I will never forget that one fantastically special cheeseburger day. Because that’s the day I started chasing a particular system away.
Here’s how that cheeseburger day started.
For about 13 years I was on a doctor-recommended vegetarian diet. And each time I’d go to a doctor to check my cholesterol levels, the bad numbers would be higher. Yep. Higher.
Finally, I heard a naturopath with his own radio program, in Denver, Colorado, talk about the dangers of statin drugs. Of course, my ears perked up because I had already been on a doctor prescribed statin for almost a month. And Elgielene told me I looked like I was dying.
So, I made an appointment with the guy on the radio. And during my appointment, after he discovered, I was on a statin drug, he asked me what kind of food my grandparents and great grandparents had eaten for breakfast in their lives. I told him that it was basically bacon, eggs, and toast or biscuits. Then he asked how old they were when they died. And I told him they lived into their 80s and 90s. You might not believe what he told me next.
He prescribed a good cheeseburger and suggested I start having the same kind of breakfast my grandparents and great grandparents had. I could have hugged him right then and there. I’m not actually a hugger. So, I didn’t do that. But I let him know I thought about it.
And, immediately after leaving his office, my wife and I went for a cheeseburger. Oh man! What I had been missing! I’ve been eating meat from that day on, and my cholesterol numbers have declined. In fact, my most recent blood test showed a total cholesterol number of 195. The lowest I’ve had in years. And I eat almost exclusively carnivore.
Suffice it to say, I got off that statin drug.
And, as fate, and I use that term loosely, would have it, about a month later I received a class-action suit letter in the mail. It was a notification that the drug I had been taking had been found to be killing some people. Yeah. Killing.
So, that leads me to my next point about how I believe drugs corrupt doctors.
Yikes! Quite an accusation. But they do.
Pharmaceutical companies actually pay doctors (meals, talks, and travel) and then those doctors are much more likely to prescribe the drugs from those companies. Years ago, when I still trusted medical doctors with my health, I remember being given medications to “try.”
Yeah, they gave them to me. They weren’t added to my bill. And I never had to pay for them in any way…other than with my health that is. Have you ever experienced something like that?
Why would a medical doctor ever give you a drug and say “try it” to “see if it alleviates your symptoms?” Well, of course you can’t judge a person’s heart, but you can judge their actions. And when a doctor hands you a “free sample” of a new drug and says “try it,” you’ve just become a guinea pig. My experience was with a statin drug because my cholesterol levels were apparently too high. According to what standards? Hmm…could there be a correlation between pharmaceutical companies and acceptable levels of cholesterol?
Kinda makes me go “Hmm…”
Pain is your body’s way (through your brain) of letting you know there’s a problem. When drugs mask the pain, your brain can’t let you know you have a problem. And most times it only gets worse. While you “feel like” you’re fine or even getting better. A prescription is not a protocol for a healthy, well-balanced life.
Do what you will with this information. Only I don’t recommend ignoring it totally if you care about your health and well-being. Because I can almost guarantee you’re so-called “healthcare provider” doesn’t really care all that much. Your best starting point, if you’re a Christian, is to ask God for wisdom and guidance. And trust Him to be with you, regardless of what you’re dealing with or might go through. I believe He will because He says He will.
Then, consider making today a cheeseburger day. If not, then…
What’s your prescription?
How do you feel?
You’re feelin’ real good?
But is the “good” real?
‘Cause medication
Can’t cure your pain.
You might ease aching,
But what will you gain
Slowing your memory
Down to a crawl?
Consider options.
Consider them all.
Your life is precious.
Give it your best.
Give yourself real foods.
Trust God for the rest. © 2017 TF
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