Medical or Wellness
Which Do You Believe?
The answer is...neither one. The wellness revolution is gaining in popularity and has the same hang-ups as the medical field. While there are good practitioners, just like there are good doctors, there are also many opportunistic sharks swimming in the wellness field. The wellness industry is the next .com business and people are jumping on board to make their fast buck without regard of possible long term effects. Let me clarify by saying that there isn't anything wrong with making money and living well doing something you love to do. However, the same pitfalls befall the wellness company. The individuality is brutally missing in much of the mainstream wellness care. Vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements are mass recommended, and recommended too much, without regard to the individual.
Do you supplement with Vitamin C? Did you know that it may not be doing your body any good? Did you know that if you have alkaline blood than you should take the ascorbic acid form of Vitamin C but if you have acidic blood, you should be taking the alkalizing calcium ascorbate form of Vitamin C.
I hold the ancient belief that supplements and minerals should be used as a therapy for a short period of time. To balance out an imbalance.
Do you see that someone telling you that you need to take a multitude of mass produced supplements for the rest of your life, is no different than telling you that you have to take pharmaceutical drugs for the rest of your life? If your body doesn't need something, or is not able to utilize something, why should you continually ingest it? Blindly supplementing and self diagnosis rarely works and always has side effects that you may or may not be aware of. I promote informed choice and taking your health into your own hands, but know exactly what it is you are dealing with in the first place. You will generally have to go to several practitioners or doctors to get a full picture.
Someone that practices or promotes a therapy that does not consider long term effects, is not helping anyone. Everything is okay in small doses, but long term use could present unrepairable damage that you will see in a break down of vital body systems 20 years from now. What is good for one person will not necessarily be good for another.
Also remember there is usually a small kernel of truth in ALL things, so do not discount something just because you don't believe in it. It may simply be that it is not for you or that you are being too closed minded to see the potentials. We've all been introduced to something we thought was hogwash, yet finding ourselves interested or using that very same thing 10 or more years later. As we change, so do our perceptions, judgments, and filters. Do not close the door on something that may be good for you and research, research, research so you can make an informed decision. Wayne Dyer once was asked if he was offended by people using crystals. He answered that if he had hemorrhoids and someone told him a crystal would cure them, he would buy crystal chairs to sit in!
The point is, do not blindly follow the wellness industry and know that wellness practitioners will usually not completely agree with another's therapy. So use your opinions from your own research and knowledge, not someone else's. Use your gut feelings. Do not listen to anyone telling you what you have to do or should be doing. Make informed choices and experience what you are moved to experience. If something works for you, you will know it. If it does not, move on quickly without doubt. The real key is to move back to the basics.
Here are 5 principals to aspire to in health and wellness. How you get there will be individual and up to you.
1. Detoxify your body and mind
2. Correct the remaining imbalances with therapies and supplements
3. Once balanced, use food as your medicine to keep you balanced
4. Keep your mind and emotions clear
5. Live to experience and honor all things, no matter how they present to you
