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Hey, everyone, this is Dr. Rucho.

Just wanted to give you your fast facts on this episode, Are You Really Sick, How to Read Labs, and How to Use Science.

And this is pretty much a reflection from some of the things that struck me as particularly

useful for the group of practitioners that I recently had the opportunity to teach in London.

And I think there are some very important concepts embedded in this episode that can help with

critical thinking, either as a doctor or as a

patient that can be applied to pretty much everything you read listen to and do and really help

guide you to be better as as a patient in terms of figuring out what the do to become healthier

or better as a doctor a terms of figuring out what the do to become healthier or better as a doctor,

a kind of albeit trite, the teaching a man to fish rather than giving a man a fish, so to speak.

So here's your fast facts.

Oftentimes, a positive lab value has no meaning.

It's important that both doctors and patients realize this because

it can prevent unneeded fear and worry. We discuss examples regarding thyroid, sebo, and mercury.

What some labs call abnormal is actually normal, and some labs have even been sued because of this. There are a few components

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