Natural health alternatives  are growing more popular  all the time.  People use them as both preventatives to maintain their health  and as cures for sickness and disease. 

At one time, of course, natural remedies were the only option available.  But with the coming of chemicals and drugs the medical profession largely left behind,renounced natural remedies.  Procedures shifted to treating virtually all sickness and disease with pharmaceutical drugs and surgery.  Pharmaceuticals are big business, and we are subjected to a daily marketing barrage telling us to “ask your doctor about (insert some drug name here).”

today medicine follows the “sickness” paradigm, prescribing drugs or procedures to cure people after they get sick.  This paradigm is the opposite of the “wellness” paradigm which concentrates on keeping or recovering good health by the use of natural remedies and a healthy lifestyle.

Why are people desiring alternatives to standard medical treatments?

• Modern medicine is not being successful in effectively treating many common health conditions.
• People have begun to worry about the reliance and safety of drugs and surgery.
• Many natural remedies continue to produce better results than drugs and surgery without the side effects.

Natural Products vs. Drugs

Drugs and surgery have their place, but there are big differences between drugs and natural remedies that everyone should be cognizant of.

Drugs are toxic.  Natural remedies are not.  Annually over 100,000 individuals die from properly prescribed drugs.  We should be focusing on ridding our bodies of the toxins we ingest, not ingesting more of them.  Fortunately there are methods of detoxing available.

Drugs contain chemicals or unnatural substances.  Natural remedies do not.  We are are complex creations designed to efficiently utilize natural plant-sourced substances. 

Many drugs simply cover up symptoms like pain or infection.  Natural remedies seek to get rid of the underlying cause of the symptoms.

Drugs usually work sooner than natural remedies.  Natural remedies take longer as they help the body create healthy cells, tissues, and organs.

Drugs are aimed at interrupting normal biological processes.  Natural remedies support normal biological processes.

Some drugs create a dependency on them.  Natural remedies do not.

Combining multiple drugs in a prescribed regimen can be dangerous.  Although the effects of consuming an individual drug may be known, very little testing has been done of drugs taken in combination.  Many middle-aged and seniors are taking four or more drugs multiple times a day.  On the other hand, we have been safely consuming a combination of natural remedies in our food since the beginning of time.

Often-times commencing a drug-based therapy begins an escalating chain of failure.  IE when drug A creates unwanted side effects, Drug B is additionally prescribed.  Drug B creates it’s own side effects, for which Drug C is prescribed, and so on through the gradual damage and failure of the body’s organs.

Those who believe that natural remedies are not important or do not work may not be aware that drugs have been developed as scientists have tried to duplicate natural remedies by using chemical and hormonal ingredients.  The basis of their studies all started with how natural remedies work.

Natural products and remedies constitute not only the best but the safest alternative for people interested in addressing the underlying causes of disease and achieving optimal health and wellness.