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If I'm not mistaken, you can make/do a patented thing as an individual all you want, you just can't commercialize it.

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

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.

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?

Isn't that generally applicable to patents?

You are still infringing, but nobody is going to come after you unless you are doing commercial damage.

At least in USA. See http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/crashcourse/rights/

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