"the two facets of medication"

during time there have constantly been opposing factors of view as to how to maintain correct fitness, or the way to regain it after having lost it. This warfare has persevered when you consider that ancient times ... and absolute confidence will hold well into the destiny. 
One 'facet' believes properly health is as a end result of outdoor intervention... capsules, surgical operationand so on. the opposite 'facet' believes
that suitable health outcomes from dwelling in harmony with naturalregulation... correct nutrients... cleanliness and many others. 

The historical Greeks had phrases for those groups of humans. As become regularly the case in the ones days every organization came beneath the umbrella of a 'god'. One was 'Asklepios'... the god of medicine, whose proponents recommended the 'intervention' approach. these people have been known as 'Asklepians'. people who believed that the secret of right health resulted from dwelling in harmony with nature appearedup to 'Hygeia'... Goddess of fitness. these people were called 'Hygeian'. 

Asklepians versus Hygeian 
both aspects tended to be vital of the other... not anything a great deal has changed over the a long time. modern mainstream western medicinal drug takes the 'Asklepian' method. however, in latest years the Hygeian approach which has always been the underlying precept behind chinese traditional medicinal drug has received a lot ground. The boom within the popularity of the 'Hygeian' approach is not any doubt because of a mixture of numerous factors: 

Dissatisfaction of conventional mainstream medicinal drug. 
increasing instances of medical 'misadventure'. (Hospitals are locations to live away from) 
focus that proper health is primarily a non-public duty... now not of overworked physicians. 
An growing cognizance that the scientific industry is quite encouraged by means of drug groups and that there are often better, safer and extra financial natural options to capsules. 

notwithstanding this justified 'swing' faraway from mainstream medicinal drug, mainstream medication does have a place in each person's fitness application ... aside from the apparent ones in treating twist of fateinstances or persistent urgent illness. So, in case you are already a 'Hygeian' do not over look the advantages that mainstream medication can offer to you for your normal quest for properly health and durability. 
these blessings are often in the early detection of a pending disease that you could no longer as but be aware about! 

An instance 
allow's anticipate which you are over 40 years of age... you are healthy, suit and now not obese. You consumewell, you don't smoke, don't drink excessively and infrequently get unwell. You probable assume that you will stay forever... well at the least into ripe antique age! proper? perhaps... or maybe no longer. 
replicate in this for a second. have you ever ever acknowledged every person around this age that has died all of sudden for your amazement due to the fact you notion they had been so healthful? That person may additionally even have been a aggressive athlete! 

allow me let you know a true story. 
about 15 years ago a chum of mine who turned into round 40, a former aggressive frame builder who becomestill in outstanding form and extremely fit become at a lake water-snowboarding. He changed into lookingsome younger water-skiers performing some 'hints'. 

Being the aggressive individual that he turned into he waited till they got here in and went all the way down to the waters edge and stated "Now, i'll show you the way to virtually do it". the ones have been the remaining phrases he ever uttered... a few minutes later he turned into mendacity on the floor useless of a massive coronary heart assault. 
My buddy died immediately. He could simply as effortlessly had a stroke which he can also or won't have recovered from... which could additionally were a major tragedy. 

Tragedies can often be avoided 
Tragedies like this occur every day and the effects are devastating now not handiest to the sufferers howeveralso their families, friends and cherished ones. alas, lots of these tragedies could have been prevented ... if extra humans had been aware about their danger elements and could accurate any abnormalities earlier than it turned into too late! 
Now again to the point of this tale. My friend died of a blockage in his artery. simplest takes one! If 15 years in the past the generation for measuring all of the 'predictors' which indicate your threat of such an occasionhad been available AND my buddy had understood what they meant he might probable nevertheless be displaying the ones young fellows how to do water-snowboarding tricks! 
what number of thousands of human beings are nevertheless demise needlessly due to the fact they do notknow a way to take advantage of modern era ... or, in a few instances are so against mainstream remedy that they do not take gain of the 'correct'parts! 
ok... what have to you do? 
initially, in case you are over 35 and feature no longer had a blood check within the previous few years ... arrange one... NOW! 
Get a trendy one, which checks for:

cholesterol. both LDL and HDL 
Triglycerides 
Homocysteine 
Lipoproteins 
Liver characteristic 
Renal feature 
Plasma Glucose 

in case you are a man over 40 make sure you also have a PSA. (Prostate specific Antigen) take a look at) hint: there is latest evidence that shows that when you have had intercourse inside the previous 72 hours your PSA stages can be affected. Play it secure and abstain for 2 - 3 days before your take a look at. 
irrespective of your gender ask your medical doctor if another tests are also recommended for you. If everytest is inside the ordinary range, it really is top notch, you could rest clean knowing which you are not going to be problem to any immediate fitness hazard. you could then direct your efforts towards enhancing the way you experience and slowing down your ageing manner. 
If any of your tests are strange you'll want to do something about bringing them returned to within 'everyday' degrees ... and likely be subject to more checks. it's far the remedy of any abnormalities from these blood assessments that create a capability struggle among 'Askelepians' and 'Hygeians'. 
here is an example of ability warfare 
shall we say your assessments display that your ldl cholesterol is 'out of whack', your 'mainstream' health practitioner may additionally first endorse decreasing your consumption of weight-reduction plan ldl cholesterol. it is not going to achieve success as ingested cholesterol handiest makes up a relatively small percent of blood cholesterol. 
they will next possibly suggest one of the ldl cholesterol decreasing capsules typically called 'statins'. these are tablets that paintings by means of blocking an enzyme that your liver needs to manufacture cholesterol. (as much as 80% of your blood ldl cholesterol is manufactured by way of your liver, now not from the ingestion of ldl cholesterol within your diet). 
those statin drugs are very effective and have been acknowledged to motive critical facet results which include deaths. In fact Bayers had been lately compelled to withdraw their statin drug from the marketplacearea due to 'unacceptable' degrees of fatalities. In spite of those dangers, sales of statin tablets amount to billions of dollars in step with yr and are normally prescribed. 
it is ironic that there are natural alternatives to these statin drugs that may help in lowering ldl cholesterol, and do it thoroughly, and with out facet outcomes. however most of the people hears little or no about them as they may be not patentable and there isn't always the economic incentive for the large company's to promote them. 
The equal precept applies for plenty unique ailments. There may be many legitimate methods of remedies. what's vital is that you are looking for out the natural alternatives and apply them earlier than agreeing to subject your self to the terrible facet consequences of pharmaceutical drugs. 
Pharmaceutical tablets are 'blockers' while natural remedies are 'enablers' 
Pharmaceutical tablets are 'blockers' and do no longer commonly heal the underlying sickness. They typicallywork by means of suppressing herbal capabilities along with certain enzymes which I mentioned earlierwhile giving the 'statin' instance. due to this system, effects are regularly 'immediate' and as such there may be once in a while a place for those powerful prescribed drugs in the case of life threatening emergencies. 
In contrast, herbal merchandise which include herbs, nutrients etc are 'enablers'. They paintings at correcting the purpose of the disease which is often a nutrient deficiency of a few sort. The results aren't instantaneous and have to be measured in weeks, or maybe months. 
if you have a critical sickness, work along with your physician to attempt to correct it... through first usingnatural remedies. If she or he isn't acquainted with the remedy you would love to attempt, do some furtherstudies and get maintain of supporting statistics so that you are in a higher position to talk about the alternatives intelligently. in case your medical doctor has a closed mind to herbal treatments it may be wiseto ask round and find some other certified medical doctor with an open thoughts.