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IMO, we here need to petition PBS to start a "Food Detectives" program. l have some contacts locally here.
I know PBS has undergone huge changes in the past few years and I won't go political, as I know it's prohibited and I am very political. The drug companies are now major contributors to PBS, and what used to be commercial-free programming now includes "acknowledgements to sponsors" at every break, the history of this isn't surprising to anyone paying attention since '07.
I will work on making a pitch for a "Food Detectives" show here if you guys think it might be a show that the average human might watch. Our local PBS station is one of the highest watched stations in the PBS network, so they have some influence. That's IF the drug company sponsors don't already have control of PBS, and I'm skeptical.
Does anyone else here think it's a good idea? I've got lots to do otherwise, so don't blow air up my skirt if you think I'm dreaming....
Resolved MC symptoms successfully w/L-Glutamine, Probiotics and Vitamins, GF since 8/'09. DX w/MC 10/'09.
I'm politically naive, and can only guess what the term "food detectives" implies, so I'm not qualified to comment.
I do have a couple of air compressors, though, FWIW.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I think it would be a great idea! I will tell you why....since Christmas I have been doing pretty good (not a lot to complain about, not that anyone wants to hear it). Very recently instead of cooking ALL my food (cake, cookies, ice cream, bread and crackers) I decided to try things that were store bought. In the last week I have been soooo tired, dizzy, body aches and sometimes the D AGAIN! Now everything on the labels of those store bought items was supposed to be okay for me to eat. But it is obvious that it is not! I wish I had "Food Detective" to find out what is really in packaged food items! I had decided to some detective work on my own. I found out that some of the GF products are made in the same facility that use wheat flours. Now those of us here who can not tolerate certain things in there diet this could be dangerous. So I think the Food Detective need to find out not only what is really in the products that we eat but what kind of facility are they using to produce them. Also, where are these products coming from. Even though products are being distributed here in the USA some are not being made here. Good Luck!
Tex....You are to cute! If all else fails you will be giving Stanz the air compressors!
FWIW, I had pretty much the same experience with processed foods when I was trying to recover - I couldn't eat them without reacting, no matter how "clean" the label seemed to be.
These days, I eat GF Chex cereals fairly often. Hmmmmmmm. Maybe that's why my recent gluten test showed an anti-gliadin antibody result of 62.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Well, I'm accepting Tex's as being sarcastic and don't need any air compressors here, as I have one already.
I realistically don't have the time to develop a program for PBS, but they already have "HISTORY DETECTIVES" which traces some sort of memorabilia or another back to something that is, yes, interesting, but NO, has NO connection to everyday life and health issues people worldwide are dealing with, it's just feel-good TV. I have no idea if a Food Detectives show in relation to health issues would be something anyone would be interested in. I have no idea how many hours people watch TV each day or how they select the shows they watch and maybe Food Detectives wouldn't be the best title for the show.
Maybe DO YOU HAVE A DIAGNOSIS FOR ONE OF THE ENDLESS FUxxxxx RULE OUT ILLNESSES THAT OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAVE GIVEN US? would be a better name. Guess that's probably too long. I work in media, but I'm a support service and have what's probably just a miniscule idea of how what we all see on TV gets there, even though this is what I work in as their Mom/caterer/craft services person, but if we all work together to come up with a PITCH for a show that has the right "catch", I can't but think that at least those of us old fogies who are the vast majority of NPR viewers, who are also sick with "whatever" and getting no help, would tune in.
Would MEDICAL DETECTIVES be better?
Resolved MC symptoms successfully w/L-Glutamine, Probiotics and Vitamins, GF since 8/'09. DX w/MC 10/'09.
IMO, "Food" Detectives would be a better choice, because food is a hot item on TV these days. Cooking is getting more exposure than at any time in the history of TV, and the trend seems to be growing. Unless you could get Hugh Laurie, (House), to do the show - in that case "Medical" Detectives might be a better name for the show.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
kinda on the same topic, there was a news article here in Aus yesterday that a group of 400 doctors/scientist including the professor who found/created the vaccine for cervical cancer, were petitioning to the Universities in Australia to stop conducting and awarding degrees for disciplines in the natural medicine group
i found it quite funny, rather than doctors upskilling and looking at a patients' health wholistically, their approach is to 'kill off and eliminate' the
practitoners that do
that will solve the current health issues!
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
Gabes - As the alternatives get stronger and attract more people because the traditional doctors are failing, they knock the competition more because their deity complex is SO huge they cannot conceive of someone knowing something they don't.
Connie - I think it's a great idea. My son is a writer, and in the industry, and might have some ideas about names and stuff. I see it as a way of showing people what a sensitivity to various foods can do to you, sort of like Dr. Oz showed it for celiacs, but more in depths, and show how to make foods that will be good for you. I will ask him as soon as I can get hold of him. He's working late tonight.
Robin - I agree about the commercial products but you can't make a whole series about that (although Unwrapped tries to do it for products without value judgements - I find it boring). You can make a few programs relate to that.
It could be a great series IMO.
I like the name Food Detectives better also. Medical Detectives would cover way too much and doesn't inspire too much curiosity on my part. Everybody eats though and quite a few might care enough about what they are eating to give the program a try. Anyway, that's just my opinion.
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
I love it. Something akin to Discovery Channel's "Mystery Diagnosis," except more interesting, faster paced, and about more than one person.
Episode 1 - Gluten
Interview 3-4 very different people about their health issues
1. Child with autism or ADHD
2. Young adult with IBS
3. Mother with IBD
4. Older people with MC/fibromyalgia/MS/RA etc
Describe how each decided to eliminate gluten:
1. doctors orders (celiac)
2. elimination diet
3. Enterolab or other testing
4. Holistic provider suggestion
Describe how their conditions changed as a result
Provide documentary footage of:
1. wheat and barley production changes over time
2. food industry use of gluten in everything and why
3. Hidden secrets of cross-contamination (oil at restaurants, etc)
Interview enlightened docs about gluten intolerance.
1. magnitude of prevalance
2. conditions helped by gluten elimination
3. how to get help and diagnoses
Those are all great suggestions, Vera, thank you. As soon as I saw your suggestions I thought about doing a "whole family" episode on a family that shares all these health issues, known to be genetic, that you listed for Episode 1. Probably most of our families would qualify don't you think? The problem I see with this whole concept is that it could be difficult from the standpoint of just how long it takes for people different people to get better. I'll keep thinking about this.
I'd forgotten about Mystery Diagnosis on Discovery, I know I've seen it before, so maybe this has already been done by them. I don't imagine that another show on this topic would be overkill and lots of people don't have cable so PBS would be an option for them.
I also love Robins suggestion about what's actually hidden in the food we buy thinking we're safe. The whole McDonald's burger thing that Lesley posted is horrific and this isn't the first time they've been outed. Remember when they had to admit that their french fries had beef in them?
Resolved MC symptoms successfully w/L-Glutamine, Probiotics and Vitamins, GF since 8/'09. DX w/MC 10/'09.
Connie wrote:I also love Robins suggestion about what's actually hidden in the food we buy thinking we're safe.
Along that line of thought, all one has to do is to look at USDA's lists of approved practices for the meat processing industry, and various other segments of the fresh food industry, (such as processing/handling fresh produce, eggs, milk, etc.), and/or review the FDA's lists of approved, and/or "generally considered to be safe" ingredients, for the food industry in general, to find an endless supply of "issues" that need to be investigated. The possibilities are virtually endless, because there are a heck of a lot of approved practices/ingredients that would not appeal at all, to the average consumer, IMO.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Tex, Now that the fox is watching the henhouse in the form of the former lawyer from Monsanto now being the head of the FDA, getting a show like this on TV may be impossible. You gotta just love how little good the FDA does in protecting consumers. If even a small percentage of the US population was as aware of food problems as we are, there would be a massive revolt - well - hopefully.............
Resolved MC symptoms successfully w/L-Glutamine, Probiotics and Vitamins, GF since 8/'09. DX w/MC 10/'09.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Maybe Current TV would do it? They are trying to get new shows,and improve their line up. Maybe it needs to be done with someone like Michael Moore. It might be the only way to get it out there, like Food, Inc.
Think about Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. He made a film, got it on YouTube, and has started a whole movement using the film and Facebook.
I'm politically naive, and can only guess what the term "food detectives" implies, so I'm not qualified to comment.
Maybe that's why my recent gluten test showed an anti-gliadin antibody result of 62. 
