At the pace the world is going, it is easier to forget about the basics. With the corporate world’s view of humans as nothing more than resources to be exploited, the inversion of the natural order becomes reality.
Of course, medicine and doctors are a crucial and essential part of our lives. However, they are just part and parcel of a very broad health aspect. If we truly want to achieve universal health, we must be holistic in our approach, not merely allopathic. Needless to say, the primary focus should be more on prevention of disease by any means necessary.
It should be about empowering the masses with knowledge and skills on how to remain healthy and avoid illness and disease. It should be about entrenching this knowledge into everyday habits that promote good physical, mental and emotional health. The priority should be to ensure fewer sick people, and the interventions should be inclusive, prioritising natural remedies when possible. It should be about promoting good dietary habits, exercise and a healthy conscious lifestyle.
Moreover, one would think that people who have managed to send a rocket to Mars would have found cures for most diseases or solved hunger and poverty by now. Instead, there is a complete contrast between technological advancement and some of the things that matter in everyday life.
At this point, with everything that is going on in the world, one is inclined to think that finding a cure may not be business sound. Therefore, those who may be lucratively profiting from the crisis may have no interest in the cure. Meanwhile, human life shall continue to suffer greatly, while the stock market keeps surging.
With all that said, while we continue to ponder this very subject, we can no longer begin to chart a new path. Instead of simply whining, corrective action should instead be our resolve. We may not have the power or the resources to change the status quo, but we can start by reclaiming our power.
It is time to look at our health the same way or more than we see our monetary and economic wealth. Truly speaking, without good health, all other wealth would be of no value. Moreover, we must be conscious that most of our health depends on what is on our plates, the information we consume, and our physical state of health. 90 years ago, 90% of the diseases we have today did not exist.
Proportionally, 90% of the “food” we eat today did not exist either. Therefore, for a transformative turnaround, this may be the starting point for understanding what real food is and getting rid of what is not. With this alone, we may see half of today’s diseases disappear, less crowded hospitals, and fewer people on long-term prescriptions.
*Uncommon Sense is published in the New Era with contributions from Karlos Naimwhaka. YouTube channel: Karlos Lokos.
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