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I often wish that our medical field would focus more on the root causes of issues, rather than treating the symptoms.
I'm not sure that diet and such should always be the primary focus though. Although often that can mitigate quite a number of issues, and even eliminate some.
Perhaps we've just been ignoring it for so long that we're starting to swing back in that direction, and in some cases give it too much credit. I'm not sure that we can even really know how to properly treat illnesses though, because we have ignored the basics of nutrition for so many years. It's like trying to do a scientific study without eliminating contributing factors. We can't really know how to properly deal with something when half of what we were dealing with was caused by an issue that could have been solved by a healthier lifestyle.
I understand... I think what you'll learn from my posts is that it is a combination of many lifestyle factors but diet indeed is profoundly important, especially when you are healing. The body systems and the microbiome that keep us healthy need nutrients from from whole, unprocessed food in order to do their job. If they aren't getting that the body will suffer, if the body suffers the mind will suffer.
I was just thinking yesterday about what effect all these chemical preservatives have on the microbiology of the human digestive tract. There are various things in tons of sodas and juices to keep any bacteria from growing in them, so what does that do to the ones in your stomach and intestines? I'm sure some have done studies on various ones...
I'm not a biologist though, so I don't really feel like looking them up myself. :P
I think I actually almost completely avoid them myself anyway, just because I don't like most of the worst offenders. I don't drink juice much and tend to get organic and 100% juice, no preservatives.
We definately need more Dr's (PHD's & MD's) looking into this stuff.