Medicine today teaches doctors what drug to use to deal with certain symptoms

Instead of showing them how to support your body’s natural healing powers

It’s a bloody scam
So much ancient healing knowledge has been simply discredited by the scientific community

for the sake of profits

And its a shame

This doesn't apply to the life saving technologies that have come with the advancement of medicine

Of course
The point is your body is more powerful than you've been lead to believe

Many doctors are true healers and have woken up to the unfortunate state their profession is in

They realize that the human health isn't just based on winning the genetic lottery
What you eat

The environment you live in

The exercise you do

All of these things are positive inputs that allow you to activate your body's self healing machine

It's time to empower patients

Help them learn how their body works

That's how they heal
It's time to pull corporate interests out of Medical education

and start doing what's best for the people

They deserve to know

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Even me, the “Health Guy”

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Or playing a video game

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That’s how I used to feel. 24/7.

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You start to age faster

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Quatrefolic (folate)
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B12
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