The causes of disease in general are hard to really pinpoint, however there are various factors that over the past century or so have encouraged and contributed to the increase and growth of a number of new diseases and sicknesses throughout the world. Sure, we live LONGER than we used to!  Benjamin Franklin retired at age 40 because – back then – that was considered OLD. Today, people live to be 80, 90 and even 100. And maybe we have to thank the medical and technological advances over the last century. Diagnostic devices can detect disease early, powerful Drugs can KILL powerful Bugs and keep us alive…

But I’m making another observation. Although our genetics didn’t change, many more diseases developed and even our children have to cope with more and more conditions such as diabetes, obesity, allergies, ADD/ADHD, etc. Why is that?

Health vs. Disease

Everyone seems to be sick or get sick; everyone is diagnosed with one or more ‘diseases’ and nobody seems to be healthy anymore.

What is Health? Health is a state of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. OPTIMAL Health is a perfect balance of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being resulting in a disease-free body, mind & soul, with all bodily systems functioning in balance and harmony.

Optimal Health expresses itself:

1)    Physically as an optimal body composition (ratio of body fat, lean muscle mass, water balance etc.) with a strong musculoskeletal system, plenty of energy reserve (no unexplained fatigue) and a healthy appearance (skin, complexion).

2)    Mentally as a focused, organized, alert, problem-solving, positive thinking, and proactive human being FREE of confusion, loss of memory, lack of attention (ADD/ADHD).

3)    Emotionally as a healthy balance between one’s emotions such a joy, fear, grief, anger, worry, expressed appropriately and under control.

4)    Spiritually as peace with a ‘higher being’ or belief system; and using that believe system to guide one’s values and principles.

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When Body, Mind (mental & emotional aspects), and Soul (spiritual aspect) are balanced, optimal health is achieved! Therefore, the current ‘health’ system should be re-named ‘disease system’ because our entire ‘health’ system is based on disease, not? It’s about treating or masking symptoms, ignoring the underlying cause, prescribing drugs and prescribing more drugs to mask the side-effects of the other drugs; it’s about keeping us all alive as long as possible so more drugs can be sold! Sounds horrible, not? But think about it…is it not true?

Standard American Diet: S.A.D.

Yes, the Standard American Diet is SAD! I say “American” because I live in America, but this holds true for almost the entire world!

Our genetics have not changed BUT more and more diseases currently exist and affect more and more people worldwide, including our children. Why is that? I will answer that question, but first you need to KNOW the following about YOUR BODY:

1. Your body is the MOST complex piece of machinery on planet earth! We easily can build and control a nuclear plant, sent a rocket ship into space and put a man on the moon; however we are far from figuring out the human body and its workings, and we have limited answers to most diseases.
2. Your body CAN HEAL ITSELF, but it needs to be in BALANCE in order to do that! Your body is only in balance with all bodily systems and cells function optimally and in synergy.
3. Your body continuously REBUILDS & RENEWS itself. All cells in your body replace themselves, some daily, some monthly, some every 90 days etc. In other words, every few months we are a totally ‘new’ person, and that – of course – is just pure physically speaking.
4. In order for our body to rebuild and renew itself, and be in perfect balance, we need to provide our body with the right tools or ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS to do so! If you drive a BMW and continue to replace parts with second hand parts or parts from other brands such as Mercedes or Toyota, your BMW will eventually encounter some mechanical and functional problems, and will not be a ‘real’ BMW anymore, will it? It will be a MUTATION! Translated to health, it will be a degenerative disease or CANCER. Another great analogy is the compatibility issues of different brands of technical devices such as computers.
5. The essential nutrients your body needs to rebuild, renew and balance itself are nutrients your body recognizes; these nutrients are the nutrients from MOTHER NATURE (natural foods, whole foods, plants, herbs, grasses, seaweed, fruits and vegetables). Your body is able to assimilate and utilize these nutrients. Synthetic, processed foods are not recognized by the body and the body has major difficulties to break these foods down in usable nutrients. It requires excessive amounts of calcium, potassium, enzymes, vitamins and minerals. In many cases, your body lacks these nutrients and is unable to break down these un-natural foods, and consequently is forced to store them.
6. Our body’s health depends on the health of our cells. Every cell in our body (I believe there are about 3 trillion) has about 10, 000 receptors on its outer membrane. The RNA or messenger of each cell ‘tells’ the receptors continuously what the cell needs to function optimally and rebuild or renew itself. The receptors will ‘stick out their neck’ and scan the environment (extracellular fluid) to look for these necessary nutrients. Our S.A.D (Standard American Diet) does NOT provide our body with these essential nutrients and therefore the cells have to settle for less (synthetic, 2^nd-hand parts). As a result, cells lose their ability to function properly and optimally, organs are affected, disease takes over, and degeneration and mutation occur. We fall apart. Luckily we have prescription drugs to provide a band-aid and keep things together…ha-ha!
7. Conclusion: We have to provide our body with the ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS it needs to function optimally and stay in balance. How? Continue reading!

So, let’s answer this question: How come we have to cope with more and more disease?

First, the world population has grown out of proportion and there is not enough food from nature (whole foods) available to feed every mouth. Industrialization and commercialization have caused the mass-production of synthetic and processed foods, containing harmful preservatives, colorings and toxins which are foreign to the body and cause plenty of diseases, including but certainly not limited to allergies, immune-diseases, degenerative disease, cancers and more. At the same time, these synthetic, processed foods do NOT contain any nutritional value. In other words, our body does NOT get the nutrients it needs to function properly and renew itself. Our body continuously has to utilize useful nutrients like vitamins, minerals and enzymes to neutralize the harmful toxins we ingest.

In short,

WE DO NOT GET THE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS FROM THE FOOD WE CONSUME, RESULTING IN DISEASE!

Yours In Optimal Health,

Dr. Mike

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