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Two Myths of Medicine and Nutrition

Wouldn't it be great if medicine could be as exact as mathematics where 2 + 2 = 4. Unlike mathematics the body chemistry is so different from person to person. Then add the variables such as genetics, foods, pesticides, minerals, heavy metals, enzymes and on and on and there is no way to mathematically diagnose illnesses.

For years the medical community has tried to do this by including a catch all term for anything they cannot or will not take the extra effort to diagnose. If the disease shows up in a standard blood work or is evident by visual observation the diagnosis is easy for physicians. Too often if a disease is not easy to find physicians use the catch all term of hypochondria and quit looking deeper for a cause.

In 1986 I asked two doctors a year apart that practiced in different clinics what they could do to treat my immune system. Both answered with amazingly the same quote, "We know nothing about the immune system, if we cannot see it in a microscope or any other empirical manner for us it does not exist and we cannot treat it." Then both doctors suggested my health problems were a product of hypochondria. Wow, here they said they only accept empirical knowledge on one hand while totally ignoring it on the other.

I have searched the internet for several years and have not found one shred of real science to support hypochondria. Did you know the only test doctors have to diagnose hypochondria is a set of questions that are so ambigious and subjective that it can include everyone? See the test for yourself Now imagine if you do not have an illness what your answers would be. If a doctor does not see evidence of an illness they then use this test. With the fact that seldom do doctors have the time or initiate the extra effort to do thorough tests and evaluations it means many people are not being treated for real illnesses. See the linked site that says from 10% to 80% of every patient is a hypochondriac. See proof, scroll down to the introduction  Is it no wonder people are gravating more and more to alternative and herbal medicine. 36% use alternative medicine

Did you know there is not one shred of empirical proof to support hypochondria? Not one!! Yes there are lots of proofs that thoughts can effect our health and life such as Dr. Emoto's water experiements and Electricity and Health. Yet they fall far short of proving hypochondria. Yes there are many apparent suggestions but not one scientific shred of proof. I do not say that lightly and on my web site and here I challenge any one to provide empirical scientific proof to support hypochondria. It must be real proof and double blind tests may not be proof because too often they are tainted in a manner to control the outcome. It means that the standard blood tests are not enough. One must be exhaustive in research to absolutely eliminate every possible disease. This does not mean ones thoughts cannot make us sick or that hypochondria does not exist. It does however prove that hypochondria is used with little or no scientific substance.

The medical dictionaries containing definitions for hypochondria exactly match many real diseases. See more information on hypochondria including a list of diseases that match it. Click  Did you know doctors are taught that up to 50% of every patient is a hypochondriac? Would you take your car to a mechanic who would make a cursory examination then charge you without doing anything?

There are many diseases with the same symptoms doctors use to diagnose hypochondria. These diseases are often overlooked when doctors make a hypochondria diagnosis. It is the easy way out and is more common with the clinics owned by corporations whose sole incentive is profits. They keep the doctors too busy to research because most require the doctor to see a new patient every 15 minutes. They require doctors to prescribe drugs that make the most profits and to avoid spending time with patients who require extra time especially if they think the patient is a hypochondriac.

Dr. Mark Hyman in his book "The Ultra Mind Solution" states 30% of all European descendants have Celiac disease and do not know it. The symptoms of Celiac are the exact same as those listed for hypochondria. Celiac disease is not the only disease with the same symptoms. Disease's relating to the immune system such as Candida, Lupus, Lyme and many others also have the same symptoms. Dr. Hyman's main subject of his book is about how our diet and digestive system creates disease especial depression. He claims when we heal the gut we heal the mind and body.

For fifty years I was diagnosed by numerous doctors as a hypochondriac with the main symptom being depression. In 1998 I went on a gluten free diet and in two weeks 90% of my former depression disappeared. My whole body and health especially my immune system began to improve and seems to be increasing month by month. If I eat a gluten product two days later I will be almost suicidal so I religiously avoid gluten.

Fortunately new research on diet and health is becoming more prevalent and popular. The books on the China diet and others are alerting us on the connection to food and health. The scientific community is researching and publishing more than ever before about the harm of pesticides, animals being injected or fed antibiotics, steroids and hormones and the effects of harmful food additives. A new threat is genetically altered foods.

As I have been researching health topics I have noticed in myself and others a trend to look without instead of within for cures to our illnesses. We avoid accountability, responsibility and knowledge to eliminate harmful foods from our diet and instead we look for a quick fix. No wonder drugs that obscure symptoms are so popular.

The first step to becoming healthy must be an evaluation of our diet. Water is one of the important steps. Did you know many scientists are making a connection to city water treated with aluminum to Alzheimer's disease? See article about water Soda drinks especially ones with caffeine are very harmful to our health. Did you know if you have an addiction to chocolate or caffeine  it is a possible sign that you may be deficient in serotonin? Tobacco, alcohol processed oils and foods are full of harmful oxidants. Did you know many health researchers are reporting that our Oxidant vs. anti-oxidant levels may be the primary cause of disease?

Researchers are reporting a relationship between many diseases such as cancer and even diabetes to Oxidative Stress. Some claim a ratio of 70% anti-oxidants to 30% oxidants are needed to restore health. No matter what our illness may be, the first step must be to eliminate harmful oxidants and increase anti-oxidants. It does little good to buy and ingest herbs, vitamins and nutrition supplements if we will not first eliminate harmful foods. It is like spending thousands of dollars to restore a car and not repair the flat tires. The cars may look good but will not go down the road. See Oxidative Stress