I do a lot of speaking and writing on the subject of natural health and medicine. Why? Because I care about humanity; and I’m appalled at the way my fellow-humans are treated like herd-animals by the medical establishment. Yet, my message often seems to fall on deaf ears. I believe there are two-reasons for this. First, when anyone starts speaking about medicine, or health care, most people think they aren’t smart enough to listen and benefit; and, second, those who do think they’re smart enough to listen to such information already think they know what is and what isn’t true, correct, real, possible, or accurate. In other words, the people I most want to help don’t think they’re smart enough to take responsibility for their own health; and the doctors who could easily grasp what I’m saying have no reason to try – because their businesses would in no way benefit from a comprehensive, public understanding of how the body actually works. There is a big difference in being in the public health care business and caring about public health. But what if someone told you that modern medicine has inherent, fatal flaws – and most of what your doctor “knows” about how the human body operates is simply wrong?

Modern medicine is primarily based on a reductionist view of biology – which has long been known to be a woefully inaccurate way of looking at life – and on the “germ theory of disease,” as put forth by Louis Pasteur (who later admitted that he was mostly wrong about his conclusions). In other words, your doctor’s office is built on a foundation of shifting sand; and it is only shored-up by the bags of money – and dead bodies – this dangerous system of health care was designed to generate. This may sound like a harsh indictment; but murder is murder. And, you can only claim ignorance for so long – especially when your entire business is supposed to be based on what and how much you know about human life. There are two simple examples I often share that highlight the need for deeper thought in the area of human health; and every doctor knows about these – whether they think about them, or not.

The first example is in the story of Louis Pasteur, a man we all know because of his work with vaccinations, sterilization, and “Pasteurization” of milk and other food products – along with his germ theory. There’s no doubt that Louis Pasteur was a good man who cared about people; and there’s no doubt that his contributions to the world are valuable. But, Louis Pasteur had a colleague named Claude Bernard, who didn’t completely agree with Pasteur’s findings about germs. Bernard’s opinion – which is held and supported by the most modern sciences on the planet – was that “terrain is everything.” In other words, germs cannot make a person sick unless the person’s body (terrain) supports illness. To prove this, Bernard drank a glass of water infected with cholera – and did not get sick! Bernard knew he didn’t get sick because he was healthy, had a strong immune system, and didn’t believe he had a reason to get sick. Pasteur said that his colleague was simply, “Lucky.” What the heck kind of science is that?! Luck? Luck is how Pasteur explained away Prima Facie evidence that germs alone wouldn’t make a person sick?

If you’ve ever been to the doctor’s office, or a hospital, you’ve seen additional evidence of Claude Bernard’s demonstration. Doctors walk around – all day every day – surrounded by, interacting with, touching and breathing the germs of, sick people; and they do it without getting sick. Seriously, who would want to be a doctor if germs could really make you sick? You need to think about this on your own if you have a religious trust of the medical/pharmaceutical establishment. And, while you’re at it, think about placebos, as well. » Read more: Mind-Body Health – Germs Don’t Make You Sick – “Terrain is Everything”