Parvati Magazine November 2013 | Page 17

NUTRITION Most drugs don’t really cure disease, they just mask the symptoms. Nowhere do they address the root of the problemhow it got there in the first place. Changing Our Approach to Health Slapping a temporary band-aid over high blood pressure, IBS or PMS is not the answer. Our current medical model only treats disease once we have been diagnosed. In essence, we “manage” disease. But what are we doing to prevent and educate? nutritional medicine and managing our stress naturally. Many tragic premature deaths could be prevented simply by getting in touch with our nutritional needs rooted in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and herbs and addressing stress naturally through yoga, meditation and other alternative healing modalities. Plant-Based Nutrition Now, I’m not suggesting that all medicine and all medical professionals are bad or useless. There is a time and place for drug therapies and pharmaceuticals are required in appropriate cases. Choosing a primarily plant-based diet and reducing our meat and dairy consumption is just one simple, and yet effective way we can get back to our roots and start now to prevent disease later. Incorporating local, fresh organic fruits and vegetables, raw nuts and seeds and legumes into our daily diets is as close as we can get to our ancestors’ way of nourishment and natural healing. But I do believe that much of the disease and conditions that many of us suffer from today could be avoided by utilizing No, we don’t have to be extremists in the way we eat or become an entire nation of vegetarians (the reality is that some of us really do require animal protein for survival and thriving health). But the alarming rates of cancer and obesity is a clear indicator that what we have been eating is not working and our processed, nutrient devoid diets are slowly killing us. It’s true we have evolved as a race and the times, oh how they have changed. But why w ???)?????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????)?????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????)??????)%?e??????????????????)?????????????????)??????????????????)????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????)????????5????9????)???????())??????I?????????I9 @??I=!@?????? ????????9??????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????A5L???????????????????)??????????!???????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????e?????????????)?????????????????????)????????????? ??!???????????5?5????)U??????????????????? ????????? ???????e?]????????]?????????!????)A??????????????????????????????????%??????????!???????9???????)???????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????((