The Quick Fix Doesn't Fix Anything

I take ASPIRIN for the headache caused by the ZYRTEC I take for the hay fever I got from RELENZA for the uneasy stomach from the RITALIN I take for the short attention span caused by the SCOPODERM TTS I take for the motion sickness I got from the LOMOTIL I take for the diarrhea caused by the ZERIKAL for the uncontrolled weight gain from the PAXIL I take for the anxiety from the ZOPOR I take for my high cholesterol because EXERCISE, and A GOOD DIET,are too much trouble! Please note, I looked up these drugs, their uses and their side effects... it's not a perfect chain, but it makes a valid point. We live in a world where there is a pill for just about everything. We take poor care of our own body and seek some quick and easy fix when things go wrong. When we have a headache, we take an aspirin to dull the pain. If we have a cold, we take a cough syrup to lessen the cough and a decongestant to rid us of the stuffy head. When we have heartburn we take an antacid to reduce the pain and discomfort. We could take a different route. 

The Need for Chemicals

The "need" for chemical medication is a manufactured one.  Many chemical medications are actually copied from herbal properties.  The reason is money and power, plain and simple.  Nature cannot be patented, but chemicals can be.  So, for a pharmaceutical company to "own" a product, it has to be made in their laboratory, a.k.a. synthetic.  This of course, gives our bodies one more thing to "deal with."  Our bodies weren't created to process synthetics.  Many chemicals we ingest, are never processed through our bodies, so they remain stored, often in fat cells.  Fat cells are a convenient way for the body to deal with something it was not created to deal with.  Fat cells are not a primary cell of function and they expand.

Could it be, that our manufactured dependency of manufactured chemicals has created many more illnesses including the obesity problem plaguing our society?  

Ginger