» Golden Rules For Health
MEDICAL CARE AND HEALTH CARE ARE NOT THE SAME. The fundamental principle of conventional MEDICAL care is "FIRST DO NO HARM!" The fundamental principle of Eastern HEALTH care is "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE." In fact, in Eastern medicine it is said that one should beware of "a famous physician," because they are an inferior physician. They are "inferior" because they wait for the patient to get sick before they take action. The superior physician acts BEFORE the patient gets sick. The superior physician maintains the patient in a state of balance by acting before illness strikes. Many people are surprised to find out that the definition of the word "Doctor" means "Teacher." For a Physician, being a "Doctor" means "teaching" patients to make informed, intelligent health care choices. As a simple teaching tool, Dr. Edwards and the certified staff of Bio Health Center have developed TEN GOLDEN RULES FOR HEALTH... and we encourage our patients to integrate as many of them as they can into their daily lives:
- TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH, NEVER RELINQUISH
CONTROL OF YOUR CHOICES FOR WELL-BEING;
- PRACTICE MODERATION IN ALL THINGS;
- EAT AS MUCH FRESH, PLANT-BASED FOODS AS POSSIBLE;
- DRINK PLENTY OF HIGH QUALITY WATER EVERY DAY;
- STOP PUTTING LUXURY TOXINS INTO YOUR BODY;
- EXERCISE YOUR BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT EVERY DAY;
- LAUGH AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY;
- REGULARLY PRACTICE SOME FORM OF "STILLNESS EXERCISE;"
- REDUCE EXPOSURE TO MASS MEDIA;
- BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR CREATOR.
"No where in today's managed care, third party, media circus does anyone present the the patient and clinical practitioners philosophy... For years I listened to the insurers, managers, experts, professors, news pundits, bureaucrats and opinion makers. But I ultimately realized that I still had to sleep at night. From all third party perspectives any clinical practice is, in essence, 'anecdotal.' So now I listen first and foremost to my conscience. I had good teachers, good mentors and loyal patients as well. Although I think 'science' is important, technology, politics and economics are not science. The professional oath I took upon becoming a physician was to relieve patient suffering, honor those who taught me, teach those willing to learn and reveal no information shared with me in confidence. It didn't have anything to do with third parties. That oath is our philosophy at Bio Health Center..."
- David A. Edwards, MD, HMD
