The last time I took a pharmaceutical drug was when I was 24 years old, the year that I began to study the healing properties of herbs, plants, and foods. I am now 71.
My efforts in developing a principle-centered* diet and lifestyle have helped me maintain the healthiest body possible considering the fact that, just like you, I cannot control everything that I am exposed to. This is because we all live in a toxic world of chemicals, metals, and other pollutants in our air, water, food, environment, and drugs, for those who take them.
So, I monitor my own health through Clinical Nutrition Testing and Therapy in order to identify when my biochemistry is experiencing Stages 2, 3, or 4 in the causes and processes of developing a degenerative disease. Then, I immediately reverse this disease process by addressing nutrient deficiencies/excesses and toxicity (Stage 2), biochemical imbalances (Stage 3), and/or dysfunctions in any organ, gland, or body system (Stage 4) identified in my test results.
Stage 1 is when one’s biochemistry is in “Homeostasis” – the true definition of being Healthy. Stage 5 is the Disease Stage, i.e., the result of neglect or being unaware of Healthcare services, like Clinical Nutrition, that can identify and correct Stages 2-4 to prevent and/or reverse current disease processes and restore health.
For example, I was once in the process of developing Lupus, though I had no symptoms of this. However, when I became aware of it, because of monitoring my health through Clinical Nutrition Testing, I then provided the specific Clinical Nutrition Therapy my body needed and three months later, I was no longer in this pattern of disease.
Though the terms “Healthcare” and “Disease Care or Disease Management” may appear synonymous, to me, they are different. “Healthcare” is non-medical services utilizing therapies that restore the health and function of the body, like Clinical Nutrition. “Disease Care or Disease Management” are medical services utilizing pharmaceutical drugs to manage the symptoms of disease or to surgically remove organs/glands that can no longer be managed.
During these past 41 years of study and clinical observation successfully helping myself, my family and my clients restore their health and prevent/reverse disease processes through Clinical Nutrition Testing and Therapy, I have made my most important decision about the care of my body and am sharing it with you in the following Nutrition Fact.
NUTRITION FACT #28: The human body is healthier and lives longer when its owner 1) limits medicine (drugs and surgery) to “short-term” use in injuries needing suturing or casting broken bones, for example, and/or for immediate “life-threatening” emergencies, and 2) for non-emergency “long-term” care, use Clinical Nutrition and other supportive Healthcare services to monitor Stages 2-4 to stay symptom-free and/or to identify and correct the cause of any symptoms to restore and then maintain optimal health and promote longevity.
Medicine (drugs and surgery), after all, is at its best for “short-term” use in true emergencies. For example, when injured in a war, an accident, or from physical abuse, we thank God for strong painkillers, anesthetic drugs, and surgery.
However, for “long-term” care, I would rather monitor my biochemistry with Clinical Nutrition Testing, even when symptom-free, so that I may immediately address any abnormal test findings by taking therapeutic whole food supplements and modifying my diet and lifestyle* when tests indicate. I will always prefer this Healthcare option to that of Disease Management, the daily or frequent intake of pharmaceutical drugs to manage symptoms of diseases, which often leads to developing more symptoms and diseases from their side effects.
Dr. Smith’s articles published in The Villager (since March 2021) are available on her website at the Education Menu. Dr. Smith is the owner of ADVANCED CLINICAL NUTRITION (Est. 1981) in Wichita Falls, Texas, with clients residing in 37 U.S. states and seven international countries. Since opening her business, Dr. Smith has continued to hold a successful track record of over 90% in helping her clients improve and maintain optimal health, and she can help you, too, no matter where you live.
* The term “principle-centered” in paragraph one means adhering to a diet and lifestyle based on the principles or laws of biochemistry, biology, physiology, psychology, and quantum physics that govern the healthy function of the body.
Information for Nutritional and Bioenergetic Education only and not for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition or disease.