The American poet, W.H. Auden, put it quite nicely when he once said, “Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.” I have spent most of my adult life trying to achieve that state of silence; actively searching for health products that perform as promised, taking me to a medical-free zone or as close to it as possible.
Each product produced a result which surfaced as a blip on the radar screen guiding me gently towards the secret light of perfect health. Perhaps collectively working to keep me afloat over the years, warding off at the very least chronic conditions that seem to plague so many people today.
As I see it, there are just a few simple rules to live by in order to achieve good health. You try very hard to avoid and/or minimize stress, pollution, eat a balanced diet, get some exercise and then, I believe, you supplement and with a little luck you remain relatively healthy. Barring any unforeseen accidents, you live to be 90, maintaining a bit of clarity as to the events that passed leading you to this wonderful, ripened age.
The important thing is to keep things natural. You will notice I did not mention anything about taking pharmaceutical drugs in my approach to wellness. I am not a big fan of prescription drugs and over the counter medications and believe they should be minimized at all costs.
Until recently I never even gave them much thought. It was the drug companies’ ability to advertise that first made me suspicious of their drug pushing ways. It is too much like the happy side of a soap opera playing out on my television screen followed by a succession of swiftly read words, in the gentlest tone; words like constipation, nausea, cramping, dizziness, anxiety, depression and even death. And I am certain that without an extreme amount of vigilance on my part to avoid these drugs to begin with, I would fall into the small category of casualties. Life can be just that cruel.
Here is a statement that should flash on the bottom of our television screens while watching a drug commercial. In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a report concluded that 44 percent of all of the studies done by pharmaceutical companies were suppressed because they contained adverse information. Now that is note worthy information!
There is also the economic tie between the pharmaceutical industry and doctors that should raise a red flag of concern. One report concluded that $10,000 per drug company per doctor per year is spent on attempting to influence doctors’ decisions on which drugs they should prescribe.
There are also some alarming statistics as recorded by the Institute of Medicine regarding the misuse of drugs. One such study published in 1998 pertained to an analysis of a group of people who were admitted to the hospital for no other reason than that something went amiss with their prescription drugs. There were 2,216,000 of those people admitted and 106,000 never got out of the hospital! If only 10 percent of adverse drug reactions get reported, and that is the estimate provided by the Institute of Medicine, these numbers are in all probability much, much higher.
A subsequent study, relating specifically to deaths in hospitals, revealed mistakes caused by medical personnel giving the wrong drug, dose and/or the wrong patient the drug and this resulted in the deaths of approximately 80,000 people.
Taking medicine does not make us healthy but it may keep us alive and therefore it is a necessary evil. Genetics and other factors out of our control will come into play and make the avoidance of certain drugs impossible. Pharmaceutical drugs are developed for specific effects for a targeted physiological function. They are potent and often toxic to other areas. It is best to increase our activity level, balance our diet and increase natural supplementation to avoid, decrease and if possible remove both over the counter medications and prescriptive drugs from our daily routine if at all possible.
Supplements on the other hand, utilize the holisitic properties of plants - often having multiplied or combined positive benefits. In my search for the perfect supplement I did finally discover one that is outstanding in its delivery, replacing several of my favorites with this one product. It is a juice made from the whole fruit puree of the mangosteen fruit manufactured by the company of XanGo, containing a rather hefty dose of a new classification of antioxidants known as xanthones.
This company boasts there are 22 reasons why you should make XanGo your daily habit. In my opinion, the most important reason is that many XanGo consumers have reduced and/or eliminated their prescriptive medications for a variety of ailments as a result of drinking this juice each day.
A prominant spokesperson on the subject of the mangosteen fruit, Dr. Frederick J. Templeman, has been noted to have asked the question, “Why would anybody take a drug when you could have a natural food accomplish the same goal WITHOUT the side effects?”
This is a very good question and perhaps one we should all consider.
Paula Rothstein has worked in the legal profession for 15 years and owns an Internet business. For more information please visit:
http://www.mymangosteen.com/distributors/drinkjuiceforhealth/
