Dr. Joe Mercola was the guest on Dr. Oz repeat episode that aired today. I missed the first time the show was on TV, but I listened to every word this afternoon.

Dr. Joe Mercola had a similar experience to many of us. We all had training and medical care in Traditional Western Medicine and then found it lacking in so many ways. It was a model that treated disease, instead of promoting health and wellness for a whole human being. It works in the ER, but it fails us in our daily lives. But Mercola and many of us came to appreciate the value of a healthy Lifestyle through whole foods and nutritional supplementation.

My training took a turn toward Psychology and then Acupuncture leading me to Lifestyle Therapy and Bio-Energetic Medicine. Dr. Mercola found himself practicing with his medical license, but offering nutrition and diet as a method of finding health, rather than prescribing drugs and surgery for his patients. He is unconventional and refreshing when he brings more to the medical table than his counterparts who only work with the information they got in medical school. Dr. Oz is somewhere in between and growing as he learns all the time.

Dr. Oz talked about opening up the communication between the traditional medical community and the pioneers. But I say that it is more a matter of the minds of the doctors trained in Western Medicine opening their minds to the horizons that have existed for thousands of centuries combined with cutting-edge research in nutrition.

It will eventually be a two-way street, but for decades it has been one way feeding knowledge into doctors’ hands for them to consider while being educated by their patients. Yes, patients have driven doctors to be forced to include nutrition and food as the medicine for the future and the present. The doctors have to be willing to embrace ancient wisdom and emerging research and common sense to treat their patients successfully for health, instead of just looking for disease. It’s an entirely separate and distinct model and approach which values a consistent Lifestyle. We do focus more on wellness than disease. We look at prevention, not for stopping the progression of a disease. We are more interested in living well every single day than framing our behavior around a disease that is far removed from our realistic perspective of ‘what’s happening now’.

Dr. Mercola described that his approach features whole foods with some nutritional support. I agree with this concept. He didn’t get into the specifics about whole foods and diet, but he did give a few ideas about his supplements.

He takes Krill Oil, minerals, vitamin D, astraxanthin, and a few other regular supplements. He was gun-ho for l-argenine and astraxanthin. He challenges conventional thought with the review of the literature. Good for him! Perhaps his colleagues will find more value in his approach as time goes on…

Instead of supplementing with astraxanthin, why don’t you eat salmon. Wild salmon, not farmed fish. Instead of using Fish Oil, why not go with Krill Oil and eat a variety of seafoods that are sustainably-harvested. This is going to separate the men from the boys in the health care field while it makes a difference between living a healthy Lifestyle or having to deal with the diagnosis of some disease.

I use the EAV equipment to determine each individual’s nutritional requirements, rather than guessing from lab work or interviews. This approach will eventually become more common as health care providers expand their horizons to technology and evaluation that is more accurate and goal-oriented for Wellness.

Dr. Mercola does sell nutritional products on his site along with his Newsletter, but he doesn’t offer the range that we give to you here. Your support of our website and Blog depends upon the purchase of health and wellness and Lifestyle products and services through our affiliate partners. Dr. Mercola found that he could not support his Newsletter without marketing products, too. It is not a conflict of interest, it is a worthwhile endeavor that allows us to continue this work for your ultimate benefit.

The VitalChoice website offers Krill Oil and wild salmon along with organic Chocolate and frozen Berries. It offers fermented or cultured foods which also contribute to your health in your kitchen. There are additional products that you can find that you will find to be beneficial for your well-being.

Vital Choice – Salmon – Krill Oil – Organic Chocolate – Organic Berries

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