Just Say NO to Big Pharma
I generally don鈥檛 feel 鈥渙ld鈥� until I take inventory of what seems to be the overwhelming majority of people in my general age range who are permanently on at least one pharmaceutical drug. I know people on drugs for high blood pressure, cholesterol, chronic pain, depression, fibromyalgia, asthma, thyroid, arrhythmia, sleep disorders, hormone imbalance, and the list goes on鈥�
Certainly, all these conditions are worthy of being addressed. The question is what is the best way to address them long-term? It can certainly be argued that symptomatic drugs are the easiest and most convenient way, assuming one can afford them, but are they the best way for those wishing to actually heal and regain a drug-free life?
In my opinion and experience, medical doctors are trained to match a drug with a diagnosable symptom or condition. As I have stated in previous columns, Raymond Franceus, in his book 鈥淣ever Be Sick Again,鈥� describes that according to his research there is no such thing as a disease. He explains that at the cellular level, all so-called diseases are malfunctioning cells, because they are either malnourished or overloaded with toxins. That said, let us allow for either view: The unique disease or the underlying universal malfunctioning cell. In either case, we have a choice whether to apply a chemical-based drug therapy to alleviate the symptoms or to look deeper into behavioral choices that may effect real and lasting change.
Real and lasting change? Glad you asked. Yes, but at what 鈥渃ost鈥�? The cost is to the ego, the belief system, and often the suspicion and criticism of friends and family. Real change requires courage and commitment. The question is, how much?
Well, it appears that research in recent years is bringing to light a concept that is by no means new to the human race, but may be stunningly new to the American public. This is known as The Placebo Effect. While it is entirely possible, you may have heard that term, you probably aren鈥檛 aware of the extent to which the concept may empower you to literally heal yourself. The Placebo Effect can alternatively be called The Belief Effect, as it is by leading biological researcher, speaker, and author Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of 鈥淭he Biology Of Belief.鈥�
Many of us have loosely heard of the mind-body connection, but Mr. Lipton, and much of the sound scientific study he references, demonstrates that this power, which we all have, is monumentally underrated. Mr. Lipton has explained on a more general level that although we are indeed all born with genes that contain a measure of a 鈥渄estiny code,鈥� what we do and believe is far more powerful than what we are born with in predicting the expression of those genes.
This is why in correctly managed placebo studies it is common rather than the exception to find the sugar pills as even more effective than the actual drug. It is the patient蘑菇视频 confidence and belief in the drug and the person administering it that produces the mindset that unleashes the enormous power of the human mind over its cellular machine (body). You may infer the reverse as well: If a person believes they must have a certain drug to be 鈥渉ealthy,鈥� then they will indeed create in their body a perceived need for that chemical cocktail.
This placebo effect has been largely dismissed in the conventional medical world, according to Dr. Lipton and others, presumably because the billion dollar drug and medical industry (make no mistake that it IS an industry) does not profit from people who heal themselves. I can hear calls of 鈥渃onspiracy theory鈥� building up in the back of the room. Thing is, a 鈥渢heory鈥� is something without sound proof; this claim is backed by decades of scientific studies. Just because they have not gotten play on major news programs, does not make them less true. Many or most drug effectiveness studies are conducted by and funded by drug companies.
One would have to be wearing some pretty rosy glasses to dismiss the possibility that they might not go out of their way to publish results that prove a sugar pill to be as good or better than their pill (as they say in Pittsburgh, 鈥淛usayin'鈥�). In fact, it has been reported that most doctors are not trained to even consider the placebo effect. The very fact that a man or woman in a white coat says something will make you 鈥渂etter鈥� is more than enough for many people to receive real benefit. Imagine if all the white-coats suddenly started preaching that green leafy vegetables are the single most powerful healer you can digest. I鈥檇 be willing to bet my next year蘑菇视频 salary that people in unprecedented numbers would start eating salads every meal, and drug sales would plummet. Sigh 鈥� for now it will have to be lowly newspaper columnists and outrider authors standing in the medical 鈥渇ree speech zones,鈥� speaking to whoever will bend an ear (and mind) to hear us.
I highly recommend a reading of the chapter on The Placebo Effect in Bruce Lipton蘑菇视频 book referenced above. It could literally change your life if you choose to believe. I also recommend perusing YouTube for videos of speaking events with him and a favorite collegue, Gregg Braden. Gregg has some very intriguing complimentary information on the vibration of thought, and how it is a measurable energy. In fact, we are all energy at the most elementary level, so changing thought energy literally changes what and who we are mentally and physically. His research is 100 percent compatible and supports the Belief Effect.
Until next time, try to learn at least one new thing a day, and be gentle and patient with yourself.