In the UK and the USA, and increasingly across the world, public messaging and legislation encourage unquestioning trust in conventional medicine while discouraging consideration of traditional approaches and those labelled as “alternative”.

Whilst some legislation has been essential to protect people from ignorance and exploitation, in the modern era we need to be broader-minded  about diet and lifestyle treatments that are considered alternatives.  Over the years I have seen many people turn around incapacitating and life-limiting conditions just by using alternatives and no meds or surgery.

In some areas, modern medicine is amazing.  It has saved us from terrible diseases such as polio and smallpox,  made childbirt safe and in the treatment of emergencies is almost miraculous. However, many medical treatments can have poor outcomes, especially in treatment of chronic conditions and often plagues patients with side effects. We can’t continue to knock alternatives in order for the medical profession to continue looking good.

Currently, death caused by medical error is the third highest cause of death in the USA and bad diet likely exceeds this. Add to that the reduction in quality of life caused by drugs and other treatments and it makes it clear that we can be better off looking to the alternatives to support our health.

To coin a cliche, we don’t get ill for want of drugs. Diet and lifestyle are the basics and without putting these right you don’t have the foundations for health which means getting well again will be difficult. Look after your body with the food, exercise and sleep it needs makes it easier for your body to restore its health. Traditiona TLC and good nursing have always had an important place and those you can’t get from a bottle.

In light of this, healthy anti-inflammatory diets and lifestyle changes should be our first consideration for treatment and think of doctors’ drugs and surgery as the support.

Budwig

Overcoming MS

Plant-based Diet