As an alternative therapist, I am dedicated to helping people live holistic lives and I realize the danger of pharmaceuticals. I started out as a pre-med major and have spent many years reading the Physicians Desk Reference, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Grey's Anatomy, and Tabers.
If there is an organic, herbal, botanical, tincture, whole food source, or natural nutrient that can be used to cure a disease instead of a manufactured drug, I like to recommend it to my clients. This is of course in concordance with removing the underlying cause of the disease, the beliefs that created it to begin with. There is only one system and it is the body/mind/spirit which is integrally interdependent and inexorably one.
Here is some information to assist you in understanding the importance of using supplements rather than prescribed drugs when possible.
Dr. Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel prizes said "you can trace every sickness, every and every ailment to a mineral deficiency". (Ed note: or vitamin deficiency to toxic exposure from foods, environment, pharmaceuticals, etc.
"We live in an era in which 98% of pharmaceutical preparations have no proven beneficial effects, in which the pharmaceutical industry has created the fourth largest cause of death herself, the side effects of medication, with the sole purpose of creating new markets for its products." --Dr. Matthias Rath, M.D., 1999.
Drugs produced in the major pharmaceutical laboratories are well known for shutting down or deteriorating other organs and systems while treating the symptomalogy of the primary system. Additionally, dangerous and life threatening side effects from drugs complicate treatment and cause unnecessary deaths in this country where medical treatment is the leading cause of death. Termed iatrogenic deaths, research has shown that millions have their lives shortened or have the quality of life damaged by allopathic medical treatment.
Many people are on an entire regimen of drugs to counteract or repair the damage and side effects of the primary drug they are taking. Artificially manufactured drugs contain activating ingredients, binders, etc. that the human body does not know what to do with, it can't metabolize them, so they accumulate in the tissues and corrupt body tissue and organs. Much the same way the preservatives, dyes, and chemicals in our food supply and the synthetic ingredients like transfatty acids and hydrogenated oils, are not recognized by the body, which is of an organic substance, so they convert to free radicals that become carcinogens.
Natural Medicine, Holistic Health, and organic foods are in the midst of a wellness revolution as more and more citizens realize they are being poisoned by their pharmaceuticals and the food supply. The claim has been made that the AMA is in the sickness business whereas Natural Medicine is in the wellness business.
Let me make it clear that I believe that there are a multitude of times when the only thing you can do to save your life is to seek the care of a physician and a hospital. I am not advocating that you abandon the skills of a medical doctor. The point is that every home should have a well read PDR or research every pill the family takes online so you become familiar with the side effects of what you are ingesting. You should keep abreast of new findings and discoveries about the optional treatments like Deepak Chopra and Andrew Wiles recommend.
If you are interested in treating symptoms and causes Naturopathically, there are natural solutions for common ailments such as pre-diabetic high blood sugar, sugar and carbohydrate cravings preventing weight loss, exhaustion and mental fogginess from adrenal insufficiency, acid reflux, hypothyroidism, irritiable bowel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis. There's very little that cannot be cured naturally.
For instance, Acid Reflux can be treated without the dangerous side effects inherent in traditional drugs such as abdominal pain, indigestion, bloating, flatulence, constipation, esophageal candidiasis plus possible side effects affecting other organs. Anti-reflux drugs, such as Prilosec, Prevacid, Protonix, Nexium, Tagamet, Zantac, and Pepcid are effective in suppressing gastric acid, healing esophagitis and ulcers. However, by inhibiting the production of gastric acid and gastrin needed for digestion of protein, people using these drugs do not produce sufficient acid and enzymes to digest the food in their stomachs causing digestive problems. At best these drugs are only temporary treatments that require lifestyle changes to avoid acid reflux from returning. Most doctors believe these drugs are the only alternative because that is what their pharmaceutical company rep has told them.
E-mail me and I will send you a homeopathic protocol from a doctor of homeopathy.
I represent only the finest manufacturers of natural supplements, Standard Process, Cell Tech, and Royal Body Care, and pass them on to my clients as reasonable costs. I can recommend them because take them myself.
I also do referrals to trusted professionals such as naturopaths, homeopaths, and Certified Activator specialist chiropractors.