Defining And Describing “Natural Health”

Different people may have different ideas of what “natural health” and “natural healing” entail. In this article, which I had written and published on another website in 2008, I provided some broad ideas and concepts.

What is Natural Health? – Let’s Define It!

What is natural health? We want to increase natural health awareness. But perhaps we first need to define the term “natural health”.

In my opinion, health MUST be attained through natural means. In other words, health IS natural. Unnatural, chemical and invasive methods, such as drugs and surgery, are ways to MANAGE DISEASE – they don’t and CAN’T make you healthy. EVER.

In tackling the question “what is natural health?”, it is inevitable to arrive at the question of what natural is in the first place.

Examining “What is Natural Health?” — The Apple Analogy

For example, if I pluck an organically grown apple off a tree and ate it raw and fresh — that would be very natural. If the apple had been genetically modified to make it bigger, redder and sweeter, I wouldn’t consider it natural anymore. And if someone took the apple, processed it, added artificial flavoring and chemical preservatives, and then made it into a snack — that’s not natural either.

At the other extreme, if someone had gone into a lab and formulated an apple-like drink using purely chemicals and man-made artificial substances — that would definitely not be natural.

But what if I took the organically grown apples and put them through a juicer to produce a glass of delicious organic apple juice? Is that still considered natural? After all, the juice did not naturally come in that form, and a juicer is a man-made electrical device.

Similarly, taking some herbs, drying them, grinding them to powder, and then putting them into little capsules — is that natural too?

Bouncing on a mini-trampoline as a form of exercise — how natural is that? Trampolines don’t exist in nature.

Or, acupuncture — using needles to stimulate and improve blood and energy flow — is that natural? After all, needles are man-made.

The list of such examples could go on. Thus, in answering the questions “what is natural health?” and what is natural in the first place, it is clear to me that we have to be flexible and extend our definition beyond just what exists naturally on earth without human intervention. We have to expand our scope.

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