FOOD IS LIVE MEDICINE. MEDICINE IS DEAD FOOD In recent years, health-care has become so complex, that it is almost incomprehensible. Many physicians have a hard time keeping up with their own specialty, let alone other specialties. There are 24 medical specialties and 88 sub-specialties. How can the average person choose or afford so much health-care?
If you surf the internet, you will find many websites that relate to health-care. These websites can be divided into three categories: traditional medicine, alternative medicine, and complementary medicine. Complementary medicine (also called integrative medicine) combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine.
Traditional medicine relies on prescription pharmaceuticals, such as antibiotics, tranquilizers, vaccines, and chemotherapy. Alternative medicine relies on over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, such as vitamins, minerals, herbs, and enzymes. Complementary medicine relies on both prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Since all three categories rely on pharmaceuticals, society is led to believe that health depends on pharmaceuticals. This is fortunate for the pharmaceutical companies, but is this fortunate for the patient?
Pharmaceuticals are a mixed blessing. They can prolong life, but they can also shorten it. Pharmaceuticals are semi-poisons that interfere with the body's normal functioning. This is why most pharmaceuticals have a long list of side effects. In contrast, food is nutrition that enhances the body's normal functioning. This is why food is live medicine, but medicine is dead food.
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