Have you seen any functional medicine doctors? Not "naturopaths" or chiropractors, but an actual functional medicine MD? (I make the distinction because many will scoff at naturopaths, and also because that world is full of many pretenders who give functional medicine a bad name.)
Gut health and the mind<->gut connection have been well accepted facts in functional medicine for many years. First anecdotally, and now with more and more scientifically backed research.
I feel your pain regarding conventional doctors not understanding, or not caring to understand that health issues can be solved with tools other than their prescription pad or an invasive surgery. That paradigm is slowly changing; ie. the reluctant mainstream acceptance of things like probiotics for gut health. I wonder what the more critically minded audience of HN thinks of functional medicine?
If you haven't looked up any functional doctors, a good place to start is Dr. Mark Hyman, who is the director of functional medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. At first glance, his books and persona can seem a little "new agey" or bullshit, but if you listen to him on more technical health podcasts, you can see that he is a very intelligent person rooted in scientific research and trial and error in his medicinal practice.
We are taking this story too literally. China isn't going after video games in fear of eye health. This is an attempt to save their youth from video game addiction, and the affront of video game influence on their culture.
In America we would bristle at the thought of our government asserting control in how our time is spent. It's clear China has done investigation into the health effects of video game addiction has on their people, and this is the first step in correcting it. They are simply being careful to control the perception as they impose limits.
China really does have a myopia epidemic, and treating it is costly for the state. Preventing it by essentially forcing children to play outside will result in large cost savings.
Gut health and the mind<->gut connection have been well accepted facts in functional medicine for many years. First anecdotally, and now with more and more scientifically backed research.
I feel your pain regarding conventional doctors not understanding, or not caring to understand that health issues can be solved with tools other than their prescription pad or an invasive surgery. That paradigm is slowly changing; ie. the reluctant mainstream acceptance of things like probiotics for gut health. I wonder what the more critically minded audience of HN thinks of functional medicine?
If you haven't looked up any functional doctors, a good place to start is Dr. Mark Hyman, who is the director of functional medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. At first glance, his books and persona can seem a little "new agey" or bullshit, but if you listen to him on more technical health podcasts, you can see that he is a very intelligent person rooted in scientific research and trial and error in his medicinal practice.