CURE Quote
We’ve been trained to look to doctors for health advice. We take their diagnoses, their views of cause and cure as reality. But today’s doctors were never trained to make sense of the health problems we are now facing….Let’s face it, most of our medical professionals are struggling with health problems themselves. The majority of them have very little idea how our common, complex, and chronic disease states can be constructively addressed through lifestyle adjustments—particularly in the context of a culture that makes those lifestyle adjustments woefully difficult. Additionally, even if our conventionally trained medical professionals did have the training and background to effectively address the root causes of chronic disease, in the context of our current health-care system, they would probably not be much help. Currently, there’s no time (and no incentive) for most doctors to walk their patients through a thorough analysis of their health problems, much less present thoughtful, personalized, realistic solutions to the socially and environmentally entrenched challenges those patients are facing.
— Pilar Gerasimo, The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker’s Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World, 2020-
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Cures are better than Preventatives
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I am a Victim of Medical Apartheid
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My Body, my Mind, my Spirits, my Soul
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