Alternative Healing
I’ve been spending some time online in my local paper, The Idaho Statesman, posting my thoughts and the negativity toward me seems to be growing. It is an amazing thing that people get so angry over opinions
I must be a glutton for punishment, but I feel impressed to continue. At least it keeps the mind sharp and gives me ideas for other writing.
I’ll give you a sampling from just one subject covered Thursday. First, I responded to a letter that stated that cholesterol-reducing drugs will be recommended for one third of the adult population and thought this was because of a push from the big drug companies.
In response to a comment, I wrote:
Good observation Jeff. Placing a third of the people on the dangerous statin drugs is crazy. We wouldn’t need any of these drugs if people just went on a good diet and exercised a little. Besides high cholesterol is not always a bad thing. It is a natural fat that’s essential for human life and whether or not it needs treated depends on a number of factors and even here the best treatment is a diet of unprocessed foods.
In response I was told that I was not a doctor and didn’t know what I was talking about and was reckless dangerous and arrogant.
To that I said:
I do not need your authority to post my opinions, thank you., I suppose that if some authority told you to jump off a bridge you would. I don’t take the word of anyone without testing it to the best of my ability.
Actual results and experience is the best test of what works and it has certainly worked for me and everyone I know who has tried it. I do not take prescription drugs but those who I know that do are a mess. Some of them take a half dozen or more. Some take drugs to counteract problems from other drugs creating a viscous circle. That’s not a good thing no matter what their position of authority is.
There are good natural alternatives to almost every chemical drug unless you let yourself get in such bad shape you are beyond the point of no return.
Natural healing is not a left-right thing. Both sides are in on this and surprised that no liberal here has voiced support in it since I have posted here.
Next I was accused of rambling and speculating. I responded thus:
If it works it is not speculation.
Also it has been proven that there are a lot of negative side effects to the statin drugs. If you think you can use them without judgment on your part you are fooling yourself.
Then to a guy who said he takes a lot of statin drugs I said:
So what alternatives have you actually tried? If you are examined by someone who is educated in alternatives, he could get you off of the drugs and your health would be greatly improved. For instance, do you use any sugar substitutes that are not natural like diet sodas?
Then to a guy who says he eats steak & eggs and ice cream for breakfast I said:
Eating steak and eggs for breakfast is a lot better than diet sodas. Didn’t you tell me you’re still a young guy? When you are over 60 you really reach the test of your lifestyle. Not eating the artificial sugar is in your favor. A reasonable amount of ice cream made with real sugar won’t do you much harm. I wouldn’t recommend it for breakfast every day. It could lead to diabetes when you are older.
Next to the charge that I should listen to the beast of authority I said:
The biggest mistakes in history were made by trusting authorities just because they are authorities. So, if you were alive in 1847 it seems you would have sided with the establishment and condemned Ignaz Semmelweis for giving evidence that doctors should wash their hands. You would have laughed and made up an imaginary tin foil hat on his head like the rest of the doctors of his age.
Things have not changed. Those in power still try to make the innovators look like idiots.
At least the health innovators have the last laugh. They live healthy carefree lives while the authorities struggle with their diseased bodies.
Then I was asked why we live longer today. I said:
Actually, one of the significant reason is better dental care. In the old days there was a tremendous number of deaths attributed to dental problems and related infections.
Refrigeration is another reason. We don’t have to eat a bunch of unhealthy old beef or salt pork.
In addition, because of great improvements in shipping we have access to fresh fruit and vegetables year around. There is less poverty so there are a lot fewer people on starvation diets. Read the Grapes of Wrath for understanding. I could go on and on.
Next, I was accused saying that one size fits all in treatment. I replied;
I’m not saying one size fits all. I am saying the opposite. Not all who have high cholesterol are in danger. All the factors need to be looked at. Some doctors are black and white about how they prescribe and others take a more holistic approach. The drugs you take may be doing you more damage than your high cholesterol. Your liver could be affected. I don’t know your diet but many people think they are eating the right foods for themselves and are way off the mark. If I were you I would read everything I could related to cholesterol ad get an opinion or two from alternative healers.
I am not saying we should not listen to authorities, but we should not blindly do what they say without doing all that we can first to understand what is best for our situation.
After this I received a vicious round of attacks from a number of posters. I ended this thread with:
I’ll make one reply to this last batch of negativity – some of the worst I have seen on the web. What an unhappy downward thinking bunch. Like attracts like.
There are many reasons why we live longer. Increased sanitation is one. Medical advances have helped but many of the drugs pushed on us do more harm than good. To fully explain why we live longer now would take a treatise and that’s not the purpose of this forum.
Alternative medicine and natural technology has greatly increased in effectiveness. [A poster] seems to think natural healers live like the Amish but the idea is to use anything that works whether it be traditional or alternative. Many like yourselves have tunnel vision about what works and outright reject many things that could help you.
Alternatives to drugs have worked for me and everyone I know who has tried them with no side effects. Why you do not think this is a good thing is strange.
And this bunch has lumped alternative healing in with what they call the extreme right wing. This is crazy talk. There are as many Democrats into my way of thinking on health as Republicans. Go to the Boise Coop, a popular health food store, and mingle and you’ll find most of them are Democrats. Unlike this bunch they are civil.
Unhappiness indicates wrong thinking; just as ill health indicates a bad regimen. – Paul Bourge
Nov 23, 2013
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