[hanginghyena]

That seems very anti-competitive. So basically, if fasting is a free treatment for diabetes, you can't promote it without paying these guys a royalty? Boooooo

[ThrustVectoring]

You can probably promote it and they won't care. They will care if you run a thing that you charge health insurance companies for.

[hanginghyena]

Right but that's where this gets ridiculous.

Telling a patient to fast is basically a clinical practice. Almost like checking blood pressure. No actual supplies needed, just behavioral counseling.

By the same logic, could I patent checking blood pressure?

[hayavuk]

Isn't that generally applicable to patents?