Our Health is the most important commodity we possess. When it is diminished or greatly wiped out, it affects our plans, hopes and our dreams. Our entire lifestyle changes. This not only impacts us individually, it affects our loved ones when they have to adjust their lives to begin caring for us.
Health is not what it used to be in our country. I remember when I was a very young child poor health was the exception and not the rule that it has become today. People ate differently; taking care to eat a balanced meal, and we didn't have emphasis placed upon tons of sugary snack foods. As a matter of fact, snacking was not part of my family's lifestyle at all. Dinner seldom included dessert unless it was Sunday. Foods were purchased freshly picked from local farms ensuring that great nutritional values were being consumed. Very little was ever 'supermarket canned.' Home canning was done in the growing season and eaten during winter until new crops brought forward fresh produce. People ate more fresh dark green leafy vegetables which protected us from calcium deficits like we have now.
It was a totally different world back in those days. Your beverages were water, coffee
(one 6 ounce cup, not your super sized pint, quart, or multiple cups during the day), hot tea, milk, and orange juice. Sodas were occasionally enjoyed; not like now where they are the norm instead of drinking pure water. This unhealthy habit has resulted in many people walking around
(or trying to walk) with debilitated muscles, and bones. Not only the bones in their extremities suffer, but the bones that support the teeth and spinal column. This, combined with smoking really has done a number on our population.
No one sat in front of a television set for hours and hours. That was saved for special shows. Maybe the news at 6
(everyone was in bed by 11), or maybe that special western or comedy show you loved to see each week; and they were only 30 minutes long.
People got more
'moving around' time. There were less automobiles available, so you walked, took the bus, streetcar, or trolley. You felt privileged if someone offered to pick you up and give you a ride wherever you were going. Often you had to get a ride back home with someone else, take a taxi, or public transportation.
People didn't have standing appointments at the doctors office. If someone got sick enough to go to bed, you called the doctor who gladly made a house call to assess your condition and very often prescribed something right then and there. Frequently; if he knew in advance what you were suffering from, he brought medicine along with him in his little black bag. You didn't even have to go to the druggist. If by chance you had to go to the hospital; it was
really serious and you needed an operation. But that wasn't the norm. You really were sick.
It always amazed me how accurately doctors used to be able to assess your physical woes simply by asking a few questions, looking into your eyes, inside your mouth, taking your pulse, listening to your heartbeat and lungs and studying the pallor of your skin. Thumping here and there on the body.... It usually took them all of 12 minutes to know what was wrong.
There were no expensive tests, xrays, or specialists.
But Oh Brother! How things have changed, and not for the better I might add.
Today,
"health" is a business.
Big, big, business!! Generally, doctors don't see you as an individual as much as they see dollar signs over your head. They pass you around to their colleagues like you are a specimen on a conveyor belt, each one getting a slice out of your bank account, or
(for the more fortunate) health insurance provider. When they are done can they cure anything that is wrong with you?
Not likely. And the medicines and treatments they prescribe are often so deadly, they disrupt what 'good health' you walked in the door with. There are more people walking around with "side-effect-itis" than with real diseases.
Most disorders of the human body are caused by a shortage of one thing or another that the body is supposed to have. Shortages that can be simply and inexpensively supplied, if only you knew what that shortage might be.
Physicians could serve their patients much more effectively if they took an intensive course in nutrition.
The body basically needs two things:The body needs a balance of vitamins;
It also needs a free unimpeded flow of positive energy moving through it.
Without these two, you're going to likely run into a serious problem somewhere down the line; and good luck trying to regain that 'pristine' health you hopefully had at some point in your life. If you know whom or what to consult, you will have a fine chance of getting yourself back on track.
Having used both systems of doctors
(the old and new) and having suffered the results
(thank goodness I was able to help myself); I would like to share what I call important "tips" to better health.
If you have an excellent health system in place and it is working for you; by all means carry on,
but if you had such a system you wouldn't be reading this would you??
And please, let me say this; always feel free to combine health systems. In my personal opinion traditional medicine is aggressive in diagnosing a 'problem'
(and even that is waffling these days), but they lack the ability to get to the root of the problem, use modalities that
"first do no harm" which makes adjustments to the body allowing you to
regain and keep your health.
So this Blog will give you options for a more refined well-being. In today's world you must be self informed. Don't expect to be wisely educated by obvious sources. You have to do your own research and look deeply for balanced answers and information.
This Blog is a
"beginner's" guide for you.
Here's To Your Health!!!
