You are likely reading this post and asking yourself questions like, “What does this doctor have to offer me?” Similarly, you might be wondering, “What is all of this about, and how can I use it to help me with my particular concern?” These are good and important questions. Let’s break things down even more simply and plainly.
The world is changing. Things are uncertain. Most of us in the industrialized world are hurrying to get our kids off to school, get to work, eat, and sleep. In fact, I have noticed that many of my patients are so busy that they regularly skip meals. Others live such fast-paced lives that they are traveling around the country or even the world nearly every month for business. There seems to be no end to the challenges we face today as a society, a race, and a life form.
So, as you ponder how I might be able to help you with some insight into why you are here and what we might be able to do differently to give you better results than you’ve had in the past, it’s also worthwhile to reflect on what brought you here in the first place, health-wise. What symptoms are you experiencing? How do these symptoms affect your life? What would your life be like if you no longer had those symptoms and didn’t have to worry or think about them?
Hippocrates: Father of Modern Medicine
We are responsible for our health, and when things aren’t going as we would like, we often forget that we played a role in getting to where we are. This is true in nearly every area of life. If the things my patients were doing when they first came to see me were working so well, they wouldn’t need to be here. I recently had several patients in their early 30s, and even younger, who already had heart disease. I’m not talking about mild heart stress; they had full-blown heart disease. One patient was a 5-year-old with heart disease. If this sounds familiar to you, keep reading.
I try to understand how it’s possible for people who seem to function well in society to develop heart disease at such a young age. The answer I’ve come up with is that our society breeds heart disease and other health issues. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in this country. So, maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised to encounter a few young people with the condition in my practice. Interestingly, all of my young patients with heart disease seem to be in complete denial about it. The Western medical establishment not only failed them but also seems to have convinced them that there’s nothing to worry about because, if there were, they would have been notified.
But if that were the case, why is the #1 cause of death in the U.S. errors due to medical negligence? (Car accidents are #2, and heart disease is #3. Western medicine isn’t mentioned by the CDC as a cause of death because it’s not rated on their list.) In other words, why is the #1 cause of death in the United States the medical establishment itself? The reason is becoming clearer and clearer—even to people in mainstream medicine.
Most of us, whether we have an allopathic or holistic background, believe that there is a pill for every ill. Many of my colleagues, with whom I share continuing education courses, believe we are all walking around with severe nutritional deficiencies and that if we could just get the proper nutrition, our bodies would begin to work properly. This is an interesting way of thinking, but it’s not truly holistic. It doesn’t take into account a person’s physical body, chemistry, emotions, spiritual complexity, and dynamic electromagnetic system. It’s not a representation of the Triad of Health.
It’s true that eliminating nutritional deficiencies makes people much healthier. However, giving someone a bunch of nutrients, herbs, or other chemical interventions rarely has a significant impact on their biochemistry. The key in healthcare is to find the cause of a person’s nutritional deficiencies, emotional upsets, and other imbalances. Then, we address the cause rather than just treating the symptoms.
More than 1,500 years ago, Hippocrates said, “The highest good is to find the cause.” He is also famous for the Hippocratic Oath: “First, do no harm.” Today, we have more unnecessary surgeries than I could have imagined. Is this “doing no harm”? “The highest good is to find the cause” should be rephrased to say, “The highest good is to find the structural, chemical, and emotional causes of the health concern and treat those with conservative therapies first, reserving more drastic treatments, like surgery, only if the conservative therapies fail.”
If your car isn’t working properly, would you call the mechanic and tell them to replace the radiator for $300 without them even looking at it? Wouldn’t you expect the mechanic to diagnose the issue first? This approach makes more sense. So, why is it that in healthcare, everyone suddenly believes they’re deficient in vitamin D and needs to take it? Shouldn’t a person be examined and have lab work done to determine the cause of the deficiency? If someone takes aspirin for a headache and it goes away, does that mean they’ve found the cause of their headaches? Probably not.
Most healthcare providers who prescribe “a pill for every ill” don’t have access to the same therapies that we offer at Triad of Health Family Healing Center. If all I had were nutrients to help my patients, I would probably prescribe them tons of nutrients. However, since I have hundreds and thousands of therapies at my disposal, that’s not what I do. First, I treat my patients to the best of my ability using structural, energy medicine, chemical, and emotional therapies. Then, at the end of my treatment, I determine whether there are any remaining chemical imbalances. If there are, I prescribe the needed nutrients, herbs, homeopathy, flower essences, or refer the patient to an M.D. for the proper medication.
There are several areas where my patients seem to get into trouble again and again. Here are the top 9:
- Wheat consumption
- Dairy consumption
- Corn consumption
- Soy consumption
- Sugar consumption
- Wearing unhealthy bras
- Having the wrong eyeglasses prescription
- Using unsafe personal care products like body lotion, deodorant, and shampoo
- Using conflicting therapies that cause toxic reactions (like mixing the wrong chemicals can cause a toxic reaction)
We commonly review these top 9 areas at the Triad of Health 2-Hour Introduction and explain how you might be able to avoid the same pitfalls many of my patients have faced. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming Triad of Health 2-Hour and 15-Minute Introduction.
