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Apr 2025
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SLP 472: Only Dead Fish Swim with the Cu...

THE WELLNESS COUCH
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‘At the moment preventative health measures by the medical profession are not viable. Because, for me to talk about someone’s weight, health, de-prescribing them, and getting them off medication it cannot be done in 6 minutes. Most people in this holistic health as Doctors are spending an hour on their initial consultation. They have to. If I could have a conversation just to break the subject will take me half an hour so you can’t bulk bill. Because your staff are going to be earning more money an hour than you are. And I know that sounds horrible, but that’s not a business model for people to go to work. So, then they end up going to hospitals and use the hospital model, which doesn’t work either. So, therefore we have taken our message to the people. If people start believing in preventative health and what they can do themselves.’ ~ Gary Fettke

‘I said to just listen to the science, and I said darling they’re not listening, the people who run the guidelines, the medical board, all these health professionals are not listening to what you are saying. The people were. At one event we had 600 people in Launceston to hear Gary speak but no health professionals, or very few, and I just went, ‘Something is missing here.’ And I always say if you look at medical education it’s so siloed, academic, they are taught how to research, they are taught how to think and it’s ‘Read, repeat, reward’ as Gary often says. I trained in the nursing system in the hospital, so we had a 6-week block learning academia and then we were thrown into the wards, and we would see what worked and what didn’t. You know, this isn’t working so why? A very practical examination on everything we had to do.’ ~ Belinda Fettke

Description: What a rare and powerful opportunity to be a fly on the wall for this eye-opening conversation between two extraordinary humans – both deeply committed to health, well-being, love, and the greater good of humanity. In this heartfelt two-part interview, we uncover what truly drives this inspiring duo, their unwavering courage to stand for what’s right, and the passion that fuels their mission to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Gary and Belinda Fettke are a team… 40 years of marriage and they are stronger than ever.

Gary was reported to the medical board in 2014 for recommending his patient, with complications of Type 2 diabetes, reduce their sugar intake and was subjected to a 2 ½ year star chamber investigation, and threatened with losing his medical licence should he continue to talk about nutrition and ‘food as medicine’.

The final determination stated; – “A medical degree does not qualify an Orthopaedic Surgeon to advise their patients to reduce sugar” But, don’t worry. It never really stopped him.

When #Cereal4Brekkie came after Gary, Belinda says “The Mumma Bear came out!” Determined to clear her husband’s name she began investigating the vested interests shaping the high carb, low fat dietary guidelines and has spent a decade researching ‘Who decides what we eat, when we eat, and why?’

“Science evolves by being challenged, not by being followed” Dr. Gary Fettke

Their definition of Self Love is:

Gary: Love is an interesting word. I don’t actually love myself. I have self-respect and you find yourself when you find the ability to say no. Be truthful to self and others. It’s doing the right thing.

Belinda: I think it is really, really powerful. Life experiences change us. It is loving what you do, it is standing up for what you believe in and feeling fearless, safe and comfortable. Self-love is self-care and self-nurturing.

Their favourite quote is from:

Gary: Only dead fish swim with the current. You know you are truly alive when you are swimming against the current.

Belinda: Science evolves by being challenged not followed.

Links to follow: Website: https://isupportgary.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isupportgary/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belindanofructose/ Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belindafettke/ X: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belindafettke/

Quotes: I wasn’t trained to tell people what to eat, I was trained to care. The diabetes crisis we have worldwide started in order to stop masturbation. You should not force your opinion on every child, every human being when it is based on a religious ideology rather than on science. I’ve always been a bit weird! There is so much information out there it can be exhausting to take it all in. Everyone appears normal until you spend time with them. I wasn’t smart enough to lie. Only dead fish swim with the current. I am very happily married, so I get questioned! I think I have less clashes with people in our immediate environment. Communication is about understanding each other’s differences. It’s the community that is pushing along with us. You are not alone.

 

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