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Conventional, or mainstream, medicine primarily uses powerful and often dangerous prescription drugs to treat chronic conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and obesity. Advanced nutrition and natural therapies are generally recognized by professional organizations to which I belong to be safer, cheaper and more effective alternatives -- see Protein Power by Michael Eades, MD and Guide To Healing With Nutrition by Jonathan Wright, MD. Mainstream medicine treats coronary and peripheral artery disease primarily with invasive and often risky procedures such as angioplasty and by-pass surgery. Chelation and nutritional therapies are generally recognized by professional organizations to which I belong to be safer, cheaper and more effective alternatives -- see Questions From The Heart by Terry Chappell, MD and The Zone by Barry Sears, MD. Conventional medicine and psychiatry often ignore the transpersonal and spiritual aspects of health and healing. Powerful and often dangerous psychoactive drugs often only suppress the psychological symptoms of a toxic immune or digestion syndrome rather than address the biomedical cause -- see Detoxification And Healing by Sidney Baker, MD and The Four Pillars Of Healing by Leo Galland, MD. Holistic medicine is complementary and integrative to the best of conventional medicine, and to the best of alternative medicine.
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