While perusing the web, I came across a nutrition blogger/registered dietician who incorporates videos in her posts. The title alone drew me in. Natalie outlines the difference between taking pills and being proactive by taking an extra step to live more healthily. Her entire practice is based on using nutrition as a means to heal. She also writes articles for various magazines, websites, and books. Within the context of her lecture, she highlights the fact that most people self-diagnose health-related issues and automatically assume that pills are the antidote. Although in some cases they may be correct, many of the issues they tend to be facing are due to a lack of proper nutrition. She compares not receiving adequate sleep to not consuming a balanced diet. They both have similar consequences, such as headache, fatigue, etc. Natalie refers to nutrition as a preventative method to health issues and states that conventional medicine has become preoccupied by taking a pill. For the majority, I agree with her argument. I have become a strong believer in holistic therapy and I don't think medication is always the best solution. So I'd like to open this topic up for discussion… Should we focus on underlying factors such as poor nutrition, or do you think that taking a pill is the sole remedy?
Sources:
Butler, Natalie. "NUTRITIONBYNATALIE.COM."NUTRITIONBYNATALIE.COM. Nutritionbynatalie.com, 2007. Web. 24 Jan. 2014.
Butler, Natalie. "Nutrition vs. Conventional Medicine." YouTube. YouTube, 21 Sept. 2007. Web. 24 Jan. 2014.
I agree with your point. I also think that the nutrition is better than medicine. It is because that medicine can also bring some other reaction to people. Nutrition is more health, people need to use safe and health way to take care about ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI think it is important to address poor nutrition instead of just taking medicine for anytime you have a problem. Many medicines have dangerous side affects, but the only side affect of good nutrition is being healthy.
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