PhD -- emeritus professor of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University and head of The China Study, the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. His recent book is The China Study that reports the finding of the study by the same name. (http://www.thechinastudy.com)
The two men are more qualified in terms of their own primary research and results than most "doctors" you have on your program. And what makes them unique is that their approach to disease prevention is exactly the same: a plant-based diet -- the exclusion of all animal and dairy products from the human diet.
I am 60 years old, have two master's degrees and most of a doctorate, and am not easily deceived. I have studied the research of both these men and can verify that their approach is scientific and results-based.
If you wanted to add two more M.D.'s to the panel you could invite Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. John McDougall, both of whom follow the same plant-based protocols in reversing disease in their patients.
The problem with this suggestion is that Diane would run the risk of offending the AMA and Big Pharma as well as the meat and dairy industry by devoting a show to these men -- and for that very reason I don't believe Diane will have the courage to follow my suggestion.
Each of the above-named men has endured the scorn of their peers, but they have done so on the basis of science and LIVES SAVED. I would think Diane would have the courage and integrity to buck the trend and tell the AMA and Big Pharma critics that she is committed to seeking and finding what works, not what sells.
Again, I won't hold my breath -- but I hope you'll consider this suggestion. (P.S. -- I don't get to listen to the show every day, so if Diane has already devoted a show to any of the above, or similar, individuals, then I thank you for doing so -- and I stand corrected on my presupposition concerning Diane's willingness to follow the trail of truth and results.)
Sincerely,
William Kruidenier
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Good for you, pops. I'd listen in on this one.
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