The "Cure" is PREVENTION

Written 08/26/10

Drug companies have found yet another way to ensure repeat customers. In today's edition of USA Today, an article highlights a "rare breakthrough that could revolutionize treatment" of melanoma. This is GREAT news for those diagnosed with melanoma. Prior to this new breakthrough drug, melanoma took lives within nine months of the diagnosis. This is certainly devastating for those affected, and their families. But a new drug has been shown to shrink the melanoma tumor, thus extending the lives of those affected, and making it possible to treat the tumor as though it were a chronic disease.

What does this mean? This means that for years after the diagnosis, the person with melanoma may be able to lead a relatively normal life, with the accompanying side effects of "fatigue, rash and joint pain... [and] non-lethal skin cancers." It is not known how many other side effects will be experienced and documented after this drug is on the market. We do know that this will be a highly expensive drug. How do we know this? Because all "promising" drugs are expensive, sometimes costing $10 per tablet or more. As our energy is drained from this new drug, so will our pockets be drained.

The KEY to health is not a medication. The key to health is PREVENTION. Our bodies have become starved of nutrition over the decades, thus leading to chronic illness. Your doctor will prescribe a pill to treat the symptoms of that illness, but rarely, if ever, will you find a doctor prescribing nutrition to treat what was the root cause of the illness in the first place. Vitamin D3 in and of itself boosts the body's immunity, making it stronger and able to resist illness. Vitamin D3 is also the link between calcium and bone health/strength. Not just calcium alone! Internal vitamin D is also activated by the sun. When we slather sunscreens all over our bodies, we prevent the activation of this critical vitamin. It is well known that 15-20 minutes of unprotected sun every day is enough for activation of vitamin D. It is no surprise that there has been an increase in rickets, a condition of the bones where the bones are soft and they bow; a condition found in babies as they begin to bear weight as they learn to stand and walk.

And I could go on and on about sunscreens, but I'll save that for another time.

Linus Pauling said that the root of all illness is a mineral deficiency. Did your doctor ever prescribe minerals? No, because he or she does not profit from them. If their patients became healthy, the doctors would go out of business! And did you know that the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of vitamins and minerals is just enough to ensure minimal health? If the doctors stop prescribing medications because their patients are becoming healthy, the drug companies stop profiting. Do you see where I'm going with this?

Don't you owe it to yourself to do your research about whether a medication is really the right choice? For those who have been diagnosed with some illnesses, sometimes a medication is the only way. But you deserve to at least consider a holistic route before you jump in with blind faith and pop those pills.