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Peter 9/20/2024 8:52:32 AM | Hello folks I wanted to share my views on our current model of health care that we have here in this country.Quote Our current system of modern medicine, i.e. - the sickness industry - is designed to capitalize on that fact by offering products( pharmaceuticals) to mask symptoms, while ignoring their underlying causes, thus creating side effects with even more symptoms that range anywhere from annoying to life threatening. Understanding the cause and effect of symptoms is what the practice of medicine at its best has always been about. Sadly, the vast cumulative knowledge that has been gained about such things is too often systematically neglected, ignored and even maligned for the sake of profit. So we first need to recognize that our external symptoms are not our disease, but signs of underlying imbalance or malfunction of the bioterrain, or our body's natural response to those challenges. It is increasingly challenging today for a practitioner to sort out and pair symptoms with causes in a patient with chronic debilitating illness, especially when that illness involves organ system and immune system compromise, impaired and overwhelmed detoxification systems, hormonal imbalance, slowed metabolism and the presence of multiple infections and co-infections. That challenge is made even more difficult when the diagnostic tests available to the clinician are inconsistent at best and the pathogens involved are highly adept at both survival and avoiding detection, sharing DNA, forming biofilm and continuously morphing into new forms. This is why there is not and will not be a silver bullet for diseases like Lyme, Morgellons and similar plagues. There is no substitute for the wisdom that is embued in our bodies by our creator for self maintenance, protection and repair. But we must stop working against our own interests with our daily choices and trying to cut corners by seeking ways to block symptoms for temporary relief and extended misery. Most of what we experience are classic symptoms of our current status, involve suppressed thyroid function, which is but one of the many underlying challenges typically facing most everyone. And there are many other chronic conditions fueled by unprecedented environmental challenges as well. Which is why the path to securing health lies in functional medicine. Functional Medicine is all about the bioterrain. Its about restoring integrity and balance to the immune system and organ systems, clearing detox pathways, lowering toxic burden and infection load, improving absorption and assimilation of nutrients, and increasing cellular energy potential. We must do all we can to lay aside the burdens on the body and thereby allow its divinely gifted healing capabilities to assert themselves Strength and Love, Petet | |||
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