| The breaking news is that | | | | possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because |
| Fosamax—the popular drug for supposed bone | | | | they can be made to appear so many different |
| strength may cause "spontaneous fractures." That | | | | ways." |
| means you could end up like Sandy Potter, 59, of | | | | |
| Queens, New York on ABC News who claims she | | | | What about the side effects to the planet?The more |
| was in excruciating pain when she broke her femur | | | | drugs we take, the more drugs our bodies excrete in |
| due to jumping rope. Who knew? | | | | waste, and the more they make their way into sewers |
| Well, the signs were there: hidden | | | | and eventually into the environment. Research2 |
| in plain sight. "Fractures" are listed right on the package | | | | suggests that some of these drugs (as well as toxic |
| insert as a side effect, or in Merck's words, "Low | | | | substances in cleaning materials, shampoos, cosmetics, |
| energy femoral shaft and subtrochanteric fractures." | | | | and other personal-care products) can harm fish and |
| "We are seeing people just walking, walking down | | | | other animals living in our waterways, which in turn can |
| the steps, patients who are doing low-energy | | | | affect us. |
| exercise," said Dr. Kenneth Egol, professor of | | | | |
| orthopedic surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center. | | | | Too often, our default is to pop a |
| "Very unusual, the femur is one of the strongest bones | | | | pill instead of trying a natural remedy first—even |
| in the body." | | | | though certain foods and herbs are quite often just as |
| Egol adds that some of his | | | | effective as drugs (if not more so) and may not have |
| patient's X-rays from a minimal fall look more like they | | | | the nasty side effects. |
| came from a car accident and he's seeing this more | | | | A 50 year-old colleague took a |
| frequently. | | | | bone scan for the last four years and her doctor was |
| In my book, Nature's Secret | | | | shocked to see that her bones were becoming |
| Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight, I write about | | | | stronger each year while she was growing older. Her |
| prescriptions for trouble. Here are facts that require | | | | secret? Was she on medications? No. Was she eating |
| careful consideration before or when taking | | | | a lot of milk and cheese? No. She actually went off of |
| medications. | | | | all dairy products. She went on an internal cleanse, |
| As Fosamax shows, we don't know the long-term | | | | eliminated junk foods, and started eating nature's |
| effects. | | | | foods. Make bones about it—when the body is |
| It took 30 to 40 years before we could see the link | | | | nourished, active, and working well, it can have more |
| between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Doctors | | | | energy to repair and rebuild itself. |
| used to endorse cigarettes, along with some "miracle" | | | | I offer a bone growth supplement system on my web |
| drugs that were later discovered to be dangerous and | | | | site because the company, Garden of Life, gives a |
| even deadly. | | | | "grow bone challenge" for stronger, healthier bones or |
| | | | | they'll give double your money back if you qualify! |
| Side effects could be confused as a symptom. | | | | They make you this amazing offer because they're so |
| An article published in April 2009 in USA Today called | | | | confident in the Grow Bone System's ability to build |
| "Drugs Cause Confusion in Elderly" stated that | | | | bone density by using natural whole food minerals to |
| medications, both prescribed and over the counter, | | | | create bone growth.3 |
| could impair the elderly. A patient could actually be | | | | Acupuncture, originated in ancient |
| given a wrong diagnosis because doctors don't | | | | China, and is now widely used in the West as well as |
| always recognize the symptoms as a side effect of a | | | | chiropractic, massage, Qigong, Healing Touch, and |
| drug. | | | | yoga. These all have side effects that activate the |
| | | | | natural healing processes of the body and restore |
| Combining meds may lead to a combination of | | | | physical and emotional well-being. |
| problems. | | | | Nature's food and natural |
| Researchers have done very little testing on the | | | | remedies can be powerful drugs—hidden in plain |
| effects of combining a variety of drugs and the | | | | sight. You and your health care practitioner may want |
| serious complications—even death—that may | | | | to consider nature's four billion years of wisdom to help |
| follow. You can probably name several celebrities who | | | | you in all areas of your life, and then decide if |
| died as a result of combining painkillers, | | | | medication is truly needed. |
| antidepressants, and sleeping pills. But how often do | | | | |
| you hear about celebrities overdosing on herbs? | | | | Sources: |
| | | | | 1. Taubes, G., "Do We Really Know What Makes Us |
| Studies can be unreliable. | | | | Healthy?" The New York Times, September 16, 2007. |
| The New York Timess published a lengthy feature | | | | 2. Critser, G., Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs |
| article in 2007 about the many ways in which clinical | | | | Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies. New |
| studies can be seriously flawed. In the words of Karl | | | | York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. |
| Menninger, M.D.: "One of the most untruthful things | | | | |