Portland Observer, June 12,1986, Page 7 STEWART CLEANERS Healthwatch by Steven Bailey, N. D- and l a s i week in Healthwatch we pre­ sented a view o f some o f ihe inade­ quacies o f our conventional medical sysiem. Thai form o f medical care is characterized by: highly centralized hospital systems, a scarcity o f neigh­ borhood doctors, increased health­ care costs, impersonal doctor-patient encounters, and an increase in the acceptance and use o f toxic medicines with unknown mechanisms o f action and numerous side-effects. Central to the failure o f modern- day medicine is an attitude about health and disease which is nur­ tured by conventional physicians. It is an altitude that we grew up with, but it is by no means a universal one, nor is it the historical or traditional out­ look. The conventional attitude is that we “ catch” germs, that we are “ victim s" o f cancer, that we "get sick.” And the flip side o f that very same idea is the one which says that we go to a doctor to “ get cured,” thereby fostering a system o f de­ pendence. • This attitude works against health rather than for it. Wholistic doctors and naturopathic physicians in par­ ticular, view the individual in a d iffe r­ ent light. We share with our patients a goal o f positive wellness, not just the dulling o f pain or Ihe disappear­ ance o f symptoms. Positive wellness means healthy lives that are mean­ ingful and harmonious (a step be­ yond just not being sick). The biggest factor in staying healthy is being able to cope with the stresses o f our lives. It is a well known fact that our most pervasive health prob­ lems are related to stress in one way or another. The body’s immune sys­ tem, which is suppressed by the pres­ ence o f chronic stress, is unable to identify and ward o ff illness. Illness is caused mostly by environ­ ment, lifestyle, and a complex array o f emotional and psychological in­ fluences. We are not really at the mercy o f a multitude o f germ and bacterial forces who we have to con­ stantly defend ourselves against. Ra­ ther we must focus our attention upon our susceptability to disease, which means listening closely to our daily rhythms in work and relationships. We must increase our capacity to care for ourselves and those around us, so that we are less susceptable to the mental, emotional, and physical stresses that we face. How important is lifestyle to health? There was a study done at U C LA recently, where 11,000 adults were measured up against seven “ old fashioned” health habits: regular meals, breakfast each day, normal body weight, 7-8 hours' sleep at night, moderate drinking, regular exercise, and no smoking. The study found (and it ’s no sur­ prise) that the more habits like these you followed, the more healthy you were. A 45-year-old person with 3 o f these habits has an aserage o f 21.6 years left in their life. And, at the same age but with 7 o f Ihe gixxt hab­ its, you'd have 33 years o f life remain­ ing. Some simple lifestyle changes can promote health in a big way. A wholistic outlook sees health as a process, that is, a continual move­ ment along a path. We are always balancing ourselves along this path, leaning to one side at a time, always shifting and rebalancing ourselves. A wholistic doctor, by using natural substances that support your fx x ly ’s ability to regain balance (or health) is following the age-old methods that have been on this planet fo r thou­ sands o f years. Traditional healing practices such Preliminary studies show for the first time that vitamin B-6 relieves painful body cramps caused by sickle cell anemia, an ARS chemist says. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blixxl disease affecting approximately 5O,(XK) Black Americans. Victims suffer debilitating attacks o f cramps, especially when under day-to-day stress, and often require hospitaliza­ tion. Robert D. Reynolds, a co-researcher in the studies, cautions that vitamin B-6 is not a cure for the disease Indis­ criminate use o f high doses o f the vitamin may lead to serious nerve damage, he says. After observing a vitamin B-6 deficiency in all sickle cell anemia patients they studied, Reynolds and Clayton L. Natta, o f Columbia U ni­ versity, New York, carried out tests o f the vitamin over the past year and a half at Columbia University affiliated hospitals in New York. Natta direct­ ed the vitamin dosages and blood sampling and Reynolds performed the laboratory analyses. The researchers cited the case o f one patient with a history o f being hospitalized by sickle cell anemia at­ tacks about once every two months. But, while taking daily B-6 supple­ ments for a year, the patient needed no hospital care. as the use o f herbs, adjusting the daily diet, use o f hot and cold, fasting, homeopathy — all are wholistic in exit look. Conventional medicine, on the other hand, is not wholistic. It focuses, rather, on areas o f the body in a highly invasive and technological way, with little regard for the in tri­ cate interplay o f lifestyle, nutritional status, emotional changes, or even spirituality. Prevention o f major illness lies mostly in our ability to Dry Cleaning Special transform our daily life. The most ef­ fective things we do have little or nothing to do with medical science as we know it. D r Ladd and Dr. Bailey are N a­ turopathic physicians at the Cascade Clinic, 819 N. hillingsworth. 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