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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2020

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted My 2 cents

    Looks can be deceiving. After all, as I've mentioned before on Twitter, I've lost around 50 lbs over the last two years with diet and exercise, ride my bike 50+ miles a week, and as a result have greatly decreased my doses of antihypertensives.😂https://twitter.com/CherTobs/status/1316389279350878208 …

    David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

    My 2 cents @CherTobs
    Replying to @gorskon
    No way am I taking any vaccines full of 💩 Dont care what scientific evidence funded by Bill Gates you throw at me! you know for a health science nerd that exposes health quackery, you look pretty unhealthy! I guess being scientific is different from actually being healthy!
    9:45 AM - 14 Oct 2020
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      2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2020

        Three years ago, this anonymous Twitter troll might have had a little bit of a point. I wasn't that healthy. I was overweight and on fairly high doses of antihypertensives as I entered my late 50s. No more.

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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2020

        Unfortunately, family history being family history, it's become clear, that I can't get completely off BP meds. After my last dose titration downward, my BP is a little higher than guidelines say it should be, which means my doctor will probably up the dose back to where it was.

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      4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2020

        Of course, what this demonstrates is that science-based medicine does NOT reject diet and exercise. Science-based diet and exercise are part of SBM, but are often not enough by themselves. Often drugs are *still* required. SBM should and usually does embrace all modalities.

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      5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2020

        I mean, I'm about as thin as I was when I was a resident 25 years ago, but even as thin as I've become again family history still dictates that I still need at least one antihypertensive to keep my blood pressure in the optimal range.

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      1. John Mashey‏ @JohnMashey 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        50 lbs is impressive!

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      1. Threat Level: Tan Suit‏ @PleasureOrgan 14 Oct 2020
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        Congrats. Great achievement! That sets a great example for your patients. As I’m sure you know.

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      2. David Stephenson‏ @stephend50 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        I work out 4 times a week, 90 min with heavy lifting. my body fat < 18 % and yet my bleeping A1c still creeps up. My PCP is perplexed. I'm guessing genetics and stem cell txp

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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2020
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        It's probably the same reason that, now that I'm skinnier than I've been since I was a resident in the 1990s, I can't get entirely off of my antihypertensives. My doses are much lower than they were, but I still need something pharmacological to keep my BP under control.

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      1. David Young‏ @davideyoungmd 14 Oct 2020
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        Good for you, David. And, you do look healthy. Also encouraging. I need to lose about 12 pounds and then take less antihypertensives. Working on it!!

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      1. Wrene‏ @PierceAeroOne 14 Oct 2020
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        My late Internal Medicine father was about that weight in his late 50s. He reviewed my Doctor's blood pressure prescriptions for me, just before he died at 78, & approved but still strongly advised exercise & diet. Quarantine "Couch Potato" leglifts have me in my "thin" belts.

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