To live longer, you
must unlearn what you have previously
learned, that is, letting go of all your preconceptions related to all the hows
and the whys of living longer. Remember, the knowledge you are currently
possessing may have been generated by the futile and the limited material world
you are living in.
Life itself is a sacred journey
involving change, growth, and self-discovery. Knowledge is empowering, but it
has to be distilled by true human wisdom. Therefore, to deepen your love of
health, you should seek not just knowledge but also wisdom in order to expand
your vision and stretch your soul so that you may stay both physically and
spiritually healthy. Your knowledge and wisdom may provide you with meaning and
direction to reach the destination of your journey.
Unlearning
Pharmaceutical Drugs
As we age, our self-made energy
from the food we have consumed over the years begins to decline, and this is
evidenced by our difficulty or inability to cope with the stressors of life.
These stressors may have come in many different forms, such as overexposure to
sunlight, polluted air, contaminated water, and a host of other lifestyle
factors of modern life. After decades of abuse and misuse, our choices—whether
we have made them knowingly, or they have been imposed unwittingly on
ourselves—begin to take their toll, resulting in the development of chronic
conditions and degenerative diseases. To add insult to injury, our metabolic
slowdown that comes with the natural process of aging makes it even more
difficult to maintain our health and energy.
To deal with our health issues,
many of us may desire a quick-fix, and thus turning to pharmaceutical drugs,
which are toxic chemicals that address the symptoms but without removing the
causes of the health conditions.
Unfortunately, unsafe and toxic
pharmaceutical drugs are prevalent. This is an indisputable fact! Unreliable
drug tests abound in the medical and the pharmaceutical research communities.
Drug tests prior to their FDA approval may not be reliable due to the following
reasons:
· Pharmaceutical companies may often influence
medical researchers, through coercion, incentive, and even threat, to produce
the desired results in clinical trials. There have been many cases of data
fabrication in clinical trials of drugs in order to facilitate their intended
applications.
· Clinical trials usually involve a small number of
people, and may not truly reflect the outcome of those who
will ultimately be using those drugs after their approval by the FDA.
· Drugs tested on animal models may be biased and
even irrelevant. An artificially-induced disease in non-human animals may not
yield results relevant to a spontaneous, naturally-occurring human disease.
The truth of the matter is that
unsafe pharmaceutical drugs are rampant. There can be no absolute safety of any
pharmaceutical drug. That explains why pharmaceutical companies often save
their skin with a barrage of warnings of possible and potential side effects.
If a drug does not kill you, its many side effects might. In fact, many people
actually die every year from drug complications, drug overdoses, or
inappropriate drug combinations. Does it make good sense to be drug-free?
Given its very toxic nature, do
not readily reach out for any over-the-counter drug without any second thought;
even for any prescription drug, you should be extra cautious before taking it.
Stephen Lau
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