The Roots of Our Unhealthy Nation

Our nations health problem is not going away. No matter what health care reform is instituted, if we don't break the link between pharmaceutical companies, fertilizer companies and big agri-business and start producing food that is actually nutritious, using nutrition as a prevention of disease, and stop belittling people who use natural health care solutions, we will continue to produce disease and chase it with drugs. Our nations health will continue to spiral downward.

In an article "Economic Slavery: Food, Fertilizers and Pharmaceuticals" written in 2007, Nkrumah Lucien drives this truth home in a factual and somewhat startling expose of how these elements are all linked keeping us all enslaved economically to the pharmaceutical companies.

I usually don't editorialize, just print the facts, but this really has me upset. In his book "The Betrayal of Health", Joseph D. Beasley, M.D. sites case studies as far back as 1964. His studies were done on poor people who couldn't afford a wide range of foods. Their poor nutrition had led to many health problems even some resembling mental retardation. When given a proper diet, no medical treatment was necessary to restore their health.

A few medical doctors are beginning to focus on prevention through natural means, but as far as the overall health of our nation goes, the pharmaceutical companies still rule. Food can't be patented, herbs can't be patented, so they aren't profitable to big pharma and unfortunately they subsidize the medical schools. It's up to every individual to decide if they want to take care of their own health through diet and lifestyle, or if they want to take the medical treatments subsidized by the government.