By Dr. Mercola
Did you know that while the United States makes up only five
percent of the world's population, we consume over 50 percent of
all the world's pharmaceutical drugs?
This sobering statistic and much more is revealed in Jeff
Hays' documentary film, Doctored.
The primary focus of the film is on the chiropractic
profession and its long-standing struggle to be recognized as
authentic health professionals. In the 1980's, chiropractors
were still by and large viewed as quacks whose treatments were
unscientific and potentially dangerous. Worse yet, chiropractors
were also derided as 'cultists' at a time when Charles Manson
and his cult followers wrought terror in California, and Jim
Jones persuaded his followers to drink the Cool-Aid spiked with
deadly poison.
Yes, chiropractors were tossed in with this charming lot!
However, this bizarre consensus reality in which
chiropractors were deemed "unscientific cultists" on par with
some of the most heinous criminals in US history was, as the
evidence shows, doctored by the medical industry at the behest
of Big Pharma. As stated in the beginning of the film:
"There's been a deliberate campaign to label anybody
who doesn't sell or distribute drugs, surgery or radiation
as a quack."
Supreme Court Found AMA GUILTY of Conspiracy to Destroy
Chiropractic Industry
The modern medical system is committed to branding virtually
all serious competition to their flawed model by labeling it
'quackery.' But what most people fail to realize is that this
effort is rather like the witch hunts of old, which claimed the
lives of tens of thousands of men and women in possession of
priceless knowledge and understanding of the healing powers of
the natural world. That extermination of ancient wisdom no doubt
helped drive mankind deep into ignorance, setting the people of
the West on a path that would quickly sever our innate
connection with Nature.
The results of this separation from time honored ancient
healing practices and our ignorance of our symbiotic place
within the natural world are clearly evident today...
The film includes the groundbreaking and historical case of
Wilk vs. The American Medical Association (AMA) – a case in
which the AMA was ultimately found guilty of an illegal
conspiracy to "contain and eliminate the chiropractic
profession," in 1984. The Supreme Court ordered the AMA to
cease their illegal treatment of the chiropractic profession,
and in the years since, chiropractic has slowly but surely
established its usefulness and scientific merit.
Still, there's plenty of room for improvement.
Doctored includes eye-opening interviews not only
with chiropractic- and osteopathic doctors (including myself),
it also talks to surgeons, MD's, pharmaceutical sales reps, and
high-profile patients like Olympic Gold Medalist Picabo Street
and John Stockton from the NBA Hall of Fame who regularly
challenged my favorite player Michael Jordan, as well as regular
patients who went looking for a better way to achieve health.
All in all, the testimony spells out the point of the film,
which is that conventional medicine, backed and ruled by the
pharmaceutical industry, is corrupt to the core and frequently
does more harm than good, while simultaneously protecting their
business and hiding its ineffectiveness by suppressing
legitimate, safe, and effective alternative or complementary
practices such as chiropractic.
What is the Solution?
Doctored clearly spells out the solution to the
problem:
- The public must have the right to learn the truth about
what health really is, and
- You need to take more personal responsibility for your
health
This is the very core of my personal mission. Virtually every
article on this site is focused on how to optimize your
health by embracing a few basic tenets of truth. Health is
about much more than the masking of symptoms! True health is a
state of optimal functioning, physically, mentally, emotionally,
and you could even throw in spiritually, if you really want to
achieve the highest pinnacle of health and inner harmony and
well-being.
Clearly, conventional medical science has its place. If
you're in a car accident, your nearest trauma center is a
blessing that can save your life. However, to believe that you
can create good health by taking drugs to mask your symptoms is
a dangerous pipe dream. It simply won't happen.
What DOES Make You Healthy?
While science can and will discover techniques and strategies
that can be profoundly beneficial for your health, there are
certain foundational basics that are unlikely to ever
change, and these include:
- Optimize
insulin and
leptin levels through minimizing your sugar, processed
food and grain carbohydrates and replacing them with healthy
fats such as butter, animal fat, coconut oil, avocados,
seeds and nuts.
- Eat a healthy diet of whole organic foods, and pay
careful attention to keeping your insulin levels down by
avoiding sugar/fructose and grains. I make this easy with my
recently updated and free
Nutrition Plan.
- Drink plenty of
clean water.
-
Manage your stress.
-
Exercise regularly and correctly by incorporating high
intensity exercises, which is how your body was designed to
perform.
- Get
safe and appropriate sun exposure to optimize your
vitamin D.
- Limit exposure to
toxins of all kinds.
- Consume
healthy fats and avoid processed fats like nearly all
commercial vegetable seed oils that are high in omega-6
fats.
- Eat plenty of
raw food.
- Get
plenty of sleep.
The pharmaceutical industry, the food industry, and even
government itself, will not make it easy for you to avoid the
garbage that ruins your health, but remember, leading a common
sense, healthy lifestyle is your best bet to produce a
healthy body and mind, and increase your longevity. And best of
all, YOU have the power to change your own lifestyle to make
sure the 10 foundational basics listed above are covered.
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