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Why More Americans Are Turning To Holistic Health Care
Real Clear Health ^ | 01/11/2025 | Maggie Miller

Posted on 01/11/2025 8:05:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/11/2025 8:05:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Most non-injurious Healthcare is really about a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition, exercise, proper sleep, and most Healthcare issues are taken care of.

This is where I don’t have a problem, on a theoretical level, in the government being involved in Healthcare. Just theoretical, because the government would not limit itself to this.


2 posted on 01/11/2025 8:08:49 PM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
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bfl


3 posted on 01/11/2025 8:10:10 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a balance. I don’t think it’s the end of the world to take a Motrin for a headache, or be vaxxed for polio, but some will go the opposite extreme and refuse all pharma. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ


4 posted on 01/11/2025 8:16:12 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: SeekAndFind

Because “health” care ceased being about health decades ago.


5 posted on 01/11/2025 8:18:27 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: SeekAndFind

I had atrial fibrillation for two solid years. My ejection fraction was down to 13%, which is heart transplant territory. My cardiologist was talking about ablation or a pacemaker.

He also wanted me to drink 64 ounces of fluid a day. I got tired of water and started drinking 64 ounces of low-sodium V8 juice a day. I have a Kardia Mobile device and took my EKG every day. Within a couple of weeks the EKG went from possible atrial fibrillation to unclassified, and a couple of days later it went to normal sinus rhythm. That was almost six months ago, and it has been normal ever since.

All four ejection fractions are now over 50%, which is healthy heart territory. My cardiologist says I no longer require ablation or a pacemaker.

Turns out low sodium V8 juice is loaded with potassium. It was the potassium that got my heart rhythm back to normal.

My bet is that most people who have atrial fibrillation could fix it with more potassium. Heart beat is dependent on the membrane potential of the heart muscle, and the membrane potential is a function of the differential ion concentrations across the membrane. Low potassium or any other ion imbalance can definitely cause an abnormal rhythm.

I absolutely believe that the “health care” industry does not care about health, they care about churning illness for profit. Potassium is cheap. There is no profit in treating atrial fibrillation with it. There is lots of profit in performing ablation or inserting a pacemaker.

If you have atrial fibrillation, you should try drinking 8 ounces of low sodium V8 for a few weeks. That should be plenty of potassium. It cannot possibly hurt you, and it might actually cure you.


6 posted on 01/11/2025 8:21:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thanks, I think I’ll have a V8


7 posted on 01/11/2025 8:25:38 PM PST by Cold Heart (Government for moral and religious people. Democrat party is neither )
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8 posted on 01/11/2025 8:27:47 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Yeah, me.

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, I walked out of the dentist’s office without the prescription and didn’t take anything. Worst 24 hours of my life, but I got through it.


9 posted on 01/11/2025 8:31:05 PM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
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To: gundog; dfwgator

NED???!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 01/11/2025 8:34:26 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind
Because your doctor, in the short time he (or she) is with you is rarely actually listening to you. Part of that is that people do not know how to talk to their doctor. If you have something that is worrying you one of the best things you can do is keep a record, paper or electronic of what happened, when and how. Also anything like time of day, what you had eaten and drunk is very helpful.

But the other is certainly that they have prejudged you and are already sure that what ever complaint you have is not that serious. If you would just "lose weight, get more rest, quit smoking, not drink coffee and go on a healthy diet" they are sure that what ever problems you have will just vanish. And partly they are right. And at the same time, wrong.

Some things are lifestyle. So when a young man comes in complaining about headaches and being tired you write it off as typical teenage problems. You don't think "brain cancer". Not until over a year later when he is starting to lose his ability to walk.

11 posted on 01/11/2025 8:38:20 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Cold Heart

Make sure it is the low sodium V8.


12 posted on 01/11/2025 8:47:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Obviously.


13 posted on 01/11/2025 8:51:57 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are thousands of variables involved in the health of our bodies and minds, and there’s no way that the optimum values and the interactions are the same for all of us. Thinking that one positive use for AI might be to start correlating those thousands of variables with other factors such as genetics to start to unlock the real keys to healthy living.


14 posted on 01/11/2025 8:52:11 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

Exactly my thoughts as well...


15 posted on 01/11/2025 10:46:52 PM PST by Does so (A country about to outlaw Red #5 food dye, but makes Marijuana legal?...πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦...Dem☭’rat...≣ βˆ…)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
There are thousands of variables involved in the health of our bodies and minds, and there’s no way that the optimum values and the interactions are the same for all of us. Thinking that one positive use for AI might be to start correlating those thousands of variables with other factors such as genetics to start to unlock the real keys to healthy living.

Nevertheless, the basics of eating a good, healthy, real food diet, drinking enough water, getting adequate sleep and exercise and foundational for everyone, whatever else they may need to include in their healthcare paradigm.

16 posted on 01/12/2025 2:01:40 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, β€œSurely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure there’s a drug for holistic care.


17 posted on 01/12/2025 4:36:51 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: gundog; SaveFerris

Stop using hot water!


18 posted on 01/12/2025 6:09:49 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Jonty30

Myself, I recently started eating pickled beets to control my blood pressure. So far, so good. I already have found out that eating ginger candy or anything with ginger in it is much better than taking seasick pills which make you drowsy. On my last cruise we hit some high waves but I was fine thanx to the ginger candy. I was even able to eat food while the ship was rocking.


19 posted on 01/12/2025 6:13:54 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
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You’re better off for it. Ginger is very good.


20 posted on 01/12/2025 6:41:24 AM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
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