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	<title>Comments on: Environmental Medicine is the answer to many diseases and chronic health problems-Why is it usually ignored ?</title>
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		<title>By: Doctor  J</title>
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		<description>Hi Jennifer.  Environmental medicine is extremely challenging.  It requires an open mind, extensive training, and an involved patient.  Most doctors find this approach too difficult.  It is relatively easy to label a group of symptoms as &#039;syndrome x&#039; and then write a prescription to mask the symptoms.  Actually thinking about, investigating, and teaching the patient about the complex array of potential underlying CAUSES of &#039;syndrome x&#039; is very, very hard.

Medicine is driven by its unrecognized dogmatic belief in &#039;medicines&#039; (vs diet/environment).  Most physicians have literally NO training in dietary and environmental causes of &#039;disease&#039;.  There is an old principle in medicine: &quot;You don&#039;t find what you don&#039;t look for&quot;.  Docs don&#039;t look for dietary or environmental causes of their patients symptoms.  Since they &#039;don&#039;t look&#039;, they never &#039;see&#039; these correlations.  Since they never &#039;see&#039; these correlations, in their minds they &#039;obviously do not exist&#039;.

Fortunately, there are a few medical docs with training in nutrition, environmental medicine, and functional medicine.  Additionally, there are many good Chiropractors, Naturopathic Physicians, Certified Clinical Nutritionists, and other &#039;alternative health care providers&#039; (interesting that &#039;treating the cause&#039; is considered &#039;alternative&#039; - that shows how dogmatic the drug treatment mentality really is) that are interested in these approaches.

Best wishes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jennifer.  Environmental medicine is extremely challenging.  It requires an open mind, extensive training, and an involved patient.  Most doctors find this approach too difficult.  It is relatively easy to label a group of symptoms as &#8216;syndrome x&#8217; and then write a prescription to mask the symptoms.  Actually thinking about, investigating, and teaching the patient about the complex array of potential underlying CAUSES of &#8216;syndrome x&#8217; is very, very hard.</p>
<p>Medicine is driven by its unrecognized dogmatic belief in &#8216;medicines&#8217; (vs diet/environment).  Most physicians have literally NO training in dietary and environmental causes of &#8216;disease&#8217;.  There is an old principle in medicine: &#8220;You don&#8217;t find what you don&#8217;t look for&#8221;.  Docs don&#8217;t look for dietary or environmental causes of their patients symptoms.  Since they &#8216;don&#8217;t look&#8217;, they never &#8216;see&#8217; these correlations.  Since they never &#8216;see&#8217; these correlations, in their minds they &#8216;obviously do not exist&#8217;.</p>
<p>Fortunately, there are a few medical docs with training in nutrition, environmental medicine, and functional medicine.  Additionally, there are many good Chiropractors, Naturopathic Physicians, Certified Clinical Nutritionists, and other &#8216;alternative health care providers&#8217; (interesting that &#8216;treating the cause&#8217; is considered &#8216;alternative&#8217; &#8211; that shows how dogmatic the drug treatment mentality really is) that are interested in these approaches.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
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