Today I stumbled across a Facebook post on my feed attacking a woman who was advertising her essential oils practice for an upcoming Alternative Health Expo. I put in my two cents defending her and was immediately attacked by several degree carrying individuals that were sure I was a complete fool for believing that even a shred what she was doing had anything beneficial to anyone besides herself.
I went on to explain that my position on how I feel with mainstream healthcare in the USA (a terrible system) and provided several supporting examples of how alternative healthcare practitioners are a superior choice. This was met with the old argument that no peer-reviewed medical journals have ever supported claims that acupuncture, reiki, and other forms of holistic treatment have any actual benefit to human health. I maintained my composure, however, as people continued to slam me with offensive and empty comments, usually having nothing to add to the conversation.
Those that did respond with logic were very quick to point out that ONLY those who complete a decade or so of post-high school education may be doctors and that there was no science to support these alternative practices. They were all convinced that mainstream doctors are the ultimate authority on human health. I completely lost them when I starting talking about chakras and muscle testing techniques. I was completely out of my element; these people (mostly young 30s somethings in Grand Junction, CO) were so caught up in their own cognitive dissonance; they are so accustomed to seeing people eat garbage and feeling like shit all the time, that trying to explain to them that their own body has energy and is capable of healing itself was like explaining theoretical physics to my cat.
My argument is very simple. The medical industry in the USA is a system for generating massive profits; it is not a health-care system at all. Doctors are paid for procedures rather than results. The American Medical Association has artificially created a shortage of quality care in this country, which has greatly inflated the price for a doctor's time. Then the cost of drugs is insanely inflated for obscene profits. They are able to maintain this crooked system through means of an elaborate system of chemically and genetically adulterated food and water, with the mass marketing of pharmaceutical drugs, combined with the public misinformation of what actually makes you healthy. This has created an epidemic of the likes we have never before seen. This is depopulation happening in real time! This is why you should get out of the mainstream health care system!
What then? Take care of yourself. The body does not need help healing; it just needs you to stay out of the way. If you need guidance, seek out a holistic healer or alternative practitioner. This person is someone who is gifted (not necessary educated in the American indoctrination system) in healing and can help guide you to a path of healing and well-being. See we're not supposed to be sick, you and me, until just before we die when our time has expired. You don't need an assigned doctor to monitor your blood (you can do that on your own) and sell you toxic drugs; you don't need a health insurance policy (not to be confused with accident insurance). You DO need to stop poisoning your body with chemicals and radiation; you DO need to start purging the shit that with which you have already poisoned yourself. Then you need to start putting good things in your body - like healthy fats and starches, and a full spectrum of vitamins and minerals from the earth and plants. That's it!! Easier said than done of course - that's another topic.
What do you think? I hold Steemians to a higher standard than I do Facebook users, so what do you Steemians think? Am I out of my tree here?? What do you think about the healthcare system in the USA? Do you think I am crazy for avoiding health insurance and a mainstream doctor? How healthy do you think I am after reading this? Is this bullshit?