It is quite the irony that despite the fact that the US spends 2.2 trillion dollars a year – yes with a T – it is still one of the worst health care systems on the planet. Cuba, for all its perceived faults, has a better health care system in place than the United States has. Americans are also living a shorter life span than they ought to be. According to the national census the US stands in forty second place in world longevity. Something is very wrong.
Some experts believe it all began when the cause of infection was determined to be from germs or microorganisms and responsible for many health setbacks. Once measures were taken to improve sterilization methods and sanitation itself improved, survivability increased and surgical complications were dramatically reduced. Less people were dying from unexpected deaths.
Thus began the method of treating that which invades the body, controlling pathogen spread and hence, thwart the spread of disease and stop it cold. There was a different path of reason that suggested strengthening the body’s natural defenses to combat illness. Alternative medicine emerged as the alternate path of reason. Eating well starting with whole foods, vitamin replenishment, minerals and supplementation are all highlighted before the use of drugs is committed to.
Alternative medicine stresses the all natural approach to healing utilizing anything which will fuel a person’s strength and boost their natural immunity levels. It calls for consuming nutrients and raw foods for optimal function. The human body is designed to mend on its own and is able to endure most common attacks against it.
Common medical practice today is treat the illness by treating a pathogen or symptom as opposed to the alternative method of build a strong defense and work on prevention in order to reject any illnesses that present themselves. Alternative approaches to control disease are for the most part mocked and discounted by mainstream medicine. Treating illness symptoms with drugs has become the choice of medical practitioners overall.
Drug manufacturers have thrived in this environment. Most average citizens are swayed into believing that medications are there to cure illness or prevent it from occurring. Taking a drug is considered the quick and effective treatment measure and over twenty billion a year spent on only a single drug class – cholesterol statins – will attest to this fact. Copious numbers of studies into these drugs display no benefit toward life expectancy. Drugs are only a step in the process of healing. Your body is designed from the outset as a natural healer on its own.
A further look at statistics for longevity reveals further facts about the poor standing of the United States in health and longevity according to acclaimed health sources.
• According to the World Health Organization the US stands in 24th place for longevity.
• The United Nations places the US in 38th place for longevity.
• The United States Census says the US is 42nd in longevity.
The majority of diseases that take lives, are progressive and degenerative are preventable. These diseases include cancer, heart disease, arthritis, type 2 diabetes and others. There are numerous reports that provide evidence of cures using alternative medicines from scientific studies based in other countries as well as from alternative research. We should not be so quick to accept without question, mainstream media reports from mainstream medicine promoters.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Anti Aging