Why indeed? Great PR for one. Over the last fifty years TV & Radio has built that PR,
paid for of course, by the pharmaceutical industry who, silently and without fanfare, took
over the medical world about twenty-five to thirty years ago, while I watched and
tried to warn
people. Nobody wanted to listen then and isn't listening now! Then, in conjunction, they
built up the PR about all those terrible illnesses that are going to happen to you so you
needed a health insurance policy to pay for all that illness. "Those illnesses,"
caused by their chemical medications were just beginning, and continue to grow. As the PR
grew then people ran to the doctors in droves, because it was free! Once they hooked you
on that propaganda you had been had!
Up until that time most of the diseases we see today were unheard of! Yes people died then
and will continue to die, but not from mega bacteria brought about by today's chemical
medications! Not from heart disease and cancer caused by the same chemical medications.
Doctors were for emergencies and insurance was all but nonexistent! Doctors were chemists
of sorts and mixed their own Medications with natural easily digestible wild herbs.
The pharmaceutical companies in conjunction with the insurance industry has built up such
PR that people have bought into it hook-line-and-sinker. The subtle message is,
"Don't treat your cold,
see your doctor!" ano ther PR nightmare, "Don't take supplements as they are not
beneficial to your health." "Ask your doctor about ------ Medication if you have
heartburn, PMDD, heart irregularity, bowel irregularity, mood swing, et.!" Get
the idea? You're being brain washed! All you ever hear on the news or news-magazines are
things hand fed the news media by the pharmaceutical industry, either on the eve of the
release of a new product or to try and kill a supplement that they are unable to make
money from. Don't believe me? Watch, listen and learn!
Wake up, start looking and listening to the real story!
First, heart irregularity is usually a wake up call that your system is low on potassium,
calcium, zinc and other minerals. Bowel irregularity is telling you that you are low on
fiber, minerals and nutrients, caused
from wrong eating habits. Heartburn is saying, hey don't eat/drink that stuff, improve
your diet! PMDD is a term the pharmaceutical industry planted in the minds of women to
sell them on a treatment that will make them and doctor's lots of money. Colds will clear
up with or without treatment but all you need to do is get lots of rest, fluids, vitamins,
minerals and, as a smart doctor I worked with used to say, "14 days without
antibiotics or two weeks or more with antibiotics." All of those problems are
treatable easily and without a visit to the doctor. But lazy people want lazy quick fixes,
thereby setting them up for an
illness sooner or later!
What brought this article about? I get angry every year when the new stats come out and
illnesses have gone up so drastically, yet all I hear from JAMA, AMA, etc., are about all
the great treatments available and how they are beating the diseases. And since the
inception
of the Heart Association, Diabetes Association, Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Foundation,
etc., donate your dollars we're an inch away from a cure! If that's true why are the
illnesses increasing every year? Because people are buying into that crock of crap!
Who has the answer here? Cancer is still only 20% to 40% curable with traditional
Westernized medicine, yet alternative medicine has a 75% - 80% cure rate?
What's true is that people can be healthy and refuse to be ill, if they will stop
listening to the PR on TV, in Magazines & on Radio. PR put out by the burn/cut/poison
pharmaceutical/medical industry, the billions of dollars a year cash cow!
Even though the industry released a report on the fact that taking vitamins is a
necessity, they forgot the most important element that should have been included in that
report. It should have read take
minerals then vitamins in order for them to work properly. Of course that report was
put out just prior to a new vitamin supplement being released by a pharmaceutical
industry, without sufficient mineral
content!
See
http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/senate_document.htm
to understand why minerals are so important! This information is available to anyone who
wants to read and understand it! That includes the medical/pharmaceutical industry.
The winners for the top illnesses are! - Sounds like the Academy Awards, doesn't it? -
Not so glamorous as that and not a good report, but one that continues to grow
yearly.
The latest report listed the following numbers and dollars it's costing the public! Listed
in order of most expensive to least expensive!
~ 17 million people diagnosed with heart disease, spent $58 billion,
~ 9 million cancer patients spent $46 billion,
~ 37 million who suffered a traumatic injury, spent
$44 billion,
~ 20 million with mental disorders, shelled out $30 billion.
~ 10 million people, Diabetes, $20 billion,
~ 27 million people, Hypertension (high blood pressure) $18
billion,
~ 2 million people, Stroke-related conditions, $16 billion,
~ 16 million people, Osteoarthritis, $16 billion,
~ 4 million people, Pneumonia, $16 billion,
~ 13 million people, Back problems, $13 billion,
~ 2 million people, Kidney disease, $10 billion,
~ 18 million people, Endocrine disorders, $10 billion,
~ 20 million people, Skin disorders, $9 billion,
~ 16 million people, Infectious diseases, $6 billion,
In spite of all the billions of dollars raised each year and put into research of these
illnesses and medicine the number continues to rise. Even though we have more medical
treatments than ever! Why?
The Agency for Health Affairs states, "Not surprising, that many of the conditions in
the top 15 are chronic diseases that require long-term care."
This is billions of people who are buying into the largely useless medications and medical
treats out there. Now I do not say never see a doctor! If I'm injured in an auto accident
get me to the doctor. If I
break a bone, get me to the Orthopedist! Doctor's are great things to have around, when
needed. But while I was in the medical offices I watch medicine change so drastically when
the HMO/PPO mentality took over. In the 1980's good doctors started to leave medicine for
other fields by the droves, either retired or went into other professions, leaving those
educated and paid for by the pharmaceutical industry
to take care of the masses. Thus the take over and mentality of cut/burn/poison as
treatments. Doctors who really care about their patients and want to treat them as people
with both traditional and/or
alternative healthy medicine are drummed out of practice with false accusations of using
quackery! The good doctors left the U.S. and went across the border to Mexico. What
happened? The fast and
furious propaganda said that those practicing medicine across the border are quacks and
will kill you, when in actuality if you want a cure go across the border! I'm not saying
100% of those are good, just the majority!
I have watched people overcome a multitude of problems and become healthy, not in the
medical office but with alternatives, yet the majority still prefer to go with OTC and
prescribed medications that create the largest number of their diseases, as shown in side
effects listed with each medication. Heaven forbid that anyone should read the side
effects, might depress them! Beats me why people prefer to stick their heads in the sand
and give their healthcare over to someone else completely, namely the doctor. Not Smart!
But guess the majority will have to be considered not smart, if these figures are an
indication of smartness! I believe it is!
Since the world revolves around money, maybe we can get results by looking at what is
coming out of your pocket caused by a stick-your-head-in-the-sand attitude.
Researchers for Healthcare Research and Quality say, private insurance paid for about 35%
of the expenses, and Medicare covered nearly 45% of heart disease expenses, 20-25% of
cancer costs, and 16% of expenses related to treating mental
disorders. Medicare totals 65% and is public funds from our
tax dollars! Medicare can be at
any age, if a person is considered disabled. Heart disease usually renders a person
disabled, putting them into the Medicare/Medicaid system. Paid out of the working class's
pocket! That can be changed
but only when people take their heads out of the sand!
Off my soap box for today, Please pay attention to your health and get smart!
Lena
*** Author Lena Sanchez's Experience and Experiences found at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/lena.htm
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