at random. If the laws that govern the body are broken, the body will naturally
begin to malfunction and break down. This is really another way of describing
what we call disease.
The opposite is health. If you provide the causes of outstanding health, you
get outstanding health. If you provide the causes of disease, you get disease.
Every level of health, which extends on a spectrum from optimal health and
vitality to the disease states of chronic illness, is directly related to and
governed by the law of cause and effect.
The general population is bombarded by health information generated by the
health profession, drug companies, and food manufacturers, whose intention is
to maintain the status quo. Unfortunately, the average consumer can become
more confused than ever. The holistic practitioners, the alternative and
complementary physician groups, and the suppliers of vitamins and other
natural remedies and treatments add to the giant net of confusion. Everyone
claims to have the magic cure. But the sobering facts are undeniable: cure
doesn't really exist, so long as the cause is permitted to continue unchecked.
In reality, cure occurs only when the body has rid itself of disease-causing
factors and has had a chance to recuperate from their ill effects. What we
commonly refer to as being cured is usually the diminishing of symptoms
through pharmacology or the removal of diseased tissue through surgery. This
is always a short-term solution, does not leave the body in better shape, and
sets the body up for a reoccurrence of the same set of symptoms or, in the
case of surgery, affliction at a future date elsewhere in the body. The cause,
not identified and removed, does not allow the body the chance to heal itself.
Healing by means that do not require changing personal habits and taking
more responsibility, though always appealing, will commonly fail. Daily, I
witness the failure of this approach, representative of the failure of modem
medicine.
True recovery that does not increase one's later risk of serious illness can
result only from positive steps that remove stress from the body. This requires
significant personal responsibility and dedication to achieving wellness.
Sometimes people really must undertake a fast to recover. Through fasting,
individuals are allowed to catch up on elimination of retained waste, thus
raising themselves to new levels of superior health. Though most people would
rather take pills, potions, and drinks, they often do not make an adequate
recovery without the powerful detoxification effect of a total fast.
We all have our inherited weaknesses; genetics always plays a role in the
body's form and function. Often this genetic influence determines how disease
will express itself as cumulative stresses expose the weakest links in the body's
structure. However, these inherited flaws rarely would be given the chance to
express themselves if not for disease-causing influences. Improper life-style
and primarily improper dietary habits are responsible for the majority of
chronic diseases, as well as being the major causes of death in our country.
When individuals make aggressive positive changes in their diet, the results
can be easily illustrated.
As a physician, it is immensely rewarding to watch people recover from
serious disease, as well as routine maladies ranging from obesity to the
common cold, through fasting. This is especially true for me since I have
witnessed the failure of so many current medical treatments for serious chronic
diseases. Medical treatments can be very effective in the short term, but
because they do not address the cause of the disease, the person's condition
gradually deteriorates.
The laws of nature will never change: it always has been and always will be
more effective to remove cause and allow the body's self-reparative powers to
have their way than to try to add treatments while cause continues unchecked.
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