I wish everyone was healthy and didn't need any kind o care. Well, most people could say that if they would eat a healthy diet, get regular exercise, take the right supplements. get a good nights sleep, and avoid stress. Growing up, I never believed I would be able to say that. But after 30 years of catching every cold, flu, and virus going around four or more times a year, and having had an ulcer, IBS, allergies, etc., I changed my diet and studied health and now I can say it. Although I have VA healthcare (I'm a veteran), I've only used it for athletic injuries a couple of times.
Keep in mind that what is called healthcare really isn't "health" care - if you were healthy, you wouldn't need care. What it is is "sick care." Drug companies don't want you to be healthy - they would go out of business. Same for many doctors. People are worried about research funds being cut for cancer. They should be more worried about not having access to alternative treatments that might actually work...and cost very little. Cancer has been researched since before the 1950s. The result is that cancer rates, when smokers are factored out, are higher than ever, with childhood cancers increasing. The below summary about cancer is from an article here (should you wish to read the whole article).
"In this interview, Travis Christofferson, author of "Tripping Over the Truth: The Return of the Metabolic Theory of Cancer," and Dr. Abdul Kadir Slocum from the ChemoThermia Oncology Center in Turkey. They present data from one of the first studies documenting the effectiveness of metabolic therapies and nutritional ketosis in the treatment of advanced stages of cancer. "I'm very excited for this data to be presented," Christofferson says. "[Cancer] diagnosis has gone up from 1 in 4 to 1 in 3 and is heading toward 1 in 2 ... It's set to surpass heart disease as the No. 1 killer in the Western world by 2020 … We've been treating this disease a long time. Nixon signed the Cancer Act in 1971 … Radiation and surgery have been around for over 100 years. Cytotoxic chemotherapy was developed right after World War II. [Yet] death rates from treatment have barely budged since the 1950s." In 2014, no cancer drug was approved costing less than $100,000 for a course treatment.
In 2015, eight drugs were approved that cost over $120,000 each for a course of treatment. As noted by Christofferson, this trajectory will eventually bankrupt the health care system. Adding insult to injury, these drugs have marginal efficacy at best. Consider Tarceva, for example. This cancer drug was approved about 10 years ago. It has significant side effects, it's expensive, and boosts median survival for pancreatic cancer patients by a mere 10 DAYS!"
There was a new cholesterol drug on the news a few days ago. They said, as if it was a good thing, that the company who makes it paid for the study. I have my doubts about any study that is funded by the ones who make the drug. What happens if your cholesterol levels get too low? I remember a report from many years ago linking too low cholesterol to cancer. Here is a link to some more information about cholesterol. The point is that if you take care of yourself, you should never have to think of taking this or any other drug. It is possible you may still get sick due to environmental pollution and toxins including vaccines, or genetics, but even some of those problems may be minimized by a healthy diet and the right supplements.
What should a healthy diet have and not have? It should have a variety of foods that actually grow. They should be organic when possible, as nature made them. They should not have chemicals, pesticides, food coloring, sugar, fructose, artificial anything, MSG, anything processed, etc. Your diet should include a good multivitamin in case you don't get the nutrients and variety you need in your diet, as well as supplements that support your immune system. If you have specific problems, then supplement for those problems, too. Unlike drugs, side effects from supplements are practically non-existent. Doing this has worked for me. A friend has said to me a few times, "why bother with all the healthy stuff, you're going to die anyway at some point." That's true, but would you rather live a healthy life or be sick all the time? That answer is easy!
As I always say, I could write a book on this or that subject, but on this subject, the bottom line is that everyone needs to take responsibility for their own health - to do their own research from independent sources. Some great resources can be found at foodbabe.com and Mercola.com. There are much more good sites on the internet.
Sometimes I don't know where these posts are going to go. This one is turning into a series of random thoughts all related to healthcare and why I believe none of the current or future government healthcare "remedies" will work. Healthcare costs are out of control, as are needless tests and procedures, resulting in insurance costs that are sky high and going up. For example, my brother stepped on a nail, went to the emergency room and they gave him a tetanus shot. The cost for those few minutes? $1200 for the visit, plus $200 for the shot. As with other diseases, more people die from the tetanus vaccine (DTaP or TDaP) than from tetanus. Tetanus information here. It's the same for several other vaccines. I've covered vaccines in depth over the past two years on this blog, so won't get into vaccines here. Please see many of my past posts for that.
So what is the solution to healthcare problems? Well, if I was the president, I would phase out, over say a 10 year period, all artificial ingredients, all chemicals in food, as well as most or all pesticides and suspected carcinogens. I would form a completely independent commission with no one who has ties to the drug industry to independently study all drugs and vaccines. I would separate foods and vitamins from the FDA (which would be made into an independent commission). I would require all schools to teach good nutrition and natural methods to stay healthy. And I would form an independent commission to come up with a cap on medical costs. This would be a start. But because I will never be president, and no president will do this, the only other choice is to take responsibility and control of your health. It's really pretty simple and comparatively inexpensive - eat healthily, take proper supplements, get proper exercise, sleep well, avoid stress. A lot simpler than the 1990 pages of the ACA (Obamacare). People don't need regulations, the sick care industry does. To understand why, please read this and check the charts.
How did I start on my road to health? By reading health books and talking to healthy people. There was a guy at the beach in Santa Barbara who was the healthiest looking person I've ever seen (he looked like he could have been on the cover of a Greek mythology book). I asked him what he did for his health. He told me to get a book called Health Secrets of the Hunza (they are one of the longest lived populations in the world) and follow their diet. I did, and then over the years, refined the diet and added supplements based on research. The results have been amazing. I wish you the same great health. Keep in mind that if you have health problems, with natural solutions they won't disappear overnight - it may take months or years, but you won't have any negative side effects from eating healthy. Make sure you have a good health practitioner who knows about diet, supplements, and alternative therapies.
Future posts will tend to be more about photography - I've written pretty much everything I can about health and vaccines already. I'll be doing a series of Venice Beach photos which I started shooting around 1980 through the present.
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