Can You Win The Battle Against The Leading Cause Of Death In The US?
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What is the leading cause of Death in the United States?
Well, given I am a holistic cardiologist, you might think it’s the heart… my favorite organ. It beats 2 billion times in a lifespan and pumps over 2,000 gallons of blood a day.
One of the main reasons I studied the heart is because I felt I can make an impact on what many feel is the number one cause of death in the world.
Most people don’t even know they have cardiovascular disease until after an event occurs.
In the US, there are around 600,000 people a year dying of heart attacks and that has not changed much since the late 1990’s.
Another million people a year survive their heart attacks with nearly half developing CHF.
To put this into perspective, as of the middle of this year, since 2019 there have been over 1.02 million deaths from COVID.
…and although annual all-cause mortality was relatively flat through 2020,
According to insurance companies, we are now seeing death rates up 40% over pre-pandemic levels and mostly after the vaccination programs began.
So, COVID is not the number one cause of death, despite how urgent the media makes it seem.
But maybe the treatments for COVID pushed in the media will change this fact. Time will tell.
Despite that, neither of these are the number one cause of death.
Curiously, cardiovascular disease is still a more common cause of death.
So you might be saying, OK Doctor, so cardiac disease is number one. What do we do.
Well, if you look at the numbers, there is something even more common.
A couple of decades ago, my research brought me to the facts I’m about to show you. They weren’t a fluke and have remained about the same year after year and I knew something had to change.
In-hospital adverse reactions to prescribed drugs occur at 2.2 million cases per year. (Pre-COVID)
The number of unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections is 20 million per year.
Unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually 7.5 million per year.
The number of people exposed to unnecessary hospitalization annually is 9 million per year.
Now here is the shocker!
The total number of deaths caused by conventional medicine, while appropriately prescribing medications and performing procedures is an astounding 783,936 per year.
And...
Appropriate doctors prescribed drugs kill over 100,000 people each year.
One can easily say that the American medical system is a leading cause of death and injury in the United States.
How Can That Be The Case?
Well, let's take a look at conventional medicine.
Excellent in emergencies like traumas, heart attacks, strokes...
But outside of the acute setting, conventional medicine is pretty weak.
A 15 min visit and exam to make a diagnosis. In that short time the doctor is trying to match a diagnosis to a corresponding prescription drug (a Pill for your ill). Health is measured by the absence of symptoms with no importance placed on the reason why you have a problem.
Most importantly, Conventional Medicine is an abysmal failure at treating the chronic diseases that affect over 125 million Americans.
Chronic conditions—such as allergies, digestive, autoimmune, hormonal, metabolic and neurologic, cancerous and cardiac problems.
Again, how can that BE?
Well, since 1980, drug companies have been allowed to sponsor medical school curricula.
Sponsoring education focused on new on-patent drugs which are controlled and marketed by pharmaceutical companies.
Big Pharma has the technical and financial resources to spend greater than $1B and greater than 10 years developing a drug it can patent, even though there may often be a cheaper and better alternative or, even worse, an older drug that can be repurposed.
All of these are usually therapies directed at symptoms. All started months to years after a routine 15-min exam failed to identify the root cause of your current symptoms and problems.
In the end, it is the CEOs of Big Pharma in lock-step with insurance companies that make the final decisions about what the medical market can consume for any particular problem and not the researcher or front-line clinician.
It is Corporate Profits that Drive Health Care choices in Conventional Medicine and not the best option for the patient consumer.
The United States represents 4-5% of the world population and consumes more drugs per capita compared to any other nation.
It consumes 50% of all pharmaceuticals and 80% of all pain pills.
Is this because we are wealthy, smart, or are we just Abused Health Care Consumers?
The United States spends the highest amount of money on healthcare per capita.
A few years ago, that was about $10,345 and that represented 20% of the gross domestic product.
For all that money, Americans are shorter, fatter, die younger, and don't get particularly good treatment for many diseases, with the exception of trauma, emergency surgeries, acute strokes, and heart attacks.
Switzerland and South Korea spend less money and have a higher life expectancy and a lower obesity rate.
In reality, Americans are getting pills, not health!
Americans suffer more declining health compared to most of the developed world.
Why do we put up with this? Why isn’t the media saying anything about this?
Well, The US and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer TV ads for drugs.
In non-election years, American media companies make more money from pharmaceutical ads than any other ad buyer.
This is marketed as a way to educate the public directly, but it actually…
Undermines the doctor-patient relationship?
Weak-minded doctors get embarrassed or feel pressure to prescribe a drug for which they have no experience.
Media companies are pressured to not cover bad press about Big Pharma and their drugs? Mainly because media and Pharma executives sit on each others' boards.
So, what is the solution?
The heroic potential for conventional medicine to save lives after trauma, heart attacks and strokes makes keeping some connection to this world logical.
So if you find yourself in a hospital setting, be an advocate for yourself and family, be proactive in your care, ask questions, trust but verify the information that is given to you, and walk away from any practicing physician who is unwilling to discuss risks…
Trust me, there are many risks!
When it comes to preventing disease and hospitalization…
The Truth Is Conventional Medicine Has It All Wrong!
Take some time to look into:
The 1970’s Food Pyramid and the obesity epidemic that it ushered in.
The terrible impact of avoidance of sun exposure and the use of toxic products to block the absorption of the sun.
Cholesterol and Statins.
Salt and blood pressure.
Insulin and Diabetes.
For Decades, the conventional Medicine Guidelines have led to disastrous health consequences!
It's becoming more apparent that to restore health we should probably do the opposite of what the guidelines tell us.
This is where building a parallel health system is important.
If you really want to make an impact on your health, prevent disease, and live a longer and healthier life, then you should go to the experts.
This is where holistic, functional, and orthomolecular medicine comes in.
These disciplines:
View patients as being genetically and biochemically unique.
They personalize health plans that treat the individual and not just the disease.
These disciplines are deeply science-based with a deep understanding of how the body works.
They support the body’s innate intelligence to maximize self-regulation and normal healing mechanisms, naturally, rather than attacking disease directly.
It is Root Cause Medicine that seeks out the cause or mechanism of disease and not just the symptoms of a disease.
In these disciplines:
We find that we don’t need to treat disease.
We create health and when you create health, disease goes away as a side effect.
Optimizing your biological terrain is the secret to finally making an impact on the number one killer in the world.
and IT’S NOT HEART DISEASE, it’s a medical system that has failed to prevent disease and continues to push pharma-based therapies years after failing to identify the root cause of disease!
Bringing your body into balance is what prevents disease!
Rethink how you take care of yourself.
Heal Naturally!
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