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The well-known inventor Thomas Edison once said “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the reason and prevention of disease.”

A number of people view natural alternative health remedies as a provisional fascination that will fade into the sunset over time while others perceive alternative health treatments as the way of the future. But the idea that they may lead the way seems the more plausible of the two theories, with pre-emptive medicine replacing that of reactionary medicine.

One of the great myths about alternative natural remedies has been there is no firm scientific evidence confirming the efficiency of natural treatments. To dismiss this all one has to do is pick up any credible natural health reference manual or naturopathic medicine manual. And in spite of the attempts of many major pharmaceutical companies continuing to marginalize the use of alternative natural remedies they carry on to develop medicines based on the extremely natural treatment that they wish to harm the reputation of.

Lets assume that John is an abstract individual. John is already on a plenty of medications and goes for his annual physical only to find that he got high cholesterol. His doctor tells him he really should quit smoking and then gives a prescription for a statin medication and asks John to come back in four weeks for a follow up. In the subsequent tests it is shown that the statin has crashed Johns cholesterol too low resulting muscle aches and pain. The doctor makes the wanted adjustment in dosage and suggests mild pain relievers if pain continues.

Now let’s perform the naturopathic approach. John hasn’t smoked for a long time due to the advice of his natural health expert. He uses exercise as a moderate tool to help him relieve stress and boost immune system functionality. Upon testing high for cholesterol levels his doctor suggests eating fish a couple of times a week and reducing his intake of saturated fat to under 10 percent of total calories and suggests a fish oil supplement. He tells John that diet modification should bring his high cholesterol numbers down but tells him there are a number of natural remedies available if required.

If you consume a high cholesterol high fat diet, don’t exercise, smoke, are overweight, and are constantly bombarded with stress chances are you will likely be very unhealthy. This will ultimately lead to numerous conditions and medicines being suggested, as is the case with John. And quite honestly the use of alternative natural health remedies likely wouldn’t do much good anyway, since they are most effective as a part of an overall approach that includes diet, exercise, and supplementation. In other words alternative natural health remedies should be exercised in addition to a healthy lifestyle rather than an instrument to continue to make unhealthy lifestyle actions.

The two examples above are the push and pull involved. The question is does the use of prescription medication caused bad behavior or is a necessary tool in the struggle against disease? The answer likely falls anywhere in the middle, leading us back to the debate about the usefulness of alternative homeopathic remedies.

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