Health, Wealth and Happiness

Front Page of our paper and from the AP, out of Chicago comes this gem.  Nurse may become you doctor.  Well now, is that so?  We are running out of primary care doctors so why not expand the authority of nurse practitioners. Yeah why not.  (Our shortage is even more acute in HI, namely the Big Island.)

Well, guess what? I don’t have a strong opinion here and I am not going to whip one up.  This does warrant a comment though.  The bottom line is, when will my fellow Americans start to really consider the importance of nutrition, alternative and complementary medicine?  Are we getting tired of Sick Care?

Is it just the nature of so many of us to wait til the body is ‘all buss up’ as they say here in Hawaii until they go to the MD.  Is it when the Doctor says “go on Statin drugs or else’ or “you’re a ticking time bomb” or things like that.  Is THAT when we shape up?

For me it took a heart attack to get my attention.  Check previous blogs to get the whole story.

32 million more people will get insurance in the next few years.  I am in the wrong business.  I guess I’ll become a MD and open a drive-thru clinic.  hmmmmm.  Do we think it may be harder to get to that Dr. down the road?

Wouldn’t it feel fantastic to improve your health naturally, without meds?  Though not a Dr. myself, i married one and her knowledge has rubbed off on this stubborn dude.  I share tidbits from my life, not so much from books.  The advice from nutritional experts has proved valuable to me and I like to share.

Anyhoo, what I do is a daily routine, with a scoop of Mila by Lifemax each day to get my Omega 3s, fiber, and phyto-nutrients.  It has gotten my cholesterol and triglycericdes down and my weight too.  Just Mila, and 6 ounces of water, every day. 

I then take a tablespoon of All-One Green Phyto Base, Multiple Vitamin & Mineral Powder from vitacost.com.  I mix that with Knudsen’s Morning Blend Juice, which I get from the health food store.  I then have some (good quality) oatmeal, or granola (from the health food store) with some fruit, nuts, perhaps some plain yogurt.  Sometimes, also, 2 (preferrably Organic) eggs, poached on (very good bread) toast.  That’s my power breakfast.

I then use common sense with the rest of my meals and eat less at dinner than lunch.  Works for me.

Now about those nurses.  To the one in Chicago that is saying she’s just like a Dr. only paid less.  Not true, wait til you get that official.  It may be the only final common sense result.  Btw, I have always LOVED nurses and they probably don’t get enough respect, but that’s another blog………  Rick Emmerich

MIla:  http://lifemax.net/drmalia