"In Western Medicine, we use a disease model. In other words, you're healthy or you're sick … there’s no in-between," she says. "And what I'm saying is that all the living that we do in-between brings us either closer to health or to disease. And that's what I’m trying to teach people to really understand — how it is we become healthy, we prevent disease, we stay healthy, and conversely, the other side of that."
Dr. Higgins notes that United States consumes two-thirds of the entire world's pharmaceuticals, yet we are 35th in terms of life expectancy.
"So the answer doesn't lie in a pill," she explains. "And that's not … to say don't ever take pharmaceutical drugs [or] don't ever have surgery. Far from that; they serve a purpose. [But] we think that that's the answer to everything instead of saying, 'OK what do I need to do for myself each and every day to get closer to that health that I'm really after.' "
To that end, she recommends steering clear of the following seven foods and seeking out healthier alternatives to reduce your overall health risks:
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