I trust this doctor….not really.

Many people want to know why I avoid going to healthcare “experts” – including, but not limited to doctors as a matter of principle . . . my reasons have a far greater depth than merely, “you don’t believe in doctors,” as one college student, among a class with which I was sharing, exclaimed, which is not true. What I do believe is NOT depending upon doctors and prescriptions. I believe in doctors for

medical emergencies when that is the direction I feel guided.

This morning, in my inbox, was a perfect scientific explanation of why my doctor avoidance is based on a vitally healthy principle. What follows is an excerpt from the monthly letter of a scientist, well-known for cell research. The article is about the “why” of “side-effects” from prescription drugs. If you want the entire letter, I’ll send it to you, along with a link so you can subscribe (it’s free, both from him and me).

[begin quote] The intelligent mechanisms of the body provide for the specific distribution of hormones and neurotransmitters (signals) within each organ system. Regulatory signals are released with precise regulation within each location in the body. In contrast, pharmaceutical agents introduced into the body, either by ingestion or injections, become systemic, meaning they are not localized to the specific site the drug is intended to influence. Problems arise when different organ systems use the same signal to engage different functions. Consequently, the systemic distribution of pharmaceutical drugs intended to influence the function of organ A may inadvertently control a different function in organ B. Hence the concept of unintended “side-effects.”

Wait a second…is the quoted text from a doctor?

As an example, the estrogen hormone is used as a signal molecule in mediating a woman’s reproductive system and emotions. Until recently, estrogen analogs were used to alleviate emotional imbalances of women experiencing menopausal duress. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was designed to bypass a women’s reproductive system directly to countermand menopausal emotional distress.

However, the same estrogen molecule is also used in both males and females to control blood flow in the heart and the brain. While the pharmaceutical introduction of estrogen was designed to offset the emotional consequences of menopause, its systemic distribution “unintentionally” disturbs cardiac and neural blood flow resulting in heart attacks and stroke. These life-threatening influences were originally trivialized as “side-effects.” The term “side-effect” is actually a euphemism to redirect consciousness away from the unintended dangers of a medication. In truth, these dangers are NOT side-effects, they are direct-effects! [Emphasis added] (End excerpt).

In Freedom,

Brad

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