Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!wws From: wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Info needed -dietitians & holistic health centers Message-ID: <2307@ukma.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 18:08:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.2307 Posted: Sat Oct 19 18:08:54 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Oct-85 04:00:50 EDT References: <1259@mtgzz.UUCP> Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 69 Summary: Open letter to Pat Russo: How to assess a "Holistic Center". In article <1259@mtgzz.UUCP>, pgr@mtgzz.UUCP (p.g.russo) writes: > My wife is considering seeing a nutritionist at a holistic > health center. She is troubled by periodic dizziness, > muscle soreness (arms & legs) and some headaches and general > fatigue. (I attribute most of the fatigue to our 2-year old > son). She's also interested in what this holistic center > calls `colon irrigation', since she suffers from the > irritable bowel syndrome (also called spastic colon). > > My question is this (pardon my ignorance): > > Has anyone had success with treating any of these problems > by dietary changes and food supplements? I would doubt you could cure these through nutritional approaches alone. Biofeedback plus nutrition will solve most cases. > Has anyone gotten their insurance company to pay for the testing > done by these places? (The place we're looking at says that > they have an MD who completes the necessary forms. My > company already told me that they won't cover the services > of a dietitian) > > I'm hoping that this place can help her. She's had > urinalysis, brain scans, heart checks, something called a > balance test (by an E&T doctor) and has regularly seen a > chiropractor and an allergist. No one can seem to find > anything wrong with her. LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT CLINICAL ECOLOGY. If biofeedback and nutrition don't solve the problem, Clinical Ecology is involved. Also, in this event, you should read "The Yeast Connection" by Wm. Crook, MD. > Pat Russo Dear Pat, All of the things you mention can be very helpful if selected for the right individual and applied by a skilled professional. Unfortunately, since the medical profession is still trying to deny the existance of nearly all the Complementary approaches to diagnosis and treatment, rather than trying to learn enough about them to adequately assess the work of the practitioner, you will have a hard time learning if they are good at what they do. Also--the "MD who is signing the forms for insurance purposes" is going to get in real trouble unless s/he is knowledgeable in all the fields you mentioned and actively involved in deciding what you need (let alone assessing whether or not they are working). Colonics, given with inadequately cleaned equipment or, given by an unskilled practitioner, can be dangerous. You could learn something about the qualifications of the place you mention by contacting the American Holistic Medical Assn. in Annandale Virginia. At least you can track down a nearby professional who can help you learn what you need to know. Good Luck! -- cbosgd!ukma!wws(Walt Stoll) YOU Walt Stoll, MD, ABFP Founder & Medical Director ARE MORE Holistic Medical Centre 1412 North Broadway Lexington, Kentucky 40505 THAN YOU THINK (606) 233-4273