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The article on the overuse of antibiotics and their effect on weight is quite ironic and kind of infuriating. On the one hand, the western, pharma-driven medical model stuffed us full of their antibiotics well past what was medically responsible and that may have caused children to gain weight. On the other hand, the western medical model's attitudes towards weight gain is incredibly problematic. To this day, doctors use the BMI, an incredibly useless tool that tells us absolutely nothing about a person's health, and focus on weight as opposed to health, despite evidence that "moderately overweight" people tend to be some of the healthiest. So irresponsible medical practices likely contributed to the "overweight"-ness to begin with, then chubby patients have to deal with doctors who practice sloppy medicine by judging the weight instead of the health behaviors. Fellow classmates and future doctors, please, for the love of all things, don't use the BMI in your future practice. A tool that only considers height times weight tells you nothing about your patient's bone density, muscle-to-fat ratio, eating habits, exercise routine, genetics, etc. Don't use the BMI. Just don't.
Select one of the "Definitions of the Chemistry of Life" and post your thoughts.
"Biochemistry is an excellent foundation for the study of Medicine"
Biochemistry is an important foundation for my path to medicine. I was not raised utilizing TCM, although I did receive acupuncture for back pain in high school. I believe in the medicine but was not raised within a TCM paradigm, so the view of the body and how the medicine works is still something for me to piece together. Learning about the biochemical processes of the body are particularly useful for me to get some grounding as I begin this path to TCM.
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