When you think about it, it's not really surprising - hospitals are filled with sick people, and you generally go there if you're not feeling well, which in turn makes you more vulnerable to contracting a communicable disease. Conventional medicine focuses on treating problems rather than preventing them. A doctor doesn't get paid by the insurance company for preventing an illness, but aside from giving advice, there is little that a doctor can do to help keep you healthy. According to the Center for Disease Control, up to 350,000 American patients every year contract potentially life-threatening infections from hospital visits.
In addition, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that every year, approximately 2,000 die from unnecessary surgery, 7,000 of medication errors, 20,000 from other errors, 80,000 of hospital-borne infections, and 106,000 from adverse but known side effects of medications.
Now, sometimes taking conventional medication or seeing a doctor is vital for survival - but you want to do everything in your power to keep hospital visits to an absolute minimum.
One of the most common - and tragic - traps that people fall into in regards to their own health is to pass off the responsibility for their own well-being onto others. Your health is your responsibility - not that of your doctor, your spouse or your children. You own your body, you choose what you put into it, and what you do with it. You can't control whether or not you will develop a condition or illness, but you control all the variables that can make that less likely and your suffering less acute.
Waiting until you have a problem before you start taking your health seriously is just asking for trouble. The health problems that you contract make it more difficult for you to start living healthier, which can create a nasty cycle that becomes difficult to break out of, particularly as you age.
Alternative medicine, nutrition and physical fitness are all effective approaches towards preventing hospital visits. The more consistently you take care of yourself, the easier that it becomes - even as the birthdays fly by. It can help to put together an action plan and a set of goals that you can track your progress on as you learn more about health.
You can drive a car until it falls apart, and buy a new one. You can't do that for your body. The human body is a highly complex system that requires good care to maintain proper functioning. The best ways to care for yourself don't involve drugs or doctors, but healthy eating, sensible nutrition and general caution.
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