An In-Depth Discussion On Natural Health And Healing

Discussing the term “Natural Health Alternatives”

Strictly speaking, when describing natural health modalities, I don’t like to use the phrase “natural health alternatives”. This is because “alternative” implies inferiority or non-acceptance, something which I totally disagree with.

On the contrary, I feel that, in the realm of chronic and degenerative diseases, natural health is far superior to drugs and many of modern medicine’s mindless methods.

In my opinion, perhaps the only thing that modern medicine is better in is emergency situations; I’ll have no qualms rushing to a hospital if I’m hit by a bus or shot using a gun.

Unfortunately, as long as there is money to be made, there will be frauds, cheats and exaggerated claims; this applies to every single arena, including modern medicine, natural health, politics, religion, and even the social sector. Much of the good name of natural and “alternative” health has thus been spoiled and tainted by such opportunists.

But, make no mistake, many of the good things one can do to naturally improve one’s health, can be done for free. No one, for example, can make a cent off you by asking you to drink more water, or exercise more, or manage your stress, or get more sunshine.

Isn’t Natural Health unscientific or unproven?

One of the greatest criticisms which can be leveled at natural health modalities is that they are “not scientific”, not scientific enough, or unproven. In other words, there is a lack of credible research, studies and statistics to back them up. To be honest, this is often true. But there are reasons.

Firstly, natural health and healing relies a lot on common sense. Somehow, some human beings believe they are smarter than God himself, so much so that common sense is often thrown out of the window.

For example, I simply cannot believe it when I read supposed expert opinions or research which claim that diet and lifestyle are not causes of cancer and some other serious diseases. I find this incredulous.

This is a very dangerous viewpoint to spread, because it absolves individuals of personal responsibility, and promotes self-destroying and defeatist mindsets such as “too bad, just my luck, there is nothing I could have done to prevent or cure this anyway”.

To be honest, I feel I don’t even have to explain how flawed such opinions are.

Secondly, natural health modalities operate very much based on known or carried down information, which is not presented in the way that modern science demands “scientific” information, studies or research be carried out.

“Science”, you see, has been defined by the modern scientific community, and modern medicine as we know today has only been around for a couple of centuries at most. Just because it is the conventional authority today does not mean it can declare everything from the past as “unscientific” or “quackery”; it cannot just wipe out thousands of years of experimentation, documentation, practice and knowledge just like that.

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