Personal Health Care
Personal health care is very important because no one is going to take care of you. You have to do what is right for you as long as it keeps you healthy and safe. There are many personal health care tips online and there are a lot of common sense things a person can do to help keep them healthy. A proper diet and exercise as often as you can, is a great place to start. Many people are using natural diet supplements and alternatives to maintain their health and to help aid in curing some health problems. While the natural supplement companies can not come right out and say these supplements cure anything (because they will get into hot water if they do). People who have actually used some of these supplements will verify the fact that they do help them. These natural supplements are much safer to use than the drugs (both over the counter and prescription) the government approves for us to use. There isn’t a drug available that does not have at least one serious side effect possible. Who wants to live in fear that the drug will help their heartburn but will destroy your liver or kidneys, etc. This is just an example but we hear it all of the time. Every drug advertised claims they have the danger of destroying some other part of their body. If I had the choice of dealing with thick toenails and having my liver destroyed, I would opt for the nasty looking nails.
Where is the common sense in all of this and why are medications being approved when they pose the serious threats to our bodies. That is exactly why many elderly people are taking many medications. They have to take one to offset the damage caused by another one and so on. It is crazy and the government knows it. The Food and Drug Administration does not control the alternative natural supplements because they contain no drugs and are not food so they do not fit into the category that is controlled by the FDA. The FDA can, however, take information to the Federal court if one of the supplements pose a serious threat to the public. If the supplement causes serious health problems, the Federal court can bn it in the United States. This is what happened to Ephedra in 2006. It was banned from the United States because it caused deaths, heart attacks, strokes, and other health issues. I agree that it should be banned but I also agree that many of the drugs should be banned. Go figure! They can get a natural supplement banned but they approve of the drugs that are killing people or maiming them for life.
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