Dr Goobie – Help Your Body Heal

[brainstorm]

Dr. Goobie, of the Goobie and Doobie Youtube channel, is basically a neurosurgeon who burned out on the way the healthcare system was run and now makes popular youtube videos lol

He's making a series called Help Your Body Heal that I've really enjoyed so far – I think he gives good high-level context and it jives with some of the other "counterculture" doctors' messages too (although I haven't watched all his videos yet). Similar vibe to Dr. Greger / NutritionFacts, except I think this is more generally accessible since he doesn't cite studies constantly lol. In particular, I liked the sodium episode since ~ general health, chronic inflammation issues are so common today, and I also have hypertension. So I like learning about it.

I've recently (separately) realized that I've been slightly overhydrating for quite a while, so this has been a good refresher. I don't really sweat much, so it might be nice to get in the sauna a few times a week this winter. And I'm curious where I land on the Na:K ratio.

Anyone seen his videos before, or pay much attention to sodium management? Ultraendurance folks? Curious to hear your thoughts

[Lemur]

No way! His videos must be going viral because I've been watching them recently myself. His video on why he quit his job was rather interesting. Especially the part where the elaborates on how some patients, who were getting ready for spinal surgeries on schedule, miraculously recovered and were able to cancel the surgery. I can relate to that experience directly. He does a good job of going some detail of what he noticed was the difference in these patients. And he explains in a way that is both useful and not dogamatic.

[ertyu]

Thanks -- this vibes. A timely rec. Know someone currently undergoing scores and scores of spine surgery that can use it, but im not at all sure the rec would be welcome. Hope they find their way to it by serendipity anyway.

Edit: found the sodium episode interesting. Didn't know the info about where sodium is stored in the body. An additional synergy link added: less/no AC during summer --> sweating to thermoregulate --> reduction in sodium stores which are almost certainly excessive unless one has made special effort to adopt a low sodium diet.

Now to learn about farting.

[brainstorm]

@Lemur

Yeah, I think he caught the eye a lot of people with his medical burnout video, and hopefully they take a look at his nutrition vids too. 100% agree that his presentation is solid; from my perspective it *seems* like the type of thing that a much broader audience would follow/engage with. But you never know, maybe some will just watch the vid with 100 others that day and forget it just the same. Hopefully not the case!

@ertyu

Hopefully your acquaintance recovers well and soon! To make a recommendation like that sounds...challenging to say the least. Even in the face of harsh consequences, many people aren't receptive to change (e.g., smoking). But the nice thing about the Algorithms is that those ideas can sometimes just fall into the right lap. Hope so too!

But that's a good point about the added benefit of less/no AC. I wonder how big of a factor air conditioning is versus physical activity on those sodium stores – if there would be a difference between people who, say, exercised hard for an hour every day and did vs. didn't come home to an air-conditioned home. My thought is that you'd probably sweat more (deplete more stored sodium) from exercise, but that avoiding AC enables you to sweat more "efficiently" (whatever that means) and/or exercise for longer. But I haven't read much on the topic at all, so more of an uneducated guess.

[ertyu]

I wonder how big of a factor air conditioning is versus physical activity on those sodium stores – if there would be a difference between people who, say, exercised hard for an hour every day and did vs. didn't come home to an air-conditioned home. My thought is that you'd probably sweat more (deplete more stored sodium) from exercise, but that avoiding AC enables you to sweat more "efficiently" (whatever that means) and/or exercise for longer.

This will probably depend on climate. Where I am is hot and humid. Without AC, just sitting around water leaks off you. I guess the greater challenge is the winter when one naturally sweats less.