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Am I Paying For Your Drugs?
By Joy Healey of Nutrition 4 All
Bit of a rant coming on, so let me get the statutory warning out of the way first:-) If you are taking any drugs prescribed by your licensed medical practitioner DO NOT change them, or stop taking them, without his consent. Obviously many seriously ill patients have every reason to be grateful for the advances in medical science that have extended their lives with drugs, but so many people resort too quickly to prescription medicines. Obviously I exclude from this sweeping generalization people suffering from conditions that knocked them for six completely undeserved. My rant is against those who have brought their illnesses upon themselves, and are then popping pills to "fix" them, when a good dose of self-discipline or common sense would have prevented it in the first place. I know of people taking drug A to counteract the side-effects of drug B which counteracts the side-effects of drug C, which itself is for a wholly preventable condition in the first place. Preventable by a healthy diet and a healthy life-style. So many members of society are eating, drinking, smoking and drugging themselves into bad health that it makes my blood boil. Especially when, as a UK tax-payer, I have to pick up a proportion of the bill via our admirable NHS. I'll happily contribute towards the health of my less-fortunate "neighbors" UNLESS they have caused their own problems. I'm no angel when it comes to healthy diet and life-style. I enjoy the occasional glass of wine; my friends know me as a bit of a chocoholic and I hate the gym. But I try to stay well within the bounds of good sense. A healthy diet need not be boring, and it can still include the occasional naughtiness. Just keep the "bad-guys" to a minimum, and develop a taste for the enjoyable "good-guys". I also firmly believe in supplementation with a good quality "multi". A healthy lifestyle has no need to involve pounding the pavements at 6am or 10pm in the driving rain. My favorite exercise is line-dancing. As well as being good exercise it's great fun and most times I have a brilliant night out on just one pint (of fizzy water and lime)! If YOU could be kinder to your body, before you make yourself ill and fall onto the downward spiral of a pill-for-a-side-effect, PLEASE take better care of yourself - so that we tax-payers can spend our money on more deserving cases.
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