Week No 3 | 15/01/2020

‘Nature avoidance healthcare’

Yes – it’s a new term – but it’s relevant to a big swathe of mainstream medicine and general practice that’s reliant on new-to-nature, patented drugs.

The BMJ study we report on in this week’s news alerts shows how a few healthy behaviours can add years to lifespan. The study provides yet another reminder of the power of using non-pharma strategies in healthcare. Yet, billions every year are being invested in searching for new drugs that can deliver, usually at best, a bit of symptom relief or a marginal benefit, often at huge cost in terms of both associated harms (somewhat perversely referred to as ‘side effects’) and economic cost.

Our two pieces this week look at two different aspects of natural health that don’t require new technology or even rocket science. But they do require recognition of the need to work with nature, not against it. It’s helpful for people to understand that the reason these non-pharmaceutical methods work so well is because they help deliver patterns of genetic expression associated with changes in our internal environment that allow the body to resume balance and normal function. But because there are no patents on this kind of stuff, there are no big marketing budgets. It’s down to all of us to share what we can. Your help in sharing our weekly pieces is hugely appreciated; you could say we’re jointly and severally responsible for getting this kind of information out.

We wish our friends in Australia, South East Asia and the southern states of the USA and any others who’ve been impacted by fire or extreme weather the very best in getting their lives back together. Nature is the most powerful force we know about – let’s treat it with the respect it deserves.

Greetings from the ANH International team – and we hope your new year and decade has kicked off to the best possible start, whatever the circumstances you face.

In health, naturally

Rob Verkerk PhD

Founder, executive and scientific director

Exposing the healing power of nature

15/01/2020

Censorship and prejudice against natural health is rampant among governments. Here we expose some of the underlying causes of our current health crisis