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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 04:45
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Progress: 134%
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How disappointing for you, but all that time and hard work you put into your presentation and meeting the Health Minister will not go to waste. The upcoming NZ health system review would seem an opportunity and he is encouraging you to stay involved. Even without a science or nutrition background, your grasp of the issues and one solution to them impressed him.
As to your options, this may be the time to approach Prof Schofield or Caryn Zinn. Show them how far you got and ask for their suggestions which way to proceed to build on the work you did. I don’t know how much NZ looks to the U.K. for health advice (that hasn’t worked so well the last 30 years ) but the addition of a Low Carb treatment to GP guidelines and Dr Unwin’s LC for Diabetes, seems the start of changes there. Maybe the NZ equivalent of the family practice doctors association would add a low carb treatment prior to changing the overall country's healthy eating guides.
And to work for bottom up change, do not discount the power of a small group meeting. In the past few yearsthe spin-offs of Dr Westman's monthly meeting in Durham have been nothing short of amazing. Three in nearby counties, and so many around the country where one person passionate to spread the word of low-carb ketogenic eating starts with a meeting of friends who want to learn about how they lost weight and regained health. Kristie Sullivan started doing YouTube recipe videos and now has 165,000 followers, two published books. Casey started a blog, added YouTubes of what she eats and now has 45,000 followers, starting new events around the country. Jess Dudley does small groups in Atlanta and explains how. https://www.dietdoctor.com/people-c...ved-life-health.
Not as Big Picture to start but you seem a dedicated smart person who could create a low carb movement that could grow in NZ.
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