Sustainable Medicine: Whistle-Blowing on 21st-Century Medical Practice

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"Dr. Sarah Myhills honest voice is a beacon of light and hope . . . she empowers the patient by offering a thoughtful road map . . . that ultimately leads to health and vitality."Dr. Nasha Winters coauthor of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer Sustainable Medicine is based on the premise that twenty-first century Western medicinedriven by vested interestsis failing to address the root causes of disease. Symptom-suppressing medication and polypharmacy have resulted in an escalation of disease and a system of so-called health care which more closely resembles disease care. In this essential book Dr. Sarah Myhill aims to empower people to heal themselves by addressing the underlying causes of their illness. She presents a logical progression from identifying symptoms to understanding the underlying mechanisms to relevant interventions and tests and tools with which to tackle the root causes. As Myhill writes Its all about asking the question why? Sustainable Medicine covers a wide range of symptoms including: Inflammation (infection allergy autoimmunity) Fatigue Pain Toxic symptoms Deficiency symptoms Hormonal symptoms Dr. Myhill also includes a toolbox of treatments for specific illnesses and ailments as well as a general approach to avoiding and treating all disease. Finally she offers a series of case histories to show how people have successfully taken control of their health and healed even in the face of the most discouraging symptomsall without the harmful interventions of 21st century Western medicine. "Dr. Myhill offers readers . . . . the tools to understand their symptoms and the mechanisms at play that give rise to them so that health care consumers can instead be empowered agents of their own well-being."Tom Cowan author of Human Heart Cosmic Heart