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The Benefits and Dangers of Natural Health



Happy Wellness Everyone,
      Today I believe is going to be an awesome day filled with good positive energy.  I want to share something with you that I believe is important in public health.  As a public health practitioner, I am seeing more people come into the emergency room (ER) due to herb tonic and conventional method combinations.  Natural health tonics and/or fresh herbs DO NOT just treat one issue but it treats many issues all at once.  This can pose a danger to people who rely on conventional (allopathic) and herbs as a mode of healing.  Combining the two can become deadly in some cases depending on the remedy and strength.  For example, aloe vera is used to treat systematic inflammation, rashes and burns, and it is also used as a stomach reliever (GERD). However, using this tonic if you are pregnant can be devastating (spontaneous abortion).
      Another example, natural tonics that contain the herb “marshmallow” is aspirin related (NSAIDs), which can put you in danger because this herb is where aspirin is made from.  This can be devastating if you are taking Warfarin, Coumadin, plavix, etc.   As a natural health professional, I hate with a passion when sells people who are not trained in the art advertise to the public that their tonic, powder, or cream will treat/cure diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, etc without scientific proof, it is a disgrace to the profession.  Just because it has some natural ingredients in the remedy does not mean it is good for you or that you should try it.   Please, if it is too good to be true normally IT IS.  Do not give your health over to a quack who comes over the radio and tells you that his or her remedy can “cure you”.  Herbal remedies prevent disease and depending on the stage of the pathology it can be treated appropriately (managed) by a trained naturopath. 
      Taking tonics that are promised to cure you may be loaded with “sugar” yes that right sugar and extracts that are only strong enough to be a dietary supplement and not a prescription.  Prescription strength remedies such a Vit D3 100,000 can only be prescribed by a conventional naturopath or an allopathic physician.  Do you want to know why people say they feel better after taking that natural “sugar” tonic?  The sugar gives off that dopamine effect in your brain (pleasure zone) where you feel alive and brand new (the placebo effect).  It is the same area that is stimulated with a person eats refined sugar, chocolate, or other stimulants.

       Listen, some of the people who are advertising this mess on television and/or radio are only out there to make money and not looking at how the formula can impact your health if you have setbacks in your care.  Become empowered by educating yourself about your health condition.  Contact a certified naturopath, chiropractor who is trained in natural health, or allopathic doctors.  All of the professionals listed has the scientific education to give you evidence-based answers to your questions.  DO not trust your health to a sells persons or someone who read a few books and now in the field of natural health, it does not work that way.  Take care and be in good health. 

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