A Philosophy of Health
Designed to be healthy.
Even the most novice of medical students already knows that we are amazingly designed. Later he/she learns more about the highly sophisticated and inter-connected defense system that spells certain death to millions of invading organisms. Then it's on to filtration and elimination systems that handle widely varying types of toxins - if necessary, in large amounts.
Here is where I will stop with technical comments on our design. It is time to think about the practice of modern medicine. Actually, it has less to do with how medicine is practiced and more to do with what modern medicine deliberately chooses to ignore. What it has choosen to ignore, almost from the day that medicine was institutionalized, is the large body of evidence coming from two very different sources. One is the field of science. The other is the work of alternative practitioners. I will look at each of these areas in turn.
Why are so many of us still sick?
Western culture is constantly barraged with messages lauding the great successes of modern medicine. Indeed, there have been some great technical advances. (Honestly though, most of these advances did not come from the field of medicine. They came instead from engineers, technicians and researchers outside of the medical field. These individuals may have collaborated with medical personnel but ultimately, it was their innovative ideas and persistence that produced a useful, marketable product.) All the more, this begs an answer to my question.
Obviously, I believe there are a few simple answers to why so many of us are still sick. Hopefully, as I describe my personal research journey, those answers will unfold on their own. At this point, it is enough for me to quote a mentor by saying: "Getting healthy is easy. It's becoming diseased that takes persistent effort!"
Even the most novice of medical students already knows that we are amazingly designed. Later he/she learns more about the highly sophisticated and inter-connected defense system that spells certain death to millions of invading organisms. Then it's on to filtration and elimination systems that handle widely varying types of toxins - if necessary, in large amounts.
Here is where I will stop with technical comments on our design. It is time to think about the practice of modern medicine. Actually, it has less to do with how medicine is practiced and more to do with what modern medicine deliberately chooses to ignore. What it has choosen to ignore, almost from the day that medicine was institutionalized, is the large body of evidence coming from two very different sources. One is the field of science. The other is the work of alternative practitioners. I will look at each of these areas in turn.
Why are so many of us still sick?
Western culture is constantly barraged with messages lauding the great successes of modern medicine. Indeed, there have been some great technical advances. (Honestly though, most of these advances did not come from the field of medicine. They came instead from engineers, technicians and researchers outside of the medical field. These individuals may have collaborated with medical personnel but ultimately, it was their innovative ideas and persistence that produced a useful, marketable product.) All the more, this begs an answer to my question.
Obviously, I believe there are a few simple answers to why so many of us are still sick. Hopefully, as I describe my personal research journey, those answers will unfold on their own. At this point, it is enough for me to quote a mentor by saying: "Getting healthy is easy. It's becoming diseased that takes persistent effort!"
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