American medicine: An Expose and hopeful solution
American Medicine: An expos (and hopeful solution)
by Harvey Kunz, Nutritionist & Health Reporter (rev. 9/18/10)
If you perused a health book for a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon, you would know as much as most doctors know about nutrition. Why do many doctors scoff at nutrients? They are not taught how to use them, don't know what effect they will have and don't want to admit they haven't studied this field. Their skepticism may also relate to being told, "Anything you didn't learn in med school is probably quackery, otherwise it would have been taught"! They get 1 to 2 hours on nutrition in four years. Actual hours, not semester hours! Why? All our medical schools are run by grants from the drug industry.
Why are med schools supported by Big Pharma? To control the curriculum, so doctors will use drugs for all illnesses. Why not teach nutrition? If it were taught, doctors would not need to use drugs---so there goes that great idea! Drugs are the largest business in this country, and second in the world only to petroleum. Forbes magazine recently stated, "Sickness is the biggest growth industry in this country. Our top ten pharmaceutical companies now have a larger gross income than the remaining 490 of the Fortune 500." WOW! Drug lobbyists subsidize' politicians (both sides). As a result, the only allowable treatments are FDA approved drugs (surprise!). Doctors can lose their license if they do not comply. The FDA even sends Swat Teams to raid doctors that use natural treatments --- in America, not Nazi Germany!
Our country has the best surgery and trauma care in the world, but when it comes to degenerative disease, the cause of 80% of all deaths, we have the worst record of all developed nations, including the shortest lifespan and highest rate of all five major diseases: bronchial, heart, cancer, diabetes and bone/joint (arthritis, osteoporosis, gout, etc.). This is in spite of consuming over half the world's drugs! Does this tell you something? The healthiest, longest living groups of people in the world have no processed foods and NO DRUGS! Drugs are effective for killing bugs and stopping, blocking, or controlling symptoms (they make you feel better). Drugs are by prescription' to keep you from overdosing and killing yourself, as they are toxic chemicals. They can block symptoms, but they don't help the body heal. That takes nutrients!
Eighty years of propaganda, with trillions of dollars of ads in every conceivable media, has effectively brain-washed doctor and patient alike that, "If you are sick, you need a drug". We have become a totally drug oriented culture. Proof ? What does an average patient ask their doctor? Is it, "What can I do to help my body heal itself?" No, it is inevitably, "What drug should I take?" They feel cheated if they leave without prescription in hand, so don't blame your doctor! Antibiotic overuse is a typical drug abuse due to patient pressure. Even when it is not indicated, a prescription is written to please the patient. Digestive problems often result. This means another visit (more money) and more drugs prescribed!
Doctors are under tremendous time pressure from HMO's (most insurance carriers allow 7-10 minutes per patient), so as conscientious as they may be, they are not given time to investigate the CAUSE of your illness. RESULT? They become well educated pill-pushers. "Give em a drug and bring in the next patient. We have too many people in the waiting room". Add to this, hospital pressure, reams of forms required for every procedure, excessive tests given solely to prevent lawsuits, a hectic schedule of appointments and meetings, and the frustration of NOT BEING ALLOWED to perform their Hippocratic Oath (do no harm, and help the body heal), and many doctors are being driven into lecturing or research.
This whole scenario is diabolically pre-planned, as treating symptoms rather than addressing the cause means you will be a lifetime customer. As long as you take this drug, symptoms are controlled' (as your disease continues to progress). The fact remains, A HEALED PATIENT IS A LOST CUSTOMER. Once again we see The Dark Side of Capitalism'. Corporate responsibility is to stockholders only. It has nothing to do with health. All that matters is, "did we have a good year". Example: Far more people make a prosperous living from cancer than those who die from it. Therefore, by com-parison, the thousands who die are insignificant. Does this help you relate to what is currently happening in this country?
Our former Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop once said, "80% of all deaths in this country are the result of diet related degenerative disease". This is an amazing statement from an orthodox doctor, because if they are diet related, this infers they can be diet treated! If the cause of your disease is toxins and/or a nutrient deficiency, why would you add more toxins and not rectify the deficiency? Drugs are not needed for the body to function properly (there is no such thing as a drug deficiency), yet we add the burden of more drugs to an already weakened body and don't address the CAUSE!
Our senior citizens are on an average of 13 drugs. Go into any Assisted Living' facility and you will see a room full of sedated zombies. Their bodies are toxic waste dumps awaiting kidney and liver failure. Babies, before their immune systems are fully developed, are given up to 43 questionable vaccines. School children are lining up at the nurse's office for their daily fix. Women are pressured at every change of age with a different drug treatment (see our book, The Menopause Bonanza'). Diseases are actually created (ADHD, PMMD, ED, etc.) to make use of drugs! Dr. Joseph Mercola comments, "We suffer from a host of debilitating ailments, both physical and mental, nearly all of which can be traced directly to the chemical drug monopoly, which poses the greatest threat to our continued existence as a nation."
Walter Willet, editorial writer for JAMA (the esteemed Journal of the American Medical Association') sums this up in a statement, that coming from a drug-supported source, is amazing, "The commonly held belief that aging routinely requires pharmacological management has unfortunately led to neglect of diet and lifestyle as the primary means of achieving healthy aging". We could not have summarized the American health problem more eloquently!
Is there is a reason for the negativism' of this article? Yes, to make people aware that (1) they have been duped and brain-washed by greed-driven industries, (2) that there is a healthy alternative, and (3) to inspire them to achieve lifetime good health by avoiding toxins (drugs, pesticides, preservatives, etc.), to take a close look at their lifestyle, to avoid boxed, bottled and canned, embalmed so-called food', and adopt a health promoting diet. God has provided (in original unprocessed form) every food needed for life-long health, and even medicinal herbs for the occasional sickness you couldn't avoid. May He bless you richly as you make use of these gifts in your progress toward ultimate health.
Sage advice: If God didn't make it, you can't pronounce it, or it doesn't go bad---don't put it in your mouth!
HAPPIER THOUGHTS
(Excerpted from the best selling book CONQUERING ARTHRITIS' by Harvey Kunz)
THE LONG TUBE: What do all life forms have in common? They consist of a long tube surrounded by appendages (arms, legs, fins, wings, tentacles or flippers), plus a CPU (central processing unit) to control them. The appendages provide locomotion to gather food and feed the tube. The prime difference with humans is that we use the appendages to make a living, to pay someone else to gather food to feed the tube! The condition and life span of the organism is determined by what goes on both outside and inside the tube. We have limited control of what happens outside the tube (the environment), but we have total control over what goes on inside. In essence, our health is determined by what we stuff into the tube!
We must avoid all foreign chemicals (pesticides, drugs, preservatives and other toxins that stress the kidneys and liver), refined sugar, white flour, pasteurized milk or other mucus formers that coat the tube wall (preventing nutrient absorption), items that harbor germs, kill enzymes, poison protective bacteria, or anything that can attack the wall and allow intruders to pass through it into the surrounding bloodstream (acidic diet, yeast infection, NSAID drugs, etc.). Next we must provide nutrients in easily absorbed form; including minerals, enzymes and vitamins found in natural foods that the organism for thousands of years has been designed to consume (mainly plant life), along with fiber and pure water to help it move along smoothly. Anything that impedes this progress (processed foods that lack digestive enzymes and cause constipation) gives food time to decay and poison the organism.
The point of this discourse (did you guess?) is to emphasize that, as all of these conditions can be self controlled, the optimal health of the organism lies completely in the hands of the owner!
Only you can rebuild your health. We started and we end this book with the same theme: Take charge of your life. People who think for themselves and don't accept everything promoted by our drug-controlled medical system have a good chance of staying healthy! For any health problem, first see if your treatment is eliminating
causes or just pacifying symptomsand don't surrender your health care to someone because of diplomas on the wall. Dr. Bernie Siegal, speaking of terminal cancer patients says: "A minority of patients are willing to take responsibility for their own health. They are the ones who express anger, those who question everything and want to make their own choices not the submissive ones. Doctors realize these are the survivors. We need to respect them and learn from them." You must take personal charge of your healing program. Refuse to submit to any procedures that may thwart your goal. This is your body, your life, your money, and after careful study, your choice. Study and question everything!
"How wealthy do you want to be?" Seminars ask this and then provide the training to get you there'. Far more important is "How healthy do you want to be". Only you can decide. Once you consciously decide, you can study how to get there' and actively start an effective program. You have the opportunity to live healthy until you die! Applying information in this book is a good start. Get Gary Null's Get Healthy Now for more nutritional advice, Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Dr. Phyllis Balch, or the books listed on pages 135-138, to look up specific ailments. Read, think and act, using the good head God gave you. Then find a nutritionally trained doctor who will respect your views, take time to answer all questions and work with you on rebuilding your health by removing toxins and addressing digestive, circulatory and immune functions as well as your physical and emotional needs.
Degenerative disease is the inevitable result of long-term neglect of your health. A lifestyle change is essential to eliminate the conditions that caused the disease. Cleanse the body of toxins and keep your circulation and lymph drainage active with exercise. Get sufficient rest and control stress. Rebuild the immune system nutritionally and then supply the building materials' your body needs to heal. When this is done with condition specific nutrients, these steps can effectively treat all types of degenerative disease. If you fight your affliction with an informed mind, determination and diligence, you will win.
And that's the world in a nutshell----an appropriate container. Steve Dunn
American medicine: An Expose and hopeful solution
By: HARVEY KUNZ
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