July 08

"He was at death's door and the doctors were trying to pull him through". - W.C. Fields

Funny man W.C. Fields didn't like doctors any more than I do. I'm not sure why he despised them back in the 30s and 40s but he definitely did. I don't like doctors today because most of them have an unholy alliance with the pharmaceutical industry.

Certainly we need doctors for a general checkup or where surgery is required, but beyond that I don't use them. The multi-billion dollar parmaceutical industry now markets its drugs directly to the consumer. They now run full-page ads (with three pages of side effect disclaimers) in a host of major publications, and you - the end user - just go to your doctor, tell him what you want, and he gives you a prescription for it. Problem is, most ( if not all) of these drugs do not cure your illness. They mask your illness with a pain blocker and treat the symtoms rather than the cause of the problem. The potential side effects are many and often more extreme than the original ailment. I've seen disclaimers that include coma, death, liver failure, nausea, and dizziness all in the same sentence. Stay as far away from pharmaceutical products as you can. Find a natural alternative. There are amazing natural organic products that are readily available that will actually address the root problem of your illness and have no bad side effects.

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If you wake up in the morning feeling so bad you feel like calling your insurance company and telling them you're half dead and that you'd like half the money... look around! There are loads of options.

My brother Jeff was physically depleted a few years back. Feeling lower than a snail's trail in a wagon track he went to Montreal's China Town. There he asked people from the Chinese community who the best doctor was. The same name came up time and time again. He went to see that doctor, who made him a herbal tonic just for his use only. In very short order by brother was feeling like a new man. This shouldn't surprise anybody with reasonable intelligence. Chinese medical practitioners were studying and using natural remedies when the rest of us were running around with stone knives, wearing bear skins.

Be well!