Be completely still for just a moment...
Can you feel your blood pumping? Can you feel your food moving through your bowels? Have you noticed that scratch on your leg looks a little bit better than it did yesterday? All of that is happening without your conscious help!
Dear reader... YOUR BODY IS AN INCREDIBLE, SELF-SUSTAINING ORGANISM! It is genetically programmed to constantly heal itself even though our environment is constantly changing. But in our Western society that takes a pill for every ill, our bodies cannot achieve this goal the way it wants to.
This I Believe: YOUR BODY'S ABILITY TO HEAL ITSELF IS GREATER THAN ANYONE HAS EVER PERMITTED YOU TO BELIEVE! Through this article, I hope to inspire you to not only question what you have been told, but to make a positive change in your life - not because I say you should, but because you want to!
What always amazes me about people who have come to know Western Medicine is when they say, "Wow, it's starting to look like Eastern Medicine is on to something!" Great! I'm glad you figured that out, but Eastern medicine has been around for thousands of years. It has served us so well because they have a different perception of the body as a whole. Western Medicine thinks of the body like a machine - a car or a phone, where pieces can be replaced or fixed with a pill. Eastern Medicine sees the body for the organism that it is - like a plant. When you put a plant in nourishing soil, water it and give it sunlight, it flourishes and grows and is healthy... (unless you give that plant to me! I have a rule in my house that if it doesn't move or make a noise, it is going to die! In fact, the last time I presented this talk using a plant as a visual aid, I left the plant at the venue!).
Here is an unfortunate reality that has hindered the Eastern and Western paradigms from merging:
According to an article published in the New York Times several years ago, fewer than 30% of Medical Doctors (MDs) receive any training in nutrition because many schools do not require it. Physicians are able to seek out nutrition courses, but it is not a requirement. For those who have had no training in nutrition, it is against the law to prescribe food because it is outside their scope of practice. By that logic, it the cure for cancer were found in our food (which I believe it is), a Medical Doctor with no training in nutrition could not recommend dietary suggestions. In fact, it is against the law in this country for an Oncologist to recommend anything other than Chemotherapy or Radiation Therapy for treatment (which are both neurotoxins and cause permanent damage to healthy cells).
The hope I have left in humanity at this point comes from people like Dr. Max Gerson who in 1958 wrote a book of how he cured 50 people of terminal cancer while using natural therapies. Because his therapies weren't "science-based," his clinic was not welcome here in the U.S. so he had to open in Mexico. Or like Chris Wark, who after being diagnosed with Stage 3 Colon Cancer in December 2003 used natural therapies to heal is cancer after his Oncologist told him he was "insane" for taking that kind of risk. Today, he has a blog ChrisBeatCancer.com where he tells his story and the stories of many others who have healed themselves through natural means.
Dr. Max Gerson and Chris Wark speaking out appears to be a thorn in the side of Western culture because their methods weren't "science-based" and they are calling the ones healed through natural therapies "LUCKY." That made me laugh... because I don't remember LUCK having anything to do with SCIENCE!
I am proposing you walk away from the end of this article with a mindset to become a more informed consumer instead of just crying to your doctor when you see a new commercial on TV for a drug that causes more problems than it helps.
Pay attention to the food you put in your mouth, the fluids you drink, the air you breathe... and what goes on your SKIN! The skin is your body's largest organ and it readily absorbs everything it comes into contact with. Think about that when you go home tonight and get into your pajamas and sleep for 8 hours under your sheets washed in Tide. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Tide is a registered pesticide, stimulates the growth of breast cancer cells, is the #1 cause of Eczema, feminizes male fish and is banned in Europe!
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, every $1 spent on wellness saves $3 in healthcare. Let's shift our spending from management and cure to prevention... because an ounce of prevention isn't just worth a pound of cure... it IS the cure!
THIS I BELIEVE!
