Freedom to pursue natural healing

For several months the national debate has focused on healthcare reform. Prior to this national focus, the growing loss of health freedom has worried many natural health practitioners. There is an increasing challenge to your inherent right to receive natural/alternative healing. Sickness and disease does not regard age, race, location, political affiliation, income, or status. Therefore, neither should there be restrictions on your choice of therapies. Your freedom to pursue and maintain your own health must be preserved. Dr. Benjamin Rush, M.D., personal physician to George Washington and signer of the Declaration of Independence said, "Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an underground dictatorship... To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un-American and despotic and have no place in a republic... The Constitution of this republic should make special privilege for medical freedom as well as religious freedom." Thomas Jefferson said, "If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls who live under tyranny." Your freedom to choose a natural approach to healthcare must not be impinged. Over 200,000 die each year because of medical errors. According to Lancet and JAMA the United States' third leading cause of death is caused by state licensed physicians. Additionally, the fourth most common cause of death is regulated, prescribed, correctly researched and used drugs. 160,000 deaths per year! That's a Boeing 747 full of people crashing every day! That means 50 times the number of people killed in the World Trade Center attack are killed by properly used prescribed drugs every year. With stats like these, natural remedies make a lot of sense. Your freedom to choose a natural approach to your healthcare could save your life. As a naturopathic doctor, I'm committed to helping my patients exercise their freedom to a drug free life. My practice assists clients in learning how to plan for optimal long term wellness. Often we address specific concerns such as hormonal issues, blood sugar issues, food and environmental sensitivities, fatigue, cardiac issues, depression and stress. Yet, many come monthly, not to treat any disease, but to undergo a thorough energetic health assessment. This regular check-up is designed to flag areas where your system might be weakening. You have the freedom to be proactive rather than reactive with your health. By exercising your health freedom with an intentional proactive attitude, you are restoring and sustaining your body's foundational systems that might otherwise become weak through life's assaults and stresses. So, where do you start? The easiest and least expensive place to start is to change your diet from fake synthetic foods, to whole, fresh, and organic sustenance. Exercise regularly and work to reduce stress in your life. Finally, see your naturopathic doctor and together build your plan for optimal and dynamic health. Dr. Lachman uses energetic, herbal, homeopathic, and nutritional modalities in his Post Falls Naturopathic practice. He is also a certified practitioner of Nutri-Energetic Systems, which scans and corrects the human body field at the quantum level. With over 10 years experience, Dr. Lachman's approach is to balance the energetic system and nutritionally support the body with lifestyle, diet, and whole food supplementation. Personal appointments with Dr. Lachman can be made through his office: 1596 E Seltice Way, Post Falls ID (208) 773-9108 or through his Web site: www.postfalls-naturopathic.com