Alternative Medicine

Thrown out of Medical Society for Recommending Fresh Fruits & Vegetables!

January 16, 2012 Alternative Medicine

(The following article is an excerpt from the third edition of Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days.) Because alternative healing offers different treatments for a lack of vibrant good health and happiness, they are often dismissed or even fought by medical societies. A historical example of this is Sir William [...]

Diet Soda: Cure or Curse?

January 2, 2012 Alternative Medicine

Diet Soda Helps You Avoid Calories So You Can Stay Slim, Right? Not so, says two scientific studies presented to the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions in San Diego in June 2011. Scientists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center studied data from 474 people over more than 10 [...]

What I learned from my grandson’s science project

December 9, 2011 Alternative Medicine

My grandson needed to do a science project for his 7th grade class. He was going to put a fast food chain burger and fries in a large jar versus homemade ones in another jar, but he waited until there wasn’t enough time to let them rot to see if there was a difference. That’s [...]

The high cost of medicine these days

November 16, 2011 Alternative Medicine

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and said sadly, “I’m sorry, but your duck has passed away.” The distressed woman [...]

Germs vs. Lifestyle

November 5, 2011 Alternative Medicine

Modern medicine is built on the concept of disease. The modern medical doctor is taught to observe the patient’s symptoms and run diagnostic tests then compare that information to what diseases are known to create those symptoms. Once he picks out the disease causing those symptoms, he prescribes the currently accepted treatment for that disease [...]

Why the Wrong Definition of Health Leads to Death

August 27, 2011 Alternative Medicine

I gave a talk the other night to 60 people at a local health food store. Part of the talk was that the wrong definition of health leads to death. That’s a pretty strong statement, but it’s true. Before we define health, we need to define life because the two are interrelated. Life is motion [...]

Some thoughts about health care

August 18, 2011 Alternative Medicine

The health care “crisis” a few years ago centered on the idea that 40 million people were without health insurance. The focus was on health insurance as though it produced health, but most of the time it only produces sick care. The focus on sick care rather than health is due to the lack of [...]

The Average American’s “Toxic Diet”

August 10, 2011 Alternative Medicine

It is the toxins that Americans are eating and drinking that is causing the epidemic of overweight. Our bodies cannot handle the volume of toxins we consume on a daily basis. Think processed food does not have toxins? In the article “Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good” (The Atlantic Monthly, January 2001), the author, Eric [...]

Fasting and Diseases

August 2, 2011 Alternative Medicine

I’m amazed by professionals who ought to know better when I hear them say that fasting (or a juice fast like the Master Cleanse) is dangerous, will cause heart trouble, will cause death, etc. This is in spite of books such as Fasting – and Eating – for Health by Joel Fuhrman, MD; Fasting: the [...]