The Desperate Search for Optimal Health

What's Your Philosophy of Medicine?

Conventional medicine is there whenever we need it to "send it's troops into battle against disease armed solely with surgery, pharmaceuticals, and invasive therapies like chemo and radiation." It seems as if anything outside the tight realm of a "knife, a pill, or and x-ray machine is considered voodoo or worse." Actually trying to "maintain" your health is just beyond the scope of the "take-two-and-call-me-in-the-morning" philosophy.

The majority of medical doctors completely exclude basic nutrition from their treatment plans; as a matter of fact, in general, doctors have little or no training in nutrition. Yet, many of them will confidently tell patients that "diet has nothing to do with their sickness;" even patients with severe bowel disorders!

Preventing disease and maintaining health do not begin in the E.R. or the I.C.U. It's the lifestyle choices we make every day that will make the difference.

Having said all that, do not think that I'm not grateful for the surgical expertise in the U.S. However, I believe if we made changes to everything that we put into our bodies and everything to which we expose our bodies, we would largely remove the need for a lot of the work done in surgical rooms and pharmacies.

On the other hand, once you step outside the realm of relatively predictable conventional medicine, you might find yourself in a very unpredictable world of "alternative medicine." Be aware that some of these "alternatives" are as "suspect as their conventional counterpart!" Common sense must ascertain that an alternative approach is "scientifically based and fundamentally sound." This is why I really believe in the biblical approach to healthcare; you'll be amazed to see both scientific and fundamental reasoning behind the Maker's plan for our health.

The Maker's Diet

In the next few posts, I'd like to discuss some of the more popular "diets" available. Follow along and let's see where we go with this.