Are we closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out?

It’s commendable how people have banded together to find “the cure”.  I doubt there is anyone reading this who hasn’t somehow contributed to the fight to cure breast cancer or some other horrible disease.  But I find myself wondering why we are focused so much on the cure and not on prevention.   You see, all this effort and money is focusing on helping people after they have been diagnosed with a disease.  Even all of the “early detection” techniques are focused on what to do after the diagnosis.  Perhaps we’re closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out. 

Wouldn’t it be a much better world if no one ever had to go through a biopsy?  Wouldn’t it be fantastic if no one ever had to hear the words “You have cancer.”?  Wouldn’t it be awesome if no one had to suffer the toxic effects of chemotherapy and radiation?  If we focused even half of the money that is spent to find “the cure” on prevention of the disease, we would make significant progress in stopping the disease before anyone has to suffer with it.

Cancer is a multi-billion $ industry

Perish the thought that Cancer is a multi-billion dollar industry and that there are no profits in healthy people.  Cancer provides a lot of jobs to a lot of people – not only in the research sector but also in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.  Cancer is also keeping a lot of lawyers employed.  Do you know that some of the money donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation is used to sue other charities who have used the term “the cure” in their event promotions?  This unsettling information was published in the Huffington Post in February.  Here is a link  to the article.  It’s so disturbing to know that money that was donated to help fight diseases and save lives is being used to squash other charities that are trying to do the same thing.  I guess we need to re-define “not-for-profit”.

No one should ever have to hear the words “You’re sick.”  Our bodies were designed for health.   Even if you are genetically predisposed to a disease, it is the environment that turns a gene on and off.  You need to create an optimal state of health so that the “sick genes” stay turned off.  For more about the effects of the environment on genetic, and other diseases, read The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.

Start with making HEALTHY choices

Health is actually very simple.  Drink pure water.  Eat only clean, whole foods.  Exercise.  Be joyful.  Breathe deeply.  Relax.  Does that sound hard?  It shouldn’t.  As more of us employ a holistic lifestyle where we are conscious of keeping our bodies and minds healthy, the world will become a healthier place and fewer and fewer people will hear the words “You’re sick.”

Let’s focus more of our energy, and our money, on preventing these diseases so that we don’t have to worry about that horse getting out of the barn.

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