I believe that if we use natural therapies more often as a first choice for front-line medicine (non-emergency situations), instead of drugs and surgery, we would be a much healthier society. Pharmaceutical drugs and surgery, while life-saving and necessary at times, more often than not, contribute to poor health, toxic bodies and minds, as well as unwanted side effects. Quite often, drugs and surgery do not address the underlying cause of illness. Instead, they often act as "bandaids" to temporarily help symptoms. The underlying cause of symptoms can be found 95 % of the time in one’s lifestyle such as a poor diet, a toxic environment, lack of exercise, poor stress management, mental-emotional stressors, lack of sleep and toxic relationships.

Natural therapies have many things in common. Natural therapies stimulate the body's own ability to heal itself and are gentle with little to no side effects. They address the root cause of illness rather than suppress symptoms. Finally, natural therapies offer the largest contribution to the prevention of illness and disease in the healthcare arena.

Most importantly, whatever works for you is always best, be it nutritional supplementation or an acupuncture treatment. No one natural therapy works well for everyone because we are all unique in our own way. Discover your own unique way of responding and healing and determine what natural therapy or combination of natural therapies work best for you.

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