3/13/10 (2) - "Prescription Drugs No More! How To Eliminate Them..

Michael Cutler, M.D. - (www.) "Easy Health Options" (tm) - "Nature & Wellness Made Simple" - Feb. 2010 - "The overuse of prescription drugs is a quickly growing epidemic. As a doctor, I don't mind prescribing medications to a patient for the short-term (like a pain-reliever after an accident or an antibiotic for an acute bacterial infection). However, what I do mind is polypharmacy (too many medications) like I see in many elderly patients. They're taking too much, plain and simple.  In fact, I recently met a female patient who was prescribed a staggering 17 medications for her problems. She was doing what she was told--following the instructions of her doctors. It's a huge problem when doctors prescribe too many drugs. Another huge problem?  The chronic use of drugs for conditions that can be treated or managed through the power of natural alternatives and nutrient-rich whole food nutrition."... "Lowering Your Blood Pressure Naturally"... "You can start by removing foods that are low in nutrient density from your diet. These include packaged, sugary, greasy, and highly preserved foods like fast foods and sodas. You'll want to replace them with nutrient-rich whole foods, including raw foods. In general, these are the leafy and colored vegetables and fruits, with less of of the starchy vegetables."... "In addition to eating nutrient-rich foods, it is important to bring the amount of raw food consumption to over 50% of your diet. Raw whole foods have higher levels of fibre, nutrition, enzymes and antioxidants than of cooked foods."... "Finally, you can take herbal medicines to help regulate your blood pressure. You can get advice on these at your local health food store. They'll guide you to the best brands of the following: Hawthorne berry: Ginkgo biloba: Dandelion leaf tea; Fresh ginger tea (6 thick slices of ginger; bring to a boil in 2 C water: cool, add stevia. And, fish oil to reduce heart problems."... "A terrible trigger for arthritis. Refined Sugar"... "Natural herbs can help fight pain and rebuild your joints.  Bromelain; SAMe; Alfalfa; Boswellia extract; Tumeric root (curcumin); Capsicum; Devil's Claw root; Ginger extract; Nobiletin; Amur Corktree; Stinging nettle leaf extracts; Willow bark; Korean angelica; and, Keratin."..."Grampa John"