Optimal Health & Longevity
Last year the World Health Organization ranked the world's
health systems and found that the U.S. spent more money per
person than any other country but ranked 37th in quality of
care. Tens of thousands of Americans continue to die from
pharmaceutical drug toxicity while preventable diseases like
diabetes and cardiovascular disease continue to prematurely rob
tens of millions of Americans of their lives. Most Americans
consider themselves to be "in good health" if they do not have a
disease, yet they tolerate a myriad of warning symptoms such as
fatigue, weight problems, headaches, poor digestion, allergies,
depression, eating disorders, unhealthy skin and premature
aging. People who complain to their doctors about these and
other symptoms are typically given drugs that add to the toxic
burden of the patient while ignoring the underlying cause.
What are the major underlying causes of sub-optimal health in
America? Here is what my colleagues and I have noticed after
many years of helping many people.
Poor Food Choices - 95% of Americans are not educated to
practice optimal dietary nutrition. Most people have been
unknowingly led to believe they are eating well by dieticians
and doctors who are controlled by the food and drug industries.
Even independent nutritionists are often covertly promoting
mass-marketing schemes. At Health Naturals we succeed by
individually tailoring nutritional counseling based on unbiased
science. We also know that as our patients' health improves they
become more intuitively guided by instinct to make optimal food
choices. We believe that self-empowering people to take charge
of their nutritional health at their own pace ultimately leads
to the most rewarding level of optimal health and longevity.
Improper Digestion - About 80% of the people we test do not
produce enough stomach acid, including many who are using
antacid medications. Through dietary changes and short-term
supplementation this imbalance can be corrected. Proper stomach
acid secretion is vital to digestion of protein, magnesium, and
chromium, and for protecting against intestinal overgrowths of
parasites, yeasts, and bacteria. Many health conditions
originate in the G.I. tract.
Yeast/Fungus Complexes - Past exposure to antibiotics, birth
control pills, steroids, excessive alcohol, or high sugar/starch
consumption will gradually encourage normal levels of intestinal
yeast to become invasive overgrowths. This taxes the liver and
the immune system and causes or exacerbates symptoms such as
sinus congestion, fatigue, depression, insomnia, headaches, skin
problems, constipation, loose stools, sugar and starch
addiction, allergies, "brain fog", and many others. This problem
is so pervasive that the practitioners at Health Naturals have
evolved to specialize in treatments for controlling the many
species of Candida and other fungi that have been slowly
degrading the health of the general population.
Read more about Yeast/Fungus Complexes, their contributing
factors, and associated symptoms in our upcoming article.
Inadequate Water and Air - Science has proven that drinking and
bathing in chlorinated water is unhealthy. A high quality shower
filter and drinking water filter should be used. Non-pressurized
filters like BritaTM are inadequate. If you use diuretics like
caffeine, alcohol, and sugar your water intake must be higher.
Typical indoor air quality interferes with optimal oxygenation
of the bloodstream and taxes the immune system. High capacity
ionizer/ozonaters such as the Flair should be used with
professional guidance to maintain health-promoting indoor air
quality. Air filters alone are often inadequate. Many of our
modern building materials and paints can 'off-gas' or emit
chemicals such as formaldehyde for years.
