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How to think about medicine: Food or Pharma
By Dani Walker
How did we get so “out of whack” with our mindset on medicine?
Yesterday’s radio show: Think Medicine, was just that.
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When you hear the word medicine, what do you think of? Do you think; side effects, sickness, prescriptions, headache, pain, drugs, disease? These are the responses I got from 9 out of 10 people I asked that question to. As a matter a fact, the only person I asked that responded; food, was my husband.
I was alarmed to hear that 90% of people associate the word medicine with negative thoughts. I have to be honest and say that I did expect some but not so many. My hope was that people would respond with some positives.
Hippocrates, the first Dr. referred to food as medicine and understood that our bodies could heal if given the right foods! His school of medicine, the first school of medicine, was founded on the principle “Let food be thy medicine & medicine be thy food.”
How did we get so “out of whack” with our mindset on medicine? It is startling & how are we going to get back to the basics. Back to the fact that 75% of health (sickness) care dollars are spent on chronic diseases like Sarcoidosis, diabetes, obesity, celiac, arthritis, skin disorders, & the list goes on and on.
These chronic diseases ALL have causes. Reasons for the disease & our medical industry teaches: First diagnose (label) then treat (prescribe a specific drug to matsh the diagnosis or label).
What if we found the cause for the symptoms rather than treat the symptoms? Then what?
100’s of thousands if not millions of people would literally be drug and disease free!
There is power in food, it is the fuel allowing us to live. Our bodies function through what we eat and drink. The first step to Pervasive Wellness is “how we think”. Start thinking about food as medicine that can keep you healthy or make you sick. Pretty basic but we desperately need to get, back to basics!
Your wellness advocate,
Dani Walker
Sassy, classy and kick a$$y Marketing Muse with a passion for living life well. Author/Creator: Education Beats Medication Wellness Series & My Money My Vote Ambassador. I help solopreneurs build their online brand with less stress & more success.