P5 Protocols

Where healthcare is going and why it just might get there

Minimally invasive solutions for brain cancer and beyond…

Minimally invasive solutions for brain cancer and beyond…

P5 Protocols is changing to be easier to use and more valuable as a resource

P5 Protocols is changing to be easier to use and more valuable as a resource

"Alison Gannett, world-class extreme skier, extreme survivor, extreme thrivor and extreme healer. Or: Got guts?"

"Alison Gannett, world-class extreme skier, extreme survivor, extreme thrivor and extreme healer. Or: Got guts?"

"A summary of an abundant year plus some words of insight and wisdom".

Now that we have reached the end of the year and the first “season” of P5 Protocols, I thought it would be beneficial to share some lessons learned, possibilities explored, thought experiments, and a bit about problem solving. As an investment firm and podcast host, we have spoken with or interviewed hundreds of people. That includes researchers, company founders or CEO’s, practitioners of all stripes and more. We are also voracious readers, looking to find insight in various places that help us anticipate the future. We make great effort to think, see how things correlate, and find patterns that arise among multiple disciplines. Lastly, we discuss a new non-profit initiative whose mission it is to solve most diseases in the next five years with the tools that are currently available; for that endeavor, it would need to be a truly global collaborative effort. And at the very end, we have a few wonderful quotes to ponder.

"A summary of an abundant year plus some words of insight and wisdom".

Now that we have reached the end of the year and the first “season” of P5 Protocols, I thought it would be beneficial to share some lessons learned, possibilities explored, thought experiments, and a bit about problem solving. As an investment firm and podcast host, we have spoken with or interviewed hundreds of people. That includes researchers, company founders or CEO’s, practitioners of all stripes and more. We are also voracious readers, looking to find insight in various places that help us anticipate the future. We make great effort to think, see how things correlate, and find patterns that arise among multiple disciplines. Lastly, we discuss a new non-profit initiative whose mission it is to solve most diseases in the next five years with the tools that are currently available; for that endeavor, it would need to be a truly global collaborative effort. And at the very end, we have a few wonderful quotes to ponder.

“Hypothyroidism, diagnosis, and treatment protocols perhaps redefined?”

For this program, we tried to reach Mark Sisson, who recently published The Keto Reset Diet, his office referred us to Elle Russ. I wondered who is Elle Russ? So, Elle and I had a nice half hour or so conversation and I was intrigued. Her focus on hypothyroidism is, to me, as poignant a topic as I can find. We have so many people I see that are stressed out by the littlest thing, or that work out all of the time and keep gaining weight plus dozens of other symptoms. And what amazes me is that as you listen or read deeper into this interview, which really takes off around minute 23, you can see she is likely on to something that should be flushed out for so many people. As Sid Baker [paraphrase] said, and I keep thinking back to how his interview is the gift that keeps giving: Sometimes, the treatment is the most powerful diagnostic. In this case, Elle Russ is suggesting that for many with hypothyroidism, trying her paleo diet and adding T3 to your medication is a relatively painless, very low risk and low cost method to see if that is your issue. A doctor should have no reason other than obstinacy to not TRY this method.