tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041132.post2338117289968646192..comments2023-06-02T08:56:57.364-07:00Comments on Sophia Says: Another BookSusan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041132.post-84281653619840385102008-07-30T16:25:00.000-07:002008-07-30T16:25:00.000-07:00Yes, food plays a critical role in disease prevent...Yes, food plays a critical role in disease prevention (and treatment in many areas, too). I also think that, as Dr. Bieler says, pharmaceuticals often create more problems. For example, could there be link between the use of prescribed birth control and ovarian/breast cancer? All I know is that the use of the former and the epidemic of the latter are both at startling percentages. Who knows! But the more we rely on pharmaceuticals in smaller matters, the more we might NEED them later, to a much graver degree.Xenia Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08880128865699100105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041132.post-55418877030843072852008-07-30T11:52:00.000-07:002008-07-30T11:52:00.000-07:00Until one reads the book fully one cannot say one ...Until one reads the book fully one cannot say one way or another that he is "throwing out the baby with the bathwater". <BR/>As you continue further into the book you see that he agrees there are times when medicine is necessary. <BR/><BR/>But after reading the many books that I have I am very quickly leaning towards actually being more cautious of modern medicine. What he talks about makes sense. What Schwarzbein says, makes sense. <BR/>What these books claim is that many "degenerative or chronic diseases" do not have to even be. It's what we put in our body more than any other factor, that causes them. <BR/>Who am I to disagree, at this point in time. I've read many books by different people that show you what foods do to your body, especially NEW foods!<BR/><BR/>One of the most interesting quotes in the book comes from HIPPOCRATES, the Father of all physicians.....<BR/>"Thy food shall be thy remedy."<BR/><BR/><BR/>He spoke before the onslaught of such things as AIDS. I do not deny that modern medicine is a necessity for such things as AIDS.Susan Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041132.post-35560568069861348212008-07-30T11:32:00.000-07:002008-07-30T11:32:00.000-07:00Perhaps so, in some percentage of cases. It may e...Perhaps so, in some percentage of cases. It may even be the majority, but "majority" only defines "over 50%". There are many other routes to disease: contagion, genetics, environmental exposure, and other (perhaps lesser) causes.<BR/><BR/>I respectfully disagree with his position on the use of drugs in most cases. A common strep or staph infection can be deadly unless treated with antibiotics. Many degenerative or chronic diseases, while not yet "curable", can be controlled for much longer periods of time, with the use of medication. And of course chemotherapy and radiation offer the possibility of cure for many cancer patients.<BR/><BR/>Certainly, choosing proper nutrition can have great effect on the disease process. But decrying modern medicine in this fashion is, in my very humble opinion, throwing out the baby with the bathwater.<BR/><BR/>Just a caution.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>LizLiz in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498353122368712840noreply@blogger.com