10 Lies Your Doctor Taught You

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Misty, I really appreciate your fine website. I have learned much from the

postings here. But, like all things, it is not perfect, and that's just the

state of things in this world. This posting is a mis-service to the uninformed.

 

I will comment as I go down the list......

 

TEN LIES YOUR DOCTOR TAUGHT YOU

 

Lie #1: Prescription drugs will make you healthier.

 

Truth #1: Prescription drugs only mask symptoms. They do nothing to

correct the underlying biochemical causes of disease. Simultaneously,

most prescription drugs cause nutritional deficiencies which lead to

further progression of chronic disease.

See http://www.newstarget.com/001352.html

 

Not true. I would deeply question the source of this information. Am I

saying all prescription drugs are safe, or good for you? No way!!!! But to

make a blanket statemet such as the one above is irresponsible. Allow me to

give a personal example. Nine years ago my daugter was diagnosed with an

extremely rare disease which causes great pain. If it were not for the

prescription drugs that dulled the pain, she would be either insane or dead by

suicide by now. This disease also caused severe, unbelievable muscle spasms.

Were it not for the medication that virtually stopped these spasms, she would

have had no recourse. What about an illness such as malaria? And the list goes

on and on. Too many to list in a post. On the over hand, we as a nation take

way too many medications, some of which are extremely dangerous. The

individual, if they can, should always check interactions, side effects, and so

on.

 

 

Lie #2: You should actively treat the swelling of sprains, strains

and other injuries.

 

Healing time can be shortened by applying warm heat to the affected area. And

a couple of ibuprofen to ease pain never hurt anyone. It is not a virtue to

endure pain needlessly.

 

Lie #3: Mammograms prevent cancer.

 

Truth #3: Mammograms actually *cause* cancer. They dose the breast

tissues with harmful radiation. Even when they spot breast cancer

tumors, they aren't " preventing " breast cancer; they're merely

*detecting* breast cancer. True prevention requires changes in food

choice and lifestyle, not the use of imaging technology.

See http://www.newstarget.com/000895.html

 

Changes in food and life style may prevent the formation of cancers in the

breast. True. But, no one ever said that mammograms prevented cancer.

Foolish, foolish statement. What a mammoram does do is detect a cancerous

growth heretofore unknown, that left to grow, would eventually kill you.

Duh....

 

 

 

Lie #4: Vitamins give you " expensive urine. "

 

Truth #4: The most expensive urine in the world is created by taking

multiple overpriced prescription drugs, not vitamins. With more than

40% of the U.S. population now on prescription drugs, the drug

content

in human urine is now so high that trace amounts of antidepressant

drugs can be found in public water supplies. Compared to drugs,

vitamins are cheap prevention.

See http://www.newstarget.com/001891.html

 

Agreed that everyone should take vitamins and minerals.

 

 

Lie #5: The sun will give you cancer.

 

Truth #5: The sun will *prevent* cancer due to the creation of

vitamin D by the skin. Most Americans (and Canadians and Europeans,

for that matter) are deficient in vitamin D. As a result, tumor cell

growth in the breast and prostate is unregulated. Sensible exposure

to natural sunlight generates cancer-preventing vitamin D... at no

charge! Sunburns are actually caused by nutritional deficiencies

(lack of antioxidants in the skin), not by sensible exposure to

sunlight.

See http://www.newstarget.com/Vitamin_D.html

 

Keyword here is " sensible. " What is beneficial to you may actually cause

cancer growth in me, or someone else. We all need a certain amount of exposure

to the health giving benefits of sunlight. Problem is, we are all different in

the amount needed. After that point is reached, it becmes a negative for you.

 

 

Lie #6: CT scans (CAT scans) are perfectly safe.

 

Truth #6: CT scans expose patients to 1000 times the radiation of

chest X-rays. Repeated exposure to CT scans raises a patient's

cumulative radiation to levels experienced by many hydrogen bomb

victims in Hiroshima. In addition, rigorous studies have concluded

that CT scans offer no medical benefit whatsoever.

See http://www.newstarget.com/004060.html

 

This is borderline stupidity to say that " rigorous studies have concluded that

CT scans offer no medical benefit whatsoever. " Who said this? Just

unacceptable! My wife's bladder cancer was discovered by a CT. No symptoms of

the cancer whatever. Without the scan, it could have metastacized all over her

body. These kinds of life-saving stories abound! Yes, there is a certain

amount of risk that is present (very small), but look at the benefits! No free

lunch.

 

 

Lie #7: The U.S. health care system is the best in the world.

 

Truth #7: The health of U.S. citizens is actually the worst of any

industrialized nation. We pay double, triple, and even quadruple the

price for prescription drugs as any other country. We also have the

highest rates of obesity, Alzheimer's, cancer and diabetes, plus the

highest health insurance costs in the world. The U.S. health care

system ( " sick care system " ) is so bad that people are fleeing the

country to seek medical services in Asia. It's a trend

called " medical

tourism, " and it's flourishing.

See http://www.newstarget.com/007097.html

 

No we are not the worst yet, but we are headed there. Actually we are number

twelve in the list of industrialized nations. We pay way, way too much for our

meds. I agree with this. Our diets stink; that is why we have so much cancer

and obesity and diabetes. Plus we are as a nation couch potatoes, unable to do

much of anything physically demanding. So yes, this is mostly true.

 

 

Lie #8: All surgical procedures have been proven safe and effective.

 

Truth #8: There is currently NO requirement whatsoever that surgical

procedures must be either safe or effective in order to be practiced.

Hundreds of thousands of medically unnecessary surgical procedures

are

performed each year in the U.S. alone, including hysterectomies and

prostate cancer surgeries.

http://www.newstarget.com/002608.html

People die on the operating table every day. True. But, no one ever said

that all surgical procedures are safe. I have never heard that. What I have

heard is that sometimes they are necessary. This is silly to say that there is

currently no requirement that surgery MUST be either safe or effective. There

is no way of knowing sometimes, so how could you have a requirement of some

kind? I agree that there many surgeries done that were not needed to be done,

but that sad fact does not negate all surgeries. You would be well-advised to

not comment on cancer surgeries unless you are an expert in the field, since

even the doctors do not agree on this. I know. I have prostate cancer, and there

are many, many, many factors that MUST be considered before deciding the right

approach to PCa.

 

 

 

 

Lie #9: You can get all the nutrition you need from three balanced

meals a day.

 

Truth #9: Today's foods are nutrient depleted, and they come from

depleted soils. Processed and manufactured foods would have to be

eaten at the rate of 10,000 calories a day just to meet minimum RDA

requirements for basic nutrition. The only way to get adequate

nutrition is to supplement with superfoods or whole food concentrates

(vitamins, whole food powders, supplement capsules, etc.) along with

eating healthy meals. Organizations like the AHA, however, insist

that

nutrient supplementation is actually bad for your health.

See http://www.newstarget.com/001587.html

 

I agree.

 

 

Lie #10: All these lab tests are for your own good.

 

Truth #10: At least half of all diagnostic tests ordered by doctors

are medically unnecessary. They're often conducted merely to generate

revenues for the hospital or medical group that owns the doctor's

clinic. Some doctors are actually required to generate a certain

dollar amount of lab test revenues in order to keep their jobs.

 

Authored by the Health Ranger (Mike Adams), primary contributor to

http://www.NewsTarget.com.

Probably so. But how does the layperson know which are the needed ones? They

don't. Want to gamble with your life? I think not.

 

 

Roger