he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any other paternalistic or maternalistic stay-in-your-place tradition will not pass muster with me. Andrew Saul More Quotes by Andrew Saul More Quotes From Andrew Saul A doctor's authority in America often exceeds his or her knowledge. Whole bodies of knowledge in healing are ignored because they are unorthodox and non-medical. A doctor's education seems exhaustive, yet MDs study so much about drugs and surgery - and so little about nutrition, fasting, herbal remedies, spinal manipulation, massage, vitamin and mineral therapy, homeopathy, and more - that we realize their qualifications are incomplete. Andrew Saul vitamins-and-minerals healing america Good health makes a lot of sense, but it does not make a lot of dollars. Andrew Saul good-health dollars doe Doctors frequently get it wrong. One out of five patients today is in the hospital because incorrect treatment by a physician put him or her there. Andrew Saul physicians doctors today Use vitamins in place of drugs. This takes some moxie to do, for we have been taught to be consumers of medicine. We have been taught that anything cheap and safe cannot possibly be effective. Andrew Saul moxie medicine drug No person knows your body better than you. The world's most sophisticated and sensitive diagnostic apparatus is your own body's feelings. Andrew Saul body feelings world Medicine is aptly described as an art, not a science. To this end, four different doctors may have up to four different diagnoses or prescriptions. Andrew Saul doctors medicine art I wish there were easy answers to people's health questions. There aren't. There are answers, all right, but they are not easy. Andrew Saul answers wish people It's unreasonable to expect medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies to tell you how to avoid their services by trying the alternatives. Andrew Saul doctors alternatives trying If you have never tried a plant-based diet, start. If you've never juiced vegetables, start. If you've never taken vitamin C to saturation, start. If you have never done a half-hour fitness workout each day, start. But, there is no such thing as a free lunch, a quick fix or a magic wand to cure illness. Andrew Saul lunch workout taken We can take more time and interest, and give more attention to our personal health than a hired professional can. We have learned to go get medical help, not to give it. We have learned to relay our body's needs to another, not to provide them ourselves. Andrew Saul attention giving needs We need total health more than medically approved health. Our wellness should not be limited to our doctor's experience, but enhanced by our own experience. Andrew Saul wellness doctors needs If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. This especially includes your health care. Andrew Saul want-something care done If you are well educated, and especially if you are a health professional, you will have to unlearn much of what you've been taught and start afresh with the rather disruptive thought that natural healing may actually work. Andrew Saul health-professionals healing may If you want to be productive, follow leads and dig. Whether it is for oil, gold or information, it requires action - your action. Question authority. Do it yourself. Andrew Saul oil gold want A hospital patient can expect one medical error every single day of any hospital stay. Malpractice suits are numerous enough that one may reasonably conclude that there is certainly no guarantee of proper health care by contracting it out. Andrew Saul errors care guarantees Much of the fear of doing something wrong vanishes when we are knowledgeable about what we are doing. Andrew Saul knowledgeable Change your life. If you want to get better, that is what you have to do. Andrew Saul changing-your-life get-better want It is possible to learn more than your doctor knows, particularly in key areas that specifically apply to you. In fact, you may discover material that your doctor never saw, or did see and never investigated. Andrew Saul doctors keys may Self-care means accepting some risk, and accepting much responsibility. It is not for all people or all cases. Andrew Saul responsibility self mean Most medical personnel remain largely unfamiliar with non-medical treatments, and tend to dismiss them without knowing about what they're dismissing. This is a great loss to the doctor as well as to the public. Andrew Saul doctors knowing loss
