An Ounce of Prevention - 3 Ways to Guard Against Seasonal Illness and Disease

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That is one of many wise sayings that has survived through the ages, and with good reason, it is true! There are obvious examples like driving too fast and following too close causes accidents, and eating too much sweet and greasy food will make you fat. What I have recently learned, however, is that there are some pretty simple ways to guard against seasonal illness and disease.

In the late nineteenth century, Louis Pasteur and Antoine Bernard Bechamp were both studying the cause of disease. From their body of work, two schools of thought about disease emerged.

Pasteur believed that microbes caused disease, and his work resulted in the germ theory. The germ theory is the basis for modern medicine, killing the germ with a variety of expensive chemical concoctions that must be highly regulated because they are, for the most part, poisons.

Bechamp believed that disease was caused by imbalances in our internal body terrain. His work resulted in the terrainist theory of disease. Natural healing practitioners generally subscribe to this theory. Keeping the body terrain balanced is an ounce of prevention, because disease can not take hold if the terrain is not a suitable environment to sustain it.

There is a sizable body of research to support the terrainist theory, but traditional medicine ignores it. For instance, has your doctor ever spoken to you about your body pH? Mine has not. Research has proven that cancer cells, bacteria, and viruses thrive in acid pH, and introducing alkalinity into cancer cells kills them. Might it not be logical to presume that in an alkaline environment the cancer, bacteria, and viruses would not take hold in the first place? Would it not be wise to monitor our pH as closely as our blood pressure? Instead we are encouraged to support costly research to "find the cure". Friends, the cure may well just be an ounce of prevention and a change in the way we care for our internal terrain.

I have gotten a little off topic, so back to the subject at hand, here are some suggestions based on the terrainist theory.

1. Stop drinking carbonated beverages and start drinking water. Most people I know drink soda every day! This contributes to keeping the body fluids at a continual acid pH level (6.5 and under). With a low pH, your body is far less able to do what it was designed to do, which is to neutralize the invading organisms and stay healthy. At a neutral to slightly high pH level (7 to 7.5), our body fluids are in a healthy range and we are unlikely to be mineral deficient. Our natural biological defenses can find and destroy the harmful pathogens that enter the body.

2. Monitor your pH level. Test strips are available from a variety of sources and are inexpensive and easy to use. Strive for 7.5. It is not hard with some simple modifications to your diet.

3. Learn about nutritional supplements to boost your immune system, help balance your system pH, raise your blood oxygen level, and maintain balanced blood chemistry.

When you consider the hard cost of illness, things like doctor visits, prescriptions, and loss of income, then add to that the soft cost of illness, like pain and discomfort, loss of family time, missing important events, and even the sacrifice of closeness and intimacy, the evidence is very clear... an ounce of prevention is really worth far more than a pound of cure!

Get valuable information about proven ounce of prevention remedies on myWisdom Blog's Body Mind & Spirit page. For your free ebook explaining much more about the terrainist theory, look for the free download at http://immuneshieldplus.com. It is loaded with valuable information on how to keep your immune system well balanced and at peak performance!

Blessings & Adventure,

Lynn "lynnibug" Rios