Wednesday, March 26, 2014

3/26/2014 06:15:00 PM

By SteveMiami

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Demand unsweetened beverages

It shouldn't be so hard to get unsweetened drinks in a town hyper-focused on healthy foods, yet I am continually challenged at restaurants, delis and even grocery stores. Yeah supermarkets have sweet, sweeter and southern iced tea aka diabetic coma tea. Even the milk is getting a sugar coating, try buying lil milk boxes-no more 3 pack of 2% milk-stores stock vanilla, strawberry or chocolate sweetened milk.

No incentives for store management, little or no public awareness to cut out the sugar and no easy healthier options are offered.

Lets send a message we want the sugar cut. Pressure business to offer unsweetened tea, milk & juices. This does not mean diet soda—artificial sweeteners, another topic for another time

Get the board of health involved. Tweet to grocery store corporate twitter accounts, loop in the diabetes foundation. If consumers show a demand for it, business will sell it to us.

It shouldn't be so hard to get unsweetened drinks











Sugary drinks increase risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and gout

  • A 20-year study found that people who increased their sugary drink consumption by one 12-ounce serving per day gained an extra pound every 4 years. One study found that for each additional 12-ounce soda children consumed each day, the odds of becoming obese increased by 60% during 1½ years of follow-up.
  • People who consume sugary drinks regularly—1 to 2 cans/day have a 26% greater type 2 diabetes risk.
  • Those who averaged one can of a sugary beverage/day had a 20% higher risk of having a heart attack.
  • Those who consumed a can a day of sugary drink had a 75% higher risk of gout.(26)


Monday, March 10, 2014

Sunday, February 23, 2014

2/23/2014 11:00:00 AM

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Sunday, March 17, 2013

3/17/2013 05:29:00 PM

By SteveMiami



Bad customer service from your doctor

If your auto mechanic treated customers like a doctor treats patients…

Before I start this rant, lets preface it with there are some great doctors and some of the great doctors give great customer care. Now that we got that out of the way, this rant excludes those great doctors and is referring to the rest.

Doctor versus a ‘real world’ business:

  • Doctor’s Office calls patient: The appointment you have is being moved 3 hours earlier, if you can’t make it the next open appointment is in 5 months. (Auto mechanic blowing off a customer? For 5 months? I can’t imagine)
  • Doctor’s Office calls patient:  Your appointment for next Tuesday has to be rescheduled, the doctor won’t be in the office. (Auto mechanic taking a day off to play golf?)
  • Sitting in waiting room for 90 minutes to see doctor. (I get an accurate completion time from the garage and I never waited more then a few minutes for my car to be written up)
  • After waiting 90 minutes for the doctor, he/she only spends 11 minutes doing an exam and diagnosis (Sorry the mechanic has 12 minutes and can only fix one tire)

Sure some people put up with bullshit from doctors because they really think the doctor is a higher being.

Ever see this familiar sign in a doctor’s office? “the customer is always right.” Probably not, but would it surprise you to see this sign, “Patients should be seen, not heard”?

So when getting the run-around in the doctor’s office, think about this, “Would my auto mechanic treat me like this?” The answer is probably not–because the mechanic is in business and knows word of their customer service will kill the business.  It seems that Doctor’s don’t give a damn about bad press.

Doctor, try to treat your customers patients with a bit of respect. There's a good chance the patient is not feeling very well and not up for your bullshit.  Thank you.