Health & Wellness
FAQ’S On The Safety Of Personal Care Products...
1. Why are you so concerned about the chemicals in our personal care products? According to the Environmental Working Group, the average American is expose
Personal Care Products Pose Unrecognized Toxic Risks To Children...
Here is an excellent article written by Professor Samuel Epstein and Ronnie Cummins. Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occu
Stress And Meditation...
It is a given that stress negatively affects our health. It is therefore important 1) to be aware that we have entered into a state of stress, and 2) to hav
FAQ’S On Inflammation (Part 3)...
Why should you be aware of Inflammation? Many researchers from completely different fields of medicine seem to be independently coming to the same conclusio
Natural Remedies For Inflammation...
With the fanfare of a holiday parade, drug companies a few years ago unveiled two new Cox-2 inhibitor drugs-Celebrex and Vioxx-to treat arthritis, inflammat
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Health & Wellness
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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