Paradigm Lost - Why Have We Lost Our Most Basic Freedom?
Can you answer the following questions?
- Where is your present path of health leading you?
- Who is leading you toward optimal health? Is it you, your family, your doctor or do you even know?
- What is your final paradigm of health?
Without our health all other freedoms become meaningless. Can you use lack of symptoms as a marker for wellness? Do you think you are healthy?
The first sign of heart disease in 50% of people is sudden death. Cancer lives for years before it causes symptoms and by then it is generally too late for cure. How many people do you know that fit in this category? Is it logical to only use symptoms to determine good or bad health? Can optimal health be simply measured by how long we live?
What is a Paradigm? A Paradigm is a way in which we look and think about things around us. In Medicine paradigms have changed. For instance in the 1500’s, the way many doctors treated their patients was to bleed them when they became ill.
Radiation was used in the 1950’s to treat acne. That was acceptable and it worked! Later, the side effects were found to be horrendous (skin cancer and facial disfigurement). Obviously, this is not done anymore.
It is quite clear that it is not a question if are we doing harmful? The question is what are we doing now that will be proven harmful?
The Present Paradigm of Western Medicine
One disease, one drug, one cure is the paradigm of Western Medicine. Is this sickness/disease model solving our problems or has this approach to health and wellness become part of the problem?
If you look into the Western Medicine’s approach to health and disease you will find logical inconsistencies. Western Medicine primarily utilizes a drug for treatment of illness or disease prevention. Do drugs work or do they simply hide symptoms? Are they safe or do they cause harmful side effects? Do they really cure anything? Drugs are necessary in today’s western culture because we are plagued with rampant disease.
This was not always the case. Prior to the 1960’s, most people were living on farms or at least eating nutritious home cooked foods free of toxic chemicals instead of eating processed foods. The air was clean, the water was pure. The soil of our farmlands had not been drastically depleted of nutrients.
There was disease, but not in the near epidemic form as it is today. Our Western culture has grown so fast our lifestyles are often self-destructive, leaving us a victim of circumstance. We are so busy with work, helping our children with school or taking them to functions. We see more two parents working because of financial burdens, obligating the young ones to daycare putting more stress on children and parents alike.
Stress is as rampant as is disease and often the root cause of disease. Our awareness and intake of proper nutrients is at an all time low. We do not or cannot eat healthy, nutritious foods. And lastly, our bodies are immersed in a sea of toxins causing internal damage. All of these forces have come together to cause a tremendous problem in our health.
Drugs have been a valuable resource to temporarily help us in this interim, but they are not the final answer. Drugs work on symptoms alone and not on the cause of disease.
Pharmaceuticals no doubt work. The question is are they the best for you? With drugs, we are often trading one disease (the original ailment) for a new disease (an ailment caused by the drug). This drug paradigm ultimately hopes that the new disease is not as bad as the old one.
Are drugs safe? Consider the following recent research from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Proper use of prescription medication in the U.S. is responsible for over 100,000 deaths per year and 1 million drug injuries. Do we really need to sacrifice 100,000 people a year so the rest can live? How can optimal wellness be possible if you take prescription medications each day to survive?
Good Science or Bad Logic
Does the one-disease - one drug - one cure approach lead to silly and ridiculous conclusions? Take for example a disease such as attention deficit disorder (ADD). The one drug paradigm concludes that you are born deficient in methamphetamine. If you have a headache, then you are deficient in aspirin. It goes on and on. This approach leads to utter nonsense.
Is this the type of reasoning you would use at home or at your workplace to make personal decisions? Would you accept this form of thinking from others, your spouse, or your friends? Yet we readily accept this illogic approach in regard to our health because of our conditioned beliefs.
Pharmaceuticals can and do have marvelous effects in alleviating suffering in health challenges and disease but they do not possess the fundamental answers to our health. We are getting sicker and sicker leaving us with inordinate high costs of health care and an immeasurable amount of suffering.
The Original Paradigm: Air, Water, Food
The unilateral use of the Western Medicine paradigm has failed in our quest for optimal health. It is time to re-discover the truth of the Air-Water-Food Paradigm to health. This paradigm states that everything needed for optimal health is found in the food eaten, water drunk and air breathed. Deterioration in health and wellness signifies a problem in these areas.
Health and wellness is built on the foundation of cellular health (proper cell-to-cell communication). Guarding each single cell’s health will give the body optimal health. It also states the toxins we ingest in the air, water and food are harmful to us and it is clear we need protection from them too.
There is overwhelming evidence and scientific research that ingestion of certain vital nutrients can fundamentally change cellular health and subsequently the body’s health.
Vital Nutrients
Getting sufficient nutrition is virtually impossible to attain from your daily diet alone. This fact is confirmed from research that has been amassed over the past several decades. If your body requires excellent nutrition to perform at an optimal level, what do you expect the consequences to be if you continue to supply it with insufficient levels of nutrition that are required to maintain it? To ensure optimal cell function, it is critical to be aware of all vital nutrients, so you can then take steps to provide them to your body.
Thanks for taking this time to read about a recent discovery that has the potential to dramatically improve your quality of life. And although I’m a Registered Nurse, I’m not here to discuss the diagnosis, and management or suppression of symptoms. Likely, your doctor is already doing that.
I’m here instead to introduce a paradigm shift called the emerging concept of wellness. That provides quality of life that allows you to have abundant energy, a zest for living, and the ability to live your dreams. Before going further, I must confess that for years I had been searching for a simple way to maintain health.
I had observed that even strict adherence to good health habits including proper diet, did not guarantee good health. Something seemed to be missing. Over the years, I investigated dozens of different approaches, and although things always sounded promising, nothing really made a major difference in people’s lives.
I had almost given up hope when a doctor friend told me that a main obstacle to wellness was a lack of sugars in our daily diet. When I first heard that, I laughed. Imagine there being a sugar deficiency, when the average American today is already eating close to 150 pounds of sugar per year. And this same sugar consumption has had catastrophic negative effects on our health and well being. So how could sugars be beneficial to health?
To answer that question, I’ll need to take you down to the level where wellness starts: the human cell. When our cells are healthy, every organ and system in our body will be healthy as well. And every one of the trillions of cells in our body is designed and equipped to maintain this health and wellness. But our cells depend completely on the nutritional resources from the food we eat to carry out this function. One of the most vital cellular functions, especially for the immune system, is communication.
Our immune system must be able to tell the difference between the enemies of wellness, such as foreign invaders, toxins and mutated cells, and healthy body tissue. It must quickly and accurately determine if it needs to attack or protect. A mistake in either direction will seriously compromise our chances of enjoying optimal health. Fail-safe communication is the first order of business for our immune system. This is where sugars come in.
Contrary to popular belief, sugars are not just a way to provide energy. Instead, there are some unique saccharides, or sugars, that function as the cellular alphabet or communication system. These sugars combine with proteins to form tree-like structures called glycoproteins which coat our cells like a virtual forest. The protein part of the molecule is rooted in the cell membrane. The glyco part of the molecule (or the sugars), link together to form long branching chains.
These sugar chains send and receive messages with amazing speed and accuracy. They contain the complete coding information needed for cells to talk to each other. So like a blind person reading brail, the sugar chains on immune cells can read other cells’ sugar displays to determine the appropriate response. These sugars are the operating system of the human computer. Our cells cannot fully use or incorporate any other herb, nutrient or drug unless the cells are first coded with the proper sugars.
And specifically, our immune system cannot function properly without these sugars. This news was intriguing to me. But on investigating further, I learned some interesting facts. I learned that human breast milk is rich in these sugars, validating both their safety and their efficacy. I learned that the study of these sugars has been around for over 30 years.
These scientific studies have been showcased in major journals such as The Journal of Surgical Oncology, Science Magazine, The Journal of Glycobiology, Scientific American and Acta Anatomica.
The U.S. government, along with 22 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has funded millions of dollars in research to study these sugars and their effect on human health. In 2003, a prestigious research institution (MIT) said that this science of glycomics was an emerging technology that would change the world.
The importance of sugars to cellular communication and a healthy immune system has been taught in medical chemistry textbooks since 1996. In short, the scientific world has completely validated that these unique sugars play a critical role in cellular health. But here’s where I discovered the problem: our modern diet today only provides 2 of the 8 required vital sugars, Glucose and Galactose. The other six sugars are simply no longer available in adequate amounts.
How could this be? Surely we have the most abundant food supply in the history of civilization. Well, it turns out that we grow, prepare and choose our foods differently than we did in the past. We used to purchase produce from small family farms within a 50 mile radius, and it was generally organic and vine-ripened. Families used to prepare meals from scratch.
Today, genetically modified foods, crops grown in depleted soil, green harvesting, processed foods and chemical additives are the norm. Today people are so busy that soccer moms swing by fast food outlets routinely to feed their hungry families. For all these reasons, our current food supply is not delivering adequate nutrition.
So how are we coping if our diets are deficient? Well, these sugars are so vital that our body has an emergency backup mechanism to make them. It can make any of the missing sugars from Glucose or Galactose. However, this process requires a lot of time and energy. It requires a full compliment of enzymes, which themselves are often in short supply. Stress, injuries, and various health challenges increase our requirement for these sugars.
And as we age, we simply become less efficient at making them. Most people cannot make enough of the sugars for optimal health. For these reasons, depending on the body to make the missing sugars may not be the smartest approach. So what are we to do? Well, we are fortunate to have available to us a proprietary full-spectrum glyconutrient supplement which supplies these vital sugars.
And based on the dramatic health-supporting benefits that I have observed in my practice and literally thousands of people who are using the supplement, I consider this to be the most important health and wellness discovery of the previous century. Glyconutrient supplements are the holy grail of wellness. Glyconutrients are the missing link that I had been searching for all those years.
However, optimal cellular health depends on replacing all categories of missing nutrients, not just one. And the same food choices that shortcut our supply of vital sugars also decrease other key nutrients. It’s true that if glyconutrients were actors in a drama, they would occupy the leading role. They would get the Oscar for superior wellness performance!
However, few dramas are based on just one character. The synergy of a supporting cast is what creates a truly thrilling performance. And if you want your cells to perform the very best in your own wellness drama, you must also provide the rest of the nutritional cast. A stellar performer in this nutritional ensemble is plant sterols. Again, a nutrient I had never heard of. However, I did know numerous people suffering from fatigue, poor sleep, low libido, slow metabolism, mood swings, etc.
Sound familiar? We all know people with these quality of life indicators, that usually no medical cause can be found. The solution involves hormones. Our bodies are capable of making a balanced blend of over 80 different hormones daily. If these hormones are adequate and balanced, most people feel good. However, hormones can’t be manufactured out of thin air. They require a nutritional precursor. That precursor is plant sterols.
If the dietary intake of plant sterols is too low, production or balance of hormones will be impaired, and then we suffer. And unfortunately, if we’re grumpy, our family and friends suffer too. And our diets are woefully deficient in this key nutrient. In fact, we eat on average only 5% of what we need. Therefore, the most proactive step to resolve this issue is to take a standardized supplement of plant sterols. Only then can we balance hormones and we reclaim our energy and vitality.
The last 2 nutritional deficiencies require less explanation. Most of us already know that free radical stress is a major result of our 21st century lifestyle, and that we need additional antioxidants above and beyond what’s in the diet to neutralize these free radicals. Most people also know that we need vitamin and mineral supplements to augment what’s missing from the diet.
But what most people don’t know is how to intelligently choose these supplements. Let me provide some helpful guidelines. But first, a brief review of free radicals and our need for antioxidant protection. Free radicals are unbalanced oxygen molecules which are formed when we burn energy. They are unbalanced because they are missing an electron.
As these rogue molecules travel through our body, they steal electrons from our cells, thus wreaking havoc and destruction. This damage can seriously compromise our health. To prevent this, we need compounds called antioxidants which neutralize the free radicals. But here’s where the consumer has a dilemma: with hundreds of antioxidants to choose from, each one claiming to be the best, how does one make a selection?
The answer is, look for the one that can raise the antioxidant level in the blood most effectively. Look for data showing superior efficacy in the human body. Don’t settle for anything less. Likewise, let scientific data also guide your choice of a vitamin mineral supplement. Don’t let price be your determining factor. Cheap vitamins are synthetic, which simply aren’t effective. The minerals found in these inferior brands are nothing more than ground up rocks and dirt.
And while plants are good at extracting nutrients from dirt, your body isn’t. Also, most of these vitamins contain coltar, preservatives, artificial colorings and other harmful additives. So you will not only be wasting your money if you select these cheap brands, but you will also be increasing your toxic load and harming your health.
Instead, choose a completely natural vitamin mineral product that works, as well as supplying scientifically-validated levels of other beneficial plant nutrients.
These categories of nutrients, the vital sugars, plant sterols, antioxidants and plant-based vitamins and minerals, taken together work synergistically to produce more wellness and anti-aging benefits than anything else I have ever seen.
So who uses and recommends these vital nutrients? The answer is anybody who wants to see results anybody who wants to feel better, live better and look better. Many world-class athletes, including Olympic champions, enthusiastically use and endorse this system. Many high-profile doctors both take and recommend these supplements, and are documenting unprecedented benefits to their patients.
An independent 12 year study with over 50,000 participants has also verified that these supplements are unequaled in their anti-aging properties. Science has proven that our diets today are deficient in key nutrients. Science has also proven that nutritional resources are the building materials your cells use to restore and maintain health. To ignore this information is like playing Russian Roulette with your health.
You wouldn’t neglect to maintain your car, and yet it can be replaced. You only have one body, and if you want the maximum mileage out of your human body, regardless of your current state of health, routine maintenance with good nutritional supplements is a must.
The choice is yours. You can ignore what you’ve just read, refuse to take action, and neglect this essential maintenance, or you can take control and choose a healthier destiny by making a commitment to replace these vital nutrients. Your health and wellness are at stake.
This information is being taught to medical students, and even some established doctors through continuing medical education. You also heard how you can safely and conveniently make use of this new technology today, to impact your health as well as the health of those you know and love.
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There are over 30 health challenges that have made improvement in symptoms with ingestion of these vital nutrients. They include fibromyalgia, herpes, asthma, lupus, menopause, psoriasis, diabetes, AIDS, ADD, to name a few.
Do we need science? Must we use common sense? We must integrate the two ideas much the same way that Western Medicine must integrate with the nutritional paradigm.
It is now time to apply it to our health. Integrating the two will create synergism resulting in profoundly healthier bodies. Times have dramatically changed. We must look at the facts and we must act upon them. Those facts are very simple.
Fundamental and vital nutrients should be in every type of food we eat but they are not. Due to our rapid increase in population, vine ripened fruits and vegetables are not available for purchase.
The alternative would be to grow your own food, but do you have time plus cook five servings a day, and make a living too? The overwhelming majority of us do not have the time. We used to eat a wide variety of unprocessed grains giving us an adequate variety and supply of glyconutrients. Now we eat only one type of grain that gives us only one of the essential glyconutrients. Would you even know what to grow for your glyconutrients? And what would you do about the toxins?
This depletion of our fundamental nutrients has caused a breakdown in our cell-to-cell communication. Fortunately, science has given us nutraceuticals to deal with this problem. We must use common sense and choose to ingest them in supplemental form. There is no other choice. This must be done by all human beings who care about their health and well being along with their loved ones. The only pertinent questions would be where to get them and are they the best available?
What Is Your Final Paradigm?
Have you ever awakened at night thinking an intruder is in your house? What did you do? Did you get up and investigate or did you ignore it and go back to sleep?
The same thing is occurring with your health. Make no mistake, there is an intruder waiting for you or your loved ones to be attacked. For one out of three of us, it will be a cancer; for other millions it will be a heart attack or stroke. Is it too late? It depends upon what you choose.
In an article in Sunday’s newspaper a columnist shared with us a start in shifting the paradigm:
ANALYSIS
It’s time to turn health care on its head
AILING SYSTEM: ‘Disruptive innovators’ are intent on upending the apple cart
By Janet Rae-Dupree
THE NEW YORK TIMES February 1, 2009
“The health care system in America is on life support.
It costs too much and saps economic vitality, achieves far too little return on investment and is not distributed equally.
As the government tries to diagnose and treat what ails the system; however, reformists should not worry only about how to pay for it.
Instead, the country needs to innovate its way toward a new health care business model – one that improves costs, yet improves both quality and accessibility.
Two main causes of the system’s ills are century old – business models – for the general hospital and the physician’s practice. Intended to treat illness, not to promote wellness, hospitals and doctors are paid by insurers and the government for the health care equivalent of piecework: Hospitals profit from full beds, and doctor’s profit from repeat visits. There is no financial incentive to keep patients healthy.”
She got it partly right. The true disruptive innovation is wellness. Supply the body with what it needs and it will do the rest. The body is designed for wellness!
We protect our possessions by installing safeguards like alarms, locks, etc. But what are you doing for your most important possession? Your body!
Consider this a wake-up call. Ignore it and the next thing you will see will not be friendly. Don’t be the one of two people invaded by serious and deadly disease. Investigate. Use your mind, and come away with the knowledge that will give you the power to protect yourself and the ones you love.
Because the real question is can you rely on what has been taught to us over the past 40 years regarding our health? Will today’s Western Medicine paradigm of disease and illness prevention, prove to be tomorrow’s blood letter’s? What choice are you making?
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