Health & Wellness
Q&A with Martin Rossman, MD, Author of The Worry Solution...
Dr Lipman: Most people think of worry as something negative – the behavior that keeps us tossing and turning in our sleep. In your book, however, you dist
Epidemic of Fever Phobia: The Facts on Why Fever is Your Friend...
Health and medical journalists are not presently providing the public with what might be the most important health advice that they should be given during t
Realities...
The Reality of Being is a newly released book of writings and talks of Madame Jeanne DeSalzmann, who was called upon to continue the teachings of the Work a
Fall Asleep Naturally...
Why is sleep so illusive for so many? Well, a big part of the problem is that many people are unwittingly sabotaging their natural ability to fall asleep. S
How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life...
The slow insidious displacement of home cooked and communally shared family meals by the industrial food system has fattened our nation and weakened our fam
Easy DIY Massage...
Daily Candy came and shot some videos of me giving health tips to their readers. Here I describe how to do my favorite self massage exercise…releasing your
Cleaner Cleansers: Your Post-Cetaphil Skin-Care Regimen...
It’s a buzzkill to discover that your favorite facial cleanser—and one that dermatologists love to recommend— is not so clean. But an increasing numbe
Wallet-Friendly, Organic Eating...
As a wellness doctor, it’s no surprise that I’m a passionate advocate for organic foods, and encourage all my patients to choose fresh, unprocessed, org
The American Cancer Society Trivializes Cancer Risks: Blatant Conflict
The May 6 report by the President’s Cancer Panel is well-documented. It warns of scientific evidence on avoidable causes of cancer from exposure to ca
Robert Thurman: Western Medicine is Commercial Medicine...
Towards the end of last year, I did a series of talks with some brilliant folks at Tibet House. One of them was Bob Thurman, professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhi
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I believe that there is a continuum between optimal health and disease. And what I see in my practice everyday is how different grades of sub-optimal functioning can appear at any point along it. For example, before your car’s brake pads give in and your brakes fail, years of wear and tear have been slowly eroding the pads. The same thing happens with our health. Before we develop a disease, or even symptoms, there have usually been months or years of progressive “wearing down” of optimal functioning. Our body has a large reserve, which it uses to maintain health, but it can be depleted or worn down over time. Only then do we experience disease, it doesn’t just happen out of the blue.
To use a natural metaphor, when a plant is sick or not doing well, it is crucial to look at the environment within which the plant is growing – what is the quality of the soil, is it getting enough nutrients, does it have enough sun or water, are roots or bugs from other plants impinging on its growth. This is exactly how I see our health and my role as a physician is to improve, promote and boost the bodies natural healing ability. This fosters immunity and resilience to illness, allowing us to truly blossom and experience good health.
My method is simple but effective: I remove what may be harming the body or preventing healing while at the same time replenishing it with what is needed. Unfortunately, most doctors do not see the health this way as we are trained to treat symptoms of disease as opposed to learning what keeps people healthy. We are taught crisis care medicine in hospitals and how to take care of acutely ill patients. But most of us are not sick enough to be in hospital and we have chronic conditions that are not dealt with well by this medical model. So we need to use Western Medicine wisely and appropriately, which often means looking beyond it, for solutions to our chronic and ongoing health problems.
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