Friday, October 25, 2013

Mark Harmon

There is a large picture of Mark Harman in my office. Mark Harmon, is perhaps the person who has the most influence on my practice, and although I enjoy gazing on his dishy, handsome face, he is really there to support my patients. The picture is a half page color spread from the Washington Post that says "I am my own secret weapon". In support of the American Cancer Society's efforts to promote immune health and research. When my patients ask me what I can do for them. I point to his photo and say "I help your body do that". I tell them that I cannot cure disease, but I can show them how to strengthen and balance their immune systems through diet, lifestyle, detoxification and nutrition.  A healthy body naturally seeks out and destroys unwanted invaders, but when it breaks down, it cannot identify an invader from itself and either lets cancer proliferate or turns on itself (auto-immune disease). If you have these, you are beyond the tipping point and should seek to minimize or reverse the cause. The straw has already broke the camel's back. That Is why I tell patients in these situations to use only natural things and to avoid putting chemicals in their bodies. If your great-grandmother could not pronounce it, it probably does not belong on you or in you. I say, "WHOLE food is a whole lot better and REAL food is real good"™