Treating disease with food or drugs?

Let's think back to the last time you saw a commercial for a prescription drug. How many side effects did they list ? 3-5-15? A ton.
Now, that being said, will the medication cure you? No, the prescription medication will control the symptoms without curing the underlying condition.
Blood pressure medications, lower blood pressure. Period.
They don't cure hypertension. They control the blood pressure.
Anti-depressants don't cure depression, they control the symptoms. As long as one is on the medication, the symptoms can be helped. But you can't stop the medication. You take it for the long term.
SO the question is, why don't they cure it? Because it medications cured medical problems, they would not be profitable to the companies that make them.

As a nurse for a long time, I can honestly say that there are medications that are life saving. They are used to cure infections, stabilize critically ill patients and help them through a medical crisis. That is a GREAT thing. But did we cured the underlying condition ? No.
A patient in acute Diabetic ketoacidosis, has a high blood sugar, Ph problems and many times, but not all,  is caused by an infection/illness. So, we treat the infection, get the blood sugar under control, and the patient gets better. Did we cure diabetes? No.

Can you cure diabetes? It's possible that the body that be re-trained to control it's blood glucose through nutrition. Eating the right foods, shedding excess weight and helping the body manage the glucose. The body can re-learn metabolism of sugars, and people can get off their medications. It is possible.

Why are we so inclined to pop a pill to fix a problem? Because the doctor said so. But did the doctor talk about your nutrition? Are they asking about your diet, what you eat and trying to problem solve it? Not likely.
In general, it's easier to take a pill every day, than make the necessary changes to heal your body.
Here is a staggering statistic.
Over 100,000 people in the US die annually from the use of prescription medications, more than car accidents and illegal drug use.  Think about all the medications that have  been removed from the market, due to death. Bexxtra, Gardasil, Vioxx.
So can prescription drugs help you? Possibly. They can do good, but they can also do harm.
If we focus on prevention, and curing the underlying condition,




THis is food for thought for today...
In health.
Barb