Natural Health Entails Taking Personal Responsibility For One’s Health

The entire philosophy of natural health and healing contains some core principles. One of them entails taking personal responsibility for one’s own health, and this is discussed in the following article I first wrote and published on another website in 2008.

The original article could be seen to be rather harsh on medical doctors, and I have since softened my stance and toned down, hopefully embracing a more balanced position on medical treatment.

I have come to realize that there are some (perhaps many?) medical doctors who do take the effort to learn about diet, lifestyle as well as other aspects of health and subsequently educate their patients on these areas. Some even undergo further training in natural or alternative healing protocols and practice those methods in place of or in conjunction with medical treatments. Some medical doctors have also authored excellent books which have taught me a great deal about natural health and healing.

I salute these medical doctors.

Natural Health Principle No. 10 – Taking Personal Responsibility for Health

It is absolutely necessary for one to take personal responsibility for health to harness the full benefits of natural health and healing

You have to realize that nobody owns your state of health, and nobody has a larger stake in it, like you do.

Experiences with conventional medicine

How long do you have to wait for your appointment with your medical doctor, especially when it comes to specialists? How long does he spend talking with you and understanding your background and condition?

How interested does he sound? Is he caring? Is he sympathetic towards your pain and suffering? Or does he sometimes ignore you or say your pain is “all in your head” or all down to stress?

Does he seem like he knows how to treat and cure your condition? What solutions does he have to offer? Does it always revolve around drugs?

How many years have you been popping drugs and pills? Are you cured of your chronic condition? Or does it get worse? Are you paying a bomb for your medical consultation and medication?

Is your medical doctor arrogant and insist on you taking his prescribed drugs or treatment? Does he denounce everything outside his medical education as “unscientific”, “unproven”, “ineffective”, “useless”, “old wives’ tales” and / or “quackery”?

Are your visits to the doctor an educational experience? Are you frustrated with him? Do you learn how to take care of your body, how to be a healthier person? Does it work? Do you feel any better, any healthier, at all?

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