DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician

Physician, patient advocate and Toward Health founder. Looking for root causes, asking better questions and helping patients take their next step.

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

Due to AI schools are being forced to bring back oral exams

This is good

[Joseph Marine @DrJMarine]

Important point. Under the ACA, the business model of US health insurance companies is to skim off 15% of total healthcare spend. They are therefore incentivized to maximize the amount of healthcare spend that goes through the insurance system and to see total healthcare spend to increase rather than decrease.

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

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Why would insurance companies want premiums to go UP? CEO and founder of CrowdHealth, Andy Schoonover (@SchoonoverAndy), explains how perverse incentive structures disincentivize big medical insurance companies from reducing costs.

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

@PressureD2019 Not at this time. We do health coaching only in New York. @DoctorTro may be able to help you in NY if you’re looking for medical care.

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Ever heard of CCK? Even if you haven't heard of this important hormone, you've certainly felt its effects. It is one of the many reasons why the Low Carb Diet is SO effective.

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GLP1s... Amen! https://t.co/aekcsS9Tr7

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@SkiersRight Monday we are back

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Marvel has done a great job of making every male character somehow feminine

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So much news coming next week

Can’t wait to share some huge projects with you all

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

Thousands of labs were just leaked by hackers who broke into Quest Labs

The vegans will finally see my amazing a1c !

[Carol B. Low @DrCarolLow]

A client of mine who had a hx of benign brain tumor, was told to take statin--developed rapid-onset total amnesia. Wife, an NP, rushed him to hospital ,suspecting a stroke. Stopped statin, memory returned. Here is a guy whose heart is perfect (CA score 0) but whose brain is vulnerable ( recurring tumors) who NEEDS cholesterol, and MD is STILL pushing a variety of cholesterol-reducing measures. He's a serious carbaholic (wife is in ketosis) I want him in ketosis as well!

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

@mariatcole We are nationwide but check @TheSMHP

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Imagine a patient named Jane, who struggled for years with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Determined to regain control over her health, she adopted a low-carb, ketogenic diet. Her commitment paid off…. she lost over 50 pounds and significantly lowered her blood sugar levels. Yet, despite her impressive progress, her doctor remained critical, repeatedly warning her about the supposed “risks” of her dietary approach and urging her to adopt a plant-based diet while continuing her medications.

Undeterred by the lack of support, Jane persisted with her low-carb approach and experienced even greater improvements. Her diabetes went into remission, and she was able to discontinue her blood pressure medications. But when she returned to her doctor, now healthier than ever, he dismissed her success. Instead of acknowledging her achievements, he remained uninterested and continued to push for a plant-based diet and more medication.

Jane’s experience is far from an isolated case. Many patients eager to explore dietary changes encounter similar resistance from their doctors. This pattern raises important questions about the true priorities of primary care providers. Are they genuinely focused on improving patient outcomes, or are they more invested in maintaining the cycle of prescription refills and referrals to specialists? The refusal to recognize the therapeutic potential of nutrition almost feels like a deliberate choice, as if the medical establishment is more concerned with preserving the status quo than with fostering genuine health and well-being.

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

@docmartin22 They/them only believe in bats from wet markets I understand

Also feel free to educate yourself on some other documented case reports

https://t.co/ACljJ8KWAO

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

I literally had a patient that developed life-threatening thrombocytopenia with a single digit platelet count after taking a statin for the first time and the cardiologist asked him to try it again

What the fuck is wrong with this field… ?

[Benjamin Bikman @BenBikmanPhD]

@DoctorTro Love this, Tro. Beef and bacon have been around a lot longer than the obesity epidemic. Refined carbs and seed oils are the newcomers, and they showed up right when the waistlines did.

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The average person doesn’t think a potato chip is your personal brand of artisanal potatoes dipped in your personally blessed seed oil melody… the average person thinks pringles

The average person 90 years ago couldn’t even dream of a potato slurry….

Thanks for making my point

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“We ate that ask kids and we turned out fine”

NO, NO you didn’t…

[Coalition for Metabolic Health @metcoalition]

More than 90% of U.S. adults have signs of metabolic dysfunction.

Metabolic health physicians @DoctorTro and Dr. Caroline Roberts discuss how chronic disease has become so common that it can seem intractable—and how nutrition interventions could help change the course.

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“We ate that ask kids and we turned out fine”

NO, NO you didn’t…

[DoctorTro | Metabolic & Obesity Physician @DoctorTro]

Your future health isn’t written yet… unless you ignore it.

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