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Do you get your oil changed, and do other things to maintain your car?  Does your car insurance or warranty cover that, or do you spend your hard-earned money on maintaining your car?  Why?  OK, I know those are some pretty silly questions (or at least for your sake, I hope you think they’re silly).  Most people recognize the value of doing at least some basic maintenance on their vehicles in order to prevent their cars from breaking down and needing repairs on a frequent basis. That’s just common sense.

But in my experience, most people today still don’t use the same thought process when it comes to their health.  They’ll eat bad diets, smoke, drink heavily, blow off exercise, and drink more caffeine and chemicals than water.  One patient I had who was already diagnosed with type II diabetes admitted that her really wasn’t doing anything to improve the lifestyle that most likely caused him to develop the condition in the first place.  His exact words to me were “We all have to die of something.”  That of course is true; however, dying from a disease like diabetes that typically takes you a piece at a time and makes you suffer for a long time I doubt is the something that most people would like to die from.

Frequently in my practice, I see people who ignore developing conditions and don’t bother with any sort of prevention until the condition becomes so advanced and they are in such misery that they come in, desperate for help, and tell me that they are ready to “do whatever it takes” to get healthy.  Unfortunately, for a lot of these people, by the time things get bad enough to motivate them to actually do something, the problem is too far gone to be corrected. 

Advertisements for medications and stories in the media about medical breakthroughs I think have led people into a false sense of security, thinking there’s nothing that can’t be cured or fixed with the right drug or medical procedure - and the cures are all covered by insurance, unlike that prevention stuff they’d have to pay for themselves.  Besides, who wants to expend the time and effort to eat well and exercise?

More and more though people are discovering (too late in many cases) that for the most common afflictions in our society such as arthritis, osteoporosis, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, the “cures” are really just stop-gap measures for the most part that may ease symptoms for a while but don’t really restore health.  And the sicker they are, the more expensive treatment becomes - with or without insurance.  And that expense doesn’t just impact the sick people, it drives up costs for everyone. 

But it doesn’t have to be that way.  While living a healthy lifestyle does not guarantee that you’ll never get sick, improving your health does dramatically lower your risks.  Yes, we all have to die of something, and I for one really don’t want to live forever, but I do want to be healthy,active, and have a good quality of life for however long I am alive. 

If this philosophy makes sense to you, I hope you’ll continue to avail yourself of the resources here to help guide you in your quest for natural remedies and lifelong health maintenance.

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