The author is certified in therapeutic massage, an accredited nutrition herbalist, and a small business owner with a scenic country home. For quite a few years, Oona has treated and recovered from her own ailments major and minor by following the advice and sources enumerated below, as well as sharing this journey with others generously. See her previous articles for ACR -- "Dance" and "The Dance Continues" -- on related topics.

Perhaps we should think about our nutrition more seriously and often -- getting our colon clean, organic foods, good rest, clean water. Do you know, have you thought that almost all dis-eases take care of themselves with just those basic things? According to Dr. Christopher, Dr. Schultz, Dr. Norman Walker, Paul Bragg, Patricia Bragg, Dr. Lorraine Day, Hulda Clark and others, ninety percent of people with health care issues find that those problems go away (and pretty quickly) when we get to and take care of basics. And those people certainly have a background to speak from. Some lived to be almost 100 years old and were still wrting books almost to the very end! Others were not supposed (according to mainstream medical professionals) to be alive past forty or fifty years of age but lived instead very long and productive lives!

Organic fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, whole grains (not whole grain products), and water! Those are what we need. And also cleaning of our colons from years of too much junk food. How can we expect to be healthy eating mainly fast foods, sodas, sugars (in various form), and sometimes absolutely no fresh vegetables or fruits? That's where the nutrition is, neverminding that a lot of people out here are dehydrated -- not just from not drinking water, but from drinking instead lots of coffee and sodas. Those things dehydrate us more. We need MORE water, and those liquids rob our bodies of nutrients like calcium. We need those missing nutrients to build healthy bodies, since our body is 75-80% WATER!

We do have some wonderful people here in this country who can help us get well, to actually address the issues, most of which are constipation and malnutrition. But here's what happens to too many of them: they get fined and run out of the state or country. Could that be because they do not prescribe drugs, medications, support the pharmacutecal corporations that advertise at an astounding rate on both television and radio, in the process of brainwashing folks into believing that it's just expectedly normal to go to a medical professional and get a(nother) prescription for each perceived and possible ailment?

I attended a lecture given by a physican a few years ago who was brought before the Board because she was not prescribing enough medications. She was helping her patients instead to detoxify, and they were getting well! The Board was not impressed. That particular woman doctor had to leave the Board meeting and get on an airplane to emigrate from this country. As far as I know, she's practicing still in another one. Without a doubt she is not by herself. Not many have what it takes to take a courageous stand and face the possible consequences of it. Luckily we have some good ones here still who are interested in really helping us to be healthy, taking their stands in different ways, writing newsletters, practicing, and not engaging in "traditional" mainstream medicine

We do need our emergency rooms for the medical professionals to put us back together on occasion, and then we can heal amazingly fast -- when we truly take care of ourselves before, during and after issues. What do we have to lose (besides additions to sugar and empty calories in too much junk food) by learning and trying?

The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry has a wonderfully extensive and easy-to-use permanent ground and on-line information exhibit entitled You! The Experience, exploring all the many facets that make up a unique individual human being