In recent years, health-care
has become so complex, that it is almost incomprehensible. Many
physicians have a hard time keeping up with their own specialty,
let alone other specialties. There are 24 medical specialties and
88 sub-specialties. How can the average person choose or afford so
much health-care?
If you surf the internet,
you will find many websites that relate to health-care. These
websites can be divided into three categories: traditional
medicine, alternative medicine, and complementary medicine.
Complementary medicine (also called integrative medicine) combines
traditional medicine with alternative medicine.
Traditional medicine relies
on prescription pharmaceuticals, such as antibiotics,
tranquilizers, vaccines, and chemotherapy. Alternative medicine
relies on over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, such as vitamins,
minerals, herbs, and enzymes. Complementary medicine relies on both
prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Since all three
categories rely on pharmaceuticals, society is led to believe that
health depends on pharmaceuticals. This is fortunate for the
pharmaceutical companies, but is this fortunate for the
patient?
Pharmaceuticals are a mixed
blessing. They can prolong life, but they can also shorten it.
Pharmaceuticals are semi-poisons that interfere with the body's
normal functioning. This is why most pharmaceuticals have a long
list of side effects. In contrast, food is nutrition that enhances
the body's normal functioning. This is why food is live medicine,
but medicine is dead food.
This website is a departure
from traditional, alternative, and complementary medicine. We
minimize pharmaceuticals, because we believe health depends on
clean air, pure water, organic food, and the avoidance of toxins
and addictions. Since you can do these things for yourself...
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