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The Current State of "Health" Care America is #1 in health care spending. $1.5 trillion last year: number is expected to double in less than 10 years.
"The United States spends more per person on health care than any other country, yet in overall quality, it's care rank 72nd in the world. According to the World Health Report in 2002 the US rank 72nd of 191 developed countried"
Understanding the causes of of sickness and disease is key to understanding how to regain your health. Why do you get sick? Well let's think about it. You don't catch cancer, you develop it. You don't catch diabetes, you develop it. You don't catch heart burn/acid reflux, fibromylgia, obesity, headaches, back pain, PMS, impotence, Alzheimer's, heart disease or any of the many chronic diseases. All these conditions developed in the body and are not caused by a virus, bacteria, germ or genetics, but the majority of illness is in fact self-inflicted. So why are we getting sick. First of all understand that being sick is not normal or a natural state of the body. We're not supposed to get sick. Animals in the wild do net get sick. Animals in captivity under human care and given vaccines, drugs and human processed food succumb to many of the diseases that humans have. There is a way we human beings can do some simple easy things that can keep us disease and illness free, full of life and energy. First, let's understand why we are sick. You "develop" an illness or disease because there is some imbalance in the body, something is not working right and illness or disease "develops", common diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, acid reflux, arthritis, Alzheimer's, weak immune systems, and many more. When the immune system is weakened then the body catches something by picking up a germ, generally a virus or a bacteria. In searching for the causes and cures for all illness, we ask "what caused that"? It might be said that in the case of catching a germ the cause is obvious. However, the fact remain we are consistently exposed to bacteria and viruses daily and while some people get sick many others remain healthy. Why does the body do what it is designed to do: fight off and handle bacteria and viruses, in one person and not in another? Simply "Because the body is out of balance" and the immune system is weak. When the body remains in balance, a state called homeostasis, you don't get sick. Question then is what is causing the body to be out of balance and what causes the immune system to weaken? Next question is how does the body develop an illness or disease. The body develops an illness or disease because it is out of balance or a toxin is getting into the body causing a weakness with in it. So simply put, we get sick because:
In both cases the causes are the same.
In continuing to ask the question what causes illness and disease it comes down to one or any combination of four things which cause the body to be "out of balance".
Let's further discuss these issues A toxin is a poison that if taken or exposed to in large doses can cause severe illness, disease or death. Ask yourself what is causing toxins to be in your body. To answer that we need to educate ourselves to know what these toxins are and realize that these toxins are being put into the foods we eat and personal care products we use without our knowledge. The most toxic poison you can put into your body and the number one cause of illness and disease is prescription and non-prescription drugs. Why? Because all drugs have a negative side effects. Drugs only suppress systems and do not reverse or treat the cause. ALL DRUGS ARE CHEMICALS THAT CAN CAUSE DEATH AND ARE POISONS. I recommend an outstanding book "Overdoses: The case against the Drug Companies" by Dr. J. Cohen M.D. Fact is some 250,00 Americans die every year from prescription or non-prescription drugs and over 2,000 people die yearly from taking aspirins. These are only the documented cases. Drugs are not the answer to preventing or curing disease. Drugs cause the body to go completely out of balance and weaken the immune system so disease becomes more prevalent. Again lots of toxins in the body puts the body out of balance and your immune system is weakened. There is also our environment that is likely to produce illness and disease due to increasing pollution of the air you breath, the water you drink and the earth food is grown in. No one can cure disease but your body can and will heal itself with all natural remedies and certain things can temporarily relieve the symptoms allowing the body to regain its natural balanced state where illness and disease cannot exist. Remember the natural state of the human body is vibrant health. Any type of discomfort, illness, disease or sickness means you are out of balance. When the body is toxic it becomes highly acidic. You pH should be alkaline. An acidic pH level makes the body susceptible to illness and disease. Every person with cancer has a pH that is to acidic. Look at what you put into your body. We put many things in our body through mouth, nose, eyes, ears,and through our skin. A good guide is "If man made it, don't eat it." Unfortunately, virtually all foods today have been genetically modified by man to make them disease resistant, and there is heavy use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides in order to increase crop production and force growth cycle. When natural foods are genetically modified they are not the same. As you eat these foods you are ingesting small amounts of poison. Buy organic grown foods for good health. Even our meat and dairy products are no longer natural due to the use of growth hormones to speed their animal's growth and antibiotics and drugs to keep the animals healthy in unhealthy environments. Add to this the pasteurization and homogenization of dairy products and once again you have altered food. Think that this has no affect on your health? Think again! Then as all these already altered foods are processed the food industry puts thousands of chemical ingredients into the food. The additives being put into your food are unnatural, toxic chemicals that adversely affect the body, suppress your immune system making it susceptible to disease, age quicker and turn your body's natural alkaline pH state into an acid pH state, which means you can easily be prone to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, allergies, etc.. Not only are these chemical additives toxic but the processing of the food strips away the nutritional value leaving the processed food almost without nutritional value. So not only are you getting little or no nutrients but the chemical additives are blocking and preventing your body from absorbing the little bit of nutrients that do exist. So with that in mind, "What can you do to help yourself?" The following section contains basic information on foods and chemical ingredients to acid. Learn to read labels of all food and personal care products you purchase. Begin to protect yourself from further toxins, which are causing further stress on your body system. When it comes to reading food labels if you cannot pronounce it and do not recognize it as actual food don't put it in your mouth. Knowledge is key to helping your body return or stay in good health. For further information or questions please call: Submitted by : C.R.E.W. committee member: Susan Klingeisen Enlightened Energy 920-766-7208 181 W Wisconsin Av. Kaukauna, WI 54130 |