Just take a trip to any clinic in North America and watch the prescriptions being doled out and I’ll promise you that one of the number one ways to disempower your life is to leave your health in the hands of others (especially in the hands of corporate America, who are making billions of dollars from your disempowerment!)
Don’t get me wrong, God-bless nurses and doctors (especially nurses, who are so underpaid for the difficult and demanding work they do). If you find yourself in an automobile crash or with some acute injury or attack, these are precisely the folks you need! They have the technology and brilliance to save lives. But as far as healing disease—cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, depression, HIV/AIDS (the list goes on and on) they simply don’t have the answers we’re looking for. We must take our health back into our own hands. We must open our eyes to what we are doing—or not doing—to and for ourselves.
Where the Problem Lies: $ $ $
Cancer, for example, has been leashing its fury on us, as a nation, for as long as most of us can remember; yet, despite research expenditures now over six billion dollars annually; during the last 30 years, increases in the survivability of the major cancers, including breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer can be measured in just a few percentage points.
One must question: Is this war on cancer just too profitable to end? And if not, why are we no closer now than we were 30 years ago to finding a cure?
I think it is about time that money went into educating the public on the truth: Cancer, among most diseases, is ravaging us because we are ravaging ourselves—knowingly and unknowingly! And most of us are being attacked without realizing it, until it’s nearly too late. It is prevention not early detection that we must focus on.
Our bodies are overfed yet undernourished. The air we breathe is contaminated with toxins. Our food and beverages are covered in pesticides and filled with hydrogenated fats, sugar, and chemicals. Our meats and dairy are pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. We spend hours in front of computer monitors, talking on cellular phones, and racing around in a frantic pace, trying to keep up with the Jones’. We pop pills for our constant aches and pains, harboring disappointments, let-downs, and betrayals; living primarily in the past while worrying about the future.
Wake Up and Smell the Green Tea
More now than ever before, we have an abundance of choices; yet sadly, but understandably, especially in our fast-paced and chaotic lives, the fast and easy ones seem to be the ones that too many of us are choosing.
It seems that we put more value on the quality of the car we drive than we do on the quality of the food we eat. We put more attention on paying off our homes than we do on paying attention to the people in our homes—starting first and foremost with ourselves! We simply have our priorities confused, and in our effort to make life easier, we’ve totally complicated it. The body is a perfect example of this: It may be a complex machine with trillions of chemical reactions happening every second but taking care of it is actually quite simple. As long as we give it what it needs—versus what we want—it will run beautifully. Instead we fill it with foods it can’t process, toxins it can’t fight, stress it can’t tolerate, and medicines that have a rippling result of negative side-effects.
And then, we, the weary and scared patient, look to our doctor hoping he can dole us out just one more “magic pill” that can save our lives. Sadly, we’ve allowed ourselves to give away our power and lay it, instead, on the shoulders of the almighty M.D.
Not only does this leave us feeling disempowered, helpless, and afraid, but also it puts all of the responsibility on the doctor to heal us. And believe it or not folks, doctors are not actually God! And as far as I’m concerned, they are burdening way too much of this load.
Pharmaceutical companies may be making massive money but they themselves are filled with employees, just like you and me, who need a better option for their own health too. It’s time to value people more than money. It’s time that you value yourself—your health, your children’s health, and the health of this planet!
The good news is that we can not only stop the damaging effects of our current lifestyle but with a little commitment and willpower we can actually reverse the damage we’ve done!
Why not start tonight by going to bed a little earlier and waking up a little earlier? When you wake up, head straight out for a brisk 20 minute walk. Enjoy a breakfast of organic yogurt with a banana, berries, and raw muesli with a hot cup of cancer-fighting green tea. Take a few minutes to give thanks for everything in your life. Take the train to work. Smile. Listen to relaxing music. Have a big salad with salmon or tofu for lunch. Drink plenty of water with lemon. Let your work stay at work as you head out a little earlier than normal. As you walk through the door, kiss your spouse and your kids, and pat your dog. Give thanks again. Do something fun. Turn off the TV. Read a great book. Light some candles. Make love. Clean up your finances. Simplify your life. Meditate. Do a cleanse. Eliminate red meat. Cut back on alcohol. Dance. Sing. Laugh. Live….
Your Health . . . Your Life . . . Your Choice!
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Tags: Cancer, Green Tea, Pharmaceutical Companies
Hi Crystal,
Thanks for finding me on Twitter. I’ve enjoyed your blog and look forward to reading more of what you write! Have a good one!
Lori
When I read the first paragraph or so of this, I thought I was going to disagree with it completely. I really thought you were going to go along the lines of “all drugs are bad and big pharma is even worse”…but then I kept reading and I agree. We really do need to work on PREVENTION instead of a CURE. To use a sports analogy- is the best defense not a good offense? It makes far more sense to kick Cancer’s butt preemptively by filling our bodies with healthy food, air, and staying fit rather than having to defend against it after it attacks.
Thanks for making me read to the end
I always love finding out that we agree more than we disagree! Truth is truth…and we can all feel it if we are honest!
Excellent Points!
Thank you for sharing. Would you mind if I linkback to this article on my site?