Never Too Late to Take Control of Your Health

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squarepeg — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:16:33 GMT

I believe that Dr Mercola is the leading health care professional in the world today, and this video is just another example of that. In casual chat mode, he easily sums up the most central, the most important, and the most fundamental health issues in the world today. He simplifies things for the layman, and motivates us to take charge of our own health. The greedy mega-rich drug industries, who all put profits before people, better watch out if people start looking after themselves, and start taking control of their own health!

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Shelly Dixon Moran — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:33:29 GMT

Witch doctor--you said too bad Happy Cow Creamery was in South Carolina. I'm just curious where you live. I am in North Carolina and am in the process of trying to find a raw milk source (illegal here). Have been sick all week, so not really working on it NOW, but soon...

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moo_203 — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:55:01 GMT

i take the krill oil that is on dr. mercolas site..but was thinking to myself if it would have been available to our cave-man ancestors which we are supposed to try and pattern our eating habits after.......i understand fish/fish oil would have been available but how on earth would they have gotten krill? just my thoughts........

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moo_203 — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:04:17 GMT

sarah its called traderspoint creamery. www.traderspointcreamery.com they make a good yogurt as well.

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Dr Rik — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:57:32 GMT

Most of the conversation here is about philosophy of life rather than healthy lifestyles per se.
That is exactly what is being robbed from many people. They are so misinformed they don't have the information to make choices the way you people can. If you have the knowledge, you can decide for yourself.
How we live our lives should be up to us, not Marketing Gurus or overzealous Government Legislators and Enforcers.
Dr. Rik Cederstrom D.C.

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Leesh — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:31:53 GMT

I totally understand this person's question. Unfortunately it's absolutely ridiculous for people to start aging when they do. My grandparents are both ready to die and they're only 75! We need to take out health into our own hands!!!!! However, what are we to do when there are people out there trying to take away our options and our rights?!

I have opted to see a midwife to help me with some hormonal imbalances, and to eventually deliver my baby (when I get pregnant). I took a ton of time to research and convince my husband this was the right road to take. I changed my insurance so I could see this midwife. She knew what she was talking about. She knew where to look... and now, the hospital across the street from her birthing center is trying to close her down!

Does anyone have any suggestions. I can't seem to find anyone else as gifted as she is...There are many women trying to do something to raise support, has anyone else experienced something like this? Is there a way to post something here?

Here's more information:
www.thewholewomaninc.com
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/may/12/midwife-disputes-health-allegations/

I am outraged! Too many doctors and hospitals are trying to make it harder for us to make our own decisions about our health!

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yogi — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:38:10 GMT

The elaborate purificatory processes (somewhat in the same direction as rational therapy), plus physical/mental prophylaxis, plus Nature cure, plus dietetics, plus control of the autonomous nervous system, plus harnessing & control of the bio-energy -- are a few of the sample techniques that are a part of hatha yoga towards the end of avoiding old age & death. I will reiterate once again that hatha yoga developed by the hatha yogins much later than the time when yoga was synthesized is very scientific. It is the only means to move on to the higher mental processes of meditation, etc. I do not think this is available in the US but if you can order a couple of books - you can judge for yourself whether this is all hocus pocus or the truth. http://www.yogainstitute.org/product_detail.php?id=30 http://www.yogainstitute.org/product_detail.php?id=21 I have just begun the journey with dietetics - for example - I do not consume any sugar, salt, oil or spices.

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Sarah Onisick — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:46:25 GMT

It is never too late. I am 64, and have steadily been making lifestyle changes over the past 10 years. I exercise, eat lots more fruits and vegetables, have cut back on medication, and try to eat grassfed beef when I can, otherwise it is hormone/antibiotic free meat. I have cut back tremendously on beef, and eat fish and chicken most of the time. I am try to find unpasteurized milk where I live, and have found low temperature pasteurized milk. Dr. Mercola, I have used your search engine, and cannot find anything on low temperature pasteurized milk.
I am hoping to get more information on this, as it is available to me.
I buy several of your products and am very happy with the results.

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W Joan — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:06:43 GMT

I'm 64 (female) and yes it's not to late to feel healthy again. 3 years ago I struggled daily to get out of bed, I caught everything that came down the pike. colds, bronchitis, flu, headaches, on and on but it has been over 3 years since I've even had a cold and I'm around a lot of sick people but I just don't catch much anymore. It is amazing what good food and good life style can do. You do have to alter your life style but If you exericise, eat right, drink right, sleep right and breath right it will do wonders for your health.

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Hmmmmm — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:49:52 GMT

What like about Dr. Mercola is that he offers concrete means for accomplishing many of the more visionary goals, Of course the vision is often food for the soul so to speak. Even better are hard core statistics such as follows:

Plan to Stick Around

Most of you (again I'm using the plural form of the word) are likely to be around to see the Singularity. The expanding human life span is another one of those exponential trends. In the eighteenth century, we added a few days every year to human longevity; during the nineteenth century we added a couple of weeks each year; and now we're adding almost a half a year every year. With the revolutions in genomics, proteomics, rational drug design, therapeutic cloning of our own organs and tissues, and related developments in bio-information sciences, we will be adding more than a year every year within ten years. So take care of yourself the old fashioned way for just a little while longer, and you may actually get to experience the next fundamental paradigm shift in our destiny.

Chart Graphics by Brett Rampata/Digital Organism

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Jmpratt — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:03:14 GMT

My mother is 86 and has Parkinson's with dimensia, so has little ability to make these decisions for herself. But I removed wheat from her diet and she dropped 20 pounds automatically--enough to get off continuous oxygen as her lung capacity expanded.

With good supplementation she has gotten off all hypertension medications and avoided any increase in her other meds for 2 years!

So even when you can't make all the changes you'd like, do everything you can. It definitely works better than you think.

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Mirto — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:33:40 GMT

Eat, drink, and be merry was my philosophy. If I could ever find that person, who came up with my old dangerous philosophy, for a meal, I would offer him pork, oysters, corn, bread, oysters, peanuts, soft drink, alcohol, fries, coffee and dessert with ice cream. Food would be cooked in vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil or any other oils high in Omega 6 and add a lot of regular table salt. For breakfast a lot of donuts with coffee with sugar and pasteurized and homogenized cream. Would give that person my microwave that I haven't used in years. Just some humor to make a point.

My story started with 7 days of not sleeping and then went through a 2 year period of a living hell and walking around like a zombie.

Then, slowly switched from spending over $3000 a years on pills, visiting doctor frequently, and still feeling lousy to spending $0 on pills, not visiting a doctor for health problems for going on 4 years now, and feeling great and vibrant, above and beyond my wildest expectations.

Here is a partial list of the background that brought me back from the dead. Ever hear of life without living that use to be me. Now I get up in the morning feeling great, with a lot of zest, and a positive outlook on life. I am full of energy all day, so I do a lot of things. In the winter I ski and from the top of the mountain and ski a lot of the difficult double diamond runs. I play accordion, do much research on health, give health talks, do fast individual and group type dancing at Accordion and other music festival. When people ask me how are you, I give them a truthful answer which is "Beyond Great". Even do that in the winter as I make sure to take my Vitamin D including Cod Liver Oil along with all my other supplements and eating beyond healthy. Oh, by the way I am 66 years old going on 30. Actually I feel better than I did at 30. I thank God every day for finding the w

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Rett — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:01:23 GMT

Moses lived 120 years and he died. His vision and strength had not weakened.
I know that even if I did everything perfect, someday I will die. The thing is, Dr. Mercola and people like him have taught me that today can be really great with lifestyle changes, a proper nutritional program and common sense exercise.
My husband is retired military and we can get most prescriptions filled free at the nearest military facility. He does. I don't. Even thought I am not in the best of health, I refuse to do that to my body. I did this to myself over many years time. I'm 61. I don't have the finances to see a real doctor. Our insurance will only pay for doctors who are on the TriCare Prime list. I had two doctors send me certified letters giving me 30 days to fine another doctor because I won't do the meds. I'm having problems with my heart. In Oct. 2007 I had a mild heart attack that lead to triple bypass. I'm not complaining about that because I begged God to make something happen to make me stop smoking. I have type 2 diabetes. I have severe plaque psoriasis over most of my body and I weigh over 200 pounds and I'm only 5 ft. 3/12 in. tall. I know what I should be doing and I am promising myself today to do better. I get excited when I read posts like Katybr55 who is doing it with a nutritional approach. I want to stop doing everything wrong and start doing what I know is right.. I am not able to purchase Dr. Mercola's books and other products but I come here and other alternative sites to learn how to change my thinking so I, too, can reverse all these problems. A thousand times, thank you, Dr. Mercola.