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Bill Heath's avatar

We need to be honest: we don't understand how most medications and supplements work. We can see the result, and make a leap of faith that the result comes from the medications and treatments, or procedures, but that is faith. I know that for most viruses getting outdoors is a huge help. Exposure to sunlight triggers the body to do many things. Some are good and some are bad.

I have prescribed hypnosis and acupuncture for pain relief, without having a clue how they work. Well, that's not entirely true, I do understand quite a bit about how hypnosis works, but know nothing about acupuncture except that it works. The same was true for a long time with dental anesthesia gas; there was no anesthetic effect from the nitrous oxide, it was simply depriving the patient of oxygen.

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David Watson's avatar

Nutrients are just chemistry. We know how individual reactions occur, but the complexities of multiple interactions become more difficult to understand.

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David Watson's avatar

Acupuncture is legit science. Try "The Spark In The Machine" for a translation of acupuncture to modern science terminology. Pain is interesting, too. Not an objective response but a mental interpretation of signals in the nerves. Anesthetics can block the signal, or make us unconscious so we ignore it, or we can train the brain to ignore the signals while we're conscious. The brain is a powerful organ which most of us ignore because we like focusing on the pain.

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Bill Heath's avatar

I've done that with hypnosis a number of times. The trick is making sure not to do away with the benefits of pain. Those are warning signs to tell the body to stop what you're doing. We would have difficulty surviving without pain.

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David Watson's avatar

Yes, pain is a useful if not debilitating. It can be useful to learn to control it.

I never tried hypnosis. My paranoid streak makes me uncomfortable letting someone control me. I hear it can be very effective.

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

All typical medications work by inhibiting or decreasing certain pathways or metabolic processes in the body. If we like the effect, we call it a medicine, if we don't like the effect we call it a side effect. This per Dr. Rima Laibow I paraphrased.

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David Watson's avatar

And traditional meds alter our chemistry. Now we're beginning to alter our genes. Remarkable breakthroughs like curing sickle cell show great promise. But there are also opportunities for catastrophe. It will be interesting to see how it evolves. Our grandchildren will see things we can't yet imagine.

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Bert Powers's avatar

We eat healthy for the most part, it is a good habit to get into.

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David Watson's avatar

The problem is deciding what's healthy. So many options, so many people hawking their products. Most people think spinach and brown rice are healthy, and they do provide good nutrition, but in my case I was overdosing. Turns out spinach and rice bran are high oxalate which was causing me several mysterious problems. Being observant of how our diet affects our health is the best habit.

I've seen ads lately for fruit and vegetable pills. I'm suspicious.

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Bert Powers's avatar

I share in that suspicion. We get most everything from a local organic farmer who also has raw milk. Still need the grocery store for some items, but we keep that to a minimum.

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David Watson's avatar

Most things in the grocery store have a lot of ingredients besides the food, some for taste, some for shelf life. We haven't completely figured out what all those combinations do to us.

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Bert Powers's avatar

Agreed, reading the labels can be scary.🤢

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Dr. Colleen Huber's avatar

You think like a naturopathic physician, while your philosophy would make even us obsolete. That's okay though. :-)

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David Watson's avatar

Oh, no. I cherish all my doctors. I just don't revere them. We're a good team.

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David Watson's avatar

Only makes sense if you want medical advice from Glenn.

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el bicho palo's avatar

there'll always be a place for your wisdom Colleen. I've got two of your books in my basket in amazon, but I might have to change for the kindles. Twenty euros is twenty euros. things are tricky. Wanna buy a drawing?

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Where is the subscription button? 😁

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