Chiropractic vs. Drugs and Surgery

Researchers studied 311 chiropratic patients, ages 65 and older, who had received "maintenance care" for 5 years or longer vs. healthy citizens the same age. Their results from the study were as follows:

1. Chiropractic patients spent only 31% of the national average for health care
2. They had 50% less medical provider visits
3. Their health habits were radically better than overall populations
4. They had far less cigarette consumption.
5. 98.5% believed that care to be considerably or extremely valuable

Chiropractic/wellness patients had:

1. 60.2% fewer hospital admissions
2. 59% less days hospitalized
3. 62% less outpatient surgeries
4. 85% less pharmaceutical costs

Can any practitioners of the typical, modern, medical-mentality model boast the same results in their patients?

Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics (JMPT) http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymmt/article/PIIS0161475400901088/abstract

Effects, Not Side Effects. . .

When I watch TV, I'm constantly amazed and angered by the blatant deception of Big Pharma with their advertising blitzkrieg upon the duped American public. I won't list the specific ads and drugs, because they all have the same basic mantra.

First, they portray someone's specific, critical health issue (near heart attack, depression, arthritis, asthma, diabetes, acid reflux or heartburn, incontinence,etc.) and its horrible effect on their life. Next follows the glowing testimonial (paid actors of course) introducing the "wonder drug" that eradicated the debilitating condition and miraculously transformed their life and health almost overnight. With their crippling condition gone, now you watch them smiling,laughing, playing with their chidren or grandchildren and effusing radiant health and vitalilty.

Then the clincher: "_________ may not be for everyone, SIDE EFFECTS include..." And what follows is a horrible, monstrous, unbelievable littany of DANGEROUS EFFECTS (not merely side effects) the drug produces, such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, shortness of breath, blurred vision, blindness, paralysis, thoughts of suicide, and in rare cases, death. Those are not harmless side effects, like they want you to believe. Those are frightening DIRECT EFFECTS from taking these drugs!

"Our drug is amazingly effective in treating depression; you'll notice an immediate change; btw, just a little side-note: 1 in 10 people who take the drug have persistent thoughts of suicide, several of those end up hanging themselves from their ceiling fans (but they're smiling when they step off the chair), and a few even gun down their classmates or fellow workers or grandparents."

It's insane--the side effects are WORSE than the condition the drug allegedly alleviates! And my all-time favorite warning: "Do not take this drug if you're pregnant or nursing or planning to become pregant" Say WHAT? Tell me (if these ads haven't completely erased your logic): If these drugs are dangerous and life-threatening to a mother or her baby while she is pregnant or nursing, what makes them healthy and safe when she is not pregnant or nursing? You don't need a medical degree from Johns Hopkins to answer that question.

And then the icing on the cake: "Ask your doctor if _____________ is right for you." Honestly, with those terrible side-effects, do any of those drugs sound right for you?

My advice? Don't play Russian Roulette with your body and its delicate bio-chemical balance. These miracle drugs are nothing more than dangerous, toxic, synthetic chemicals created in a lab, rubber-stamped by the worthless FDA and falsely endorsed by billions of dollars of Big Pharma advertising.

Medical Facts or Opinions?

Ever notice medical science is always presenting things as fact? In reality, what they are presenting is only an opinion, based on the current information they have at the time. And the medical industry presents itself as the ONLY source of truth concerning health, disease and illness. What they are really presenting are theories, and these "theories" constantly change. For instance, here are some examples of "medical facts" that have proven to be wrong:

1. Bloodletting was once proven to cure most illnesses. Now it is considered totally ineffective.

2. Margarine was considered much healthier than butter. Now research suggests the exact opposite is true.

3. Eggs were considered very bad because of high cholesterol. Now reserach suggests they are not bad for the body, but actually healthy for you.

4. Choclate and oily foods were touted to be a cause of acne. Now research suggests they do not contribute in any way to acne.

5. Medical doctors touted that baby formula was much better than breast milk for children. Now the exact opposite is known to be true.

6. Medical science once had scientific evidemce that the removing of tonsils and appendix improved health and should be done to virtually everyone. Now the medical community has reversed that theory.

So what does this prove? That M.D. does not stand for "Medical Deity". Sadly, many consumers look at doctors as gods. Whatever they say is taken as absolutely true. No one else has any credibility on health, illness or disease. But sadly, medical doctors are trained to only do 2 things--prescribe drugs or perform surgery.

So the moral of my little story? There are virtually no medical facts. There are only medical opinions. And you need to choose the opinion that makes the best sense for you. . .

(excerpts taken fron "Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About" by Kevin Trudeau)

Health IQ Aptitude Test

Today I want you to take a revealing self-test. A simple 5-question, multiple choice Health IQ Aptitude Test that instantly reveals your health intelligence. OK? Ready? Here it is:

1. I want to live a ______________ life.
a. long
b. short

2. As I grow older, I want to experience, as much as possible, a physical state of
_______________.
a. health and vitality
b. sickness and debilitating disease

3. I want to leave behind to my wife and children an inheritance
and legacy consisting of _______________.
a. wealth and prosperity
b. debt and poverty

4. After working all of my life in my career, I want to spend
my hard-earned savings on ________________.
a. retirement, travel, vacations, and my grandkids
b. drugs, surgery, health insurance, doctor's office visits, and hospital bills

5. My optimal, overall health goal is to be ___________________.
a. energetic, reasonably fit and trim and through diet,exercise
and supplementation, avoid being a cancer or heart disease statistic
b. lethargic, 50 or more pounds overweight, and because of my poor diet, lack of exercise and high blood pressure, a leading candidate for cancer and heart disease

Well, how did you score? It's kind of a no-brainer, right? Yet, if you look at the average health of the majority of Americans and their health-care and lifestyle choices, it makes you wonder what our goal really is. I mean all of us, presumably...

want to live long, healthy, financially secure, and fulfilling lives,
don't we?

Well, here's the $1,000,000 question then:

IF we all want the same thing, and have the same universal goal--LONGEVITY, SECURITY, GOOD HEALTH--why do so few of us truly obtain or experience it?

Have you ever thought, based on adherence to the traditional medical model mentality, and the health outcomes of that allegience over the past 50 years, that maybe, just possibly, there is a better approach and methodology that yields far greater results. Just a thought. . .