Natural Health

Why We Should Question Information from the USDA

Why We Should Question Information from the USDA

I am going to provide an example using raw milk.  You may not like milk, you may not think people should drink milk, it may even be against your religion.  None of that is being challenged here.  This writing isn’t meant to convince you to drink milk.  It is just an example of the faulty information being presented by an organization that is supposed to protect us and promote our health.

Intergenerational Nutrition

Intergenerational Nutrition

I’m going to begin this brief article with a hypothetical example.  Let’s assume we have a woman who has come to the realization that her diet, which is rich in highly processed foods containing synthetic ingredients and grown in contaminated soils, is causing her health problems.

Car Accidents and Diabetes: Our Societal Response

Car Accidents and Diabetes: Our Societal Response

Here is something that I consider to be an interesting inconsistency.  In this country, we take pride in protecting infants and young children while they travel in cars.  Your lifetime odds of being involved in a serious car accident, one that may involve injury or death, is approximately 1 in 3.

When Did Pregnancy Become an Ailment

When Did Pregnancy Become an Ailment

I question the routine use of a hospital for giving birth.  A hospital is a place where ailing people go for a diagnosis and receive treatment (and sometimes also therapy) for that diagnosis.  When did pregnancy become an ailment?  When did something as natural as giving birth become something that requires medical intervention?

Toward Supporting Adolescent Emotional Health

Toward Supporting Adolescent Emotional Health

Many times we (Americans) identify that a problem may exist with some aspect of our society, be it diet, emotional health, interpersonal communication, or whatever.  Then, some expert in the field proposes a fix to the problem, a fix that isn’t always known (through long experience) to resolve the problem and sometimes might even make matters worse.

What’s in a Name? A request for the healthcare system to change its name or change its practice

What’s in a Name? A request for the healthcare system to change its name or change its practice

This article includes some critical remarks about the healthcare industry.  They are directed at conventional doctors who see illness as an opportunity to prescribe medication.  No doctor should take offense to this writing—it is a record of personal experience.