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CAUSES: Attempting to cure degenerative diseases with prescription drugs is a fool’s game. Headaches are not caused by an analgesic deficiency, ulcers are not caused by a cimetidine deficiency, cancer is not caused by a chemotherapy deficiency … and so on. Bodily deterioration is not caused by the lack of any drug. Therefore, taking drugs will not restore bodily functioning. All that drugs can do is to suppress symptoms, leaving the causes untreated. Drugs work by interfering with metabolic pathways. Faulty nutrition, on the other hand, does cause degenerative diseases. If the body does not get the raw materials it needs to be healthy, it will definitely deteriorate. Restoring the body’s supply of vital substances enables it to restore its functioning. Nutrients work by supporting metabolic pathways. The pharmaceutical approach attempts to find a single, laser-like drug for each disease that hopefully will bring relief. It assumes, for the most part, that every disease has a single cause and that everyone with the same disease needs the same drug. The nutritional approach is multi-focused. Nutrients work best in combination, by supporting each other. Most diseases involve multiple contributing factors. The same disease in different people may have different symptoms. The same symptoms in different people may have different causes. Therefore, to be effective, nutritional remedies must be tailored to the individual and must support all of his or her unique weaknesses. Nutritional prescribing depends on identifying specific causes and then supporting the body’s innate ability to overcome these causes. The task of matching particular remedies to each individual’s unique requirements would be overwhelming, except for one fortunate fact: disease processes tend to center around a manageable number of common denominators. The 11 most common of these underlying themes – in no particular order – are autointoxication, nutritional deficiencies, free radical damage, low stomach acid, candidiasis, leaky gut, adrenal exhaustion, low thyroid, hypoglycemia, food sensitivities, and auto-immunity. These 11 interwoven and overlapping factors contribute to almost every degenerative condition imaginable: |