We listen, spend time with our patients, work with the body to heal itself. We’re trained in the same basic sciences as MD’s, but our training focuses on how to help people heal themselves through food, movement, lifestyle changes, as well as physical medicine, herbals and homeopathy as needed. (Plus various other integrative modalities: not a few of us also have double degrees in acupuncture, for instance.)

We’re licensed in 14 states and practice in many more (where not forbidden). WHere the scope of practice allows it, we function as primary care providers. Check us out! To find one of us, go to naturopathic.org.

This is what the blog is all about – connecting with people and changing lives. I’ll keep spreading the word, but I can’t do it alone. It takes many evangelists like you to really spread the message. Thanks again for the nice words.

Mark

This quest to be more responsible has led me to read books and blogs for hours on end so that I can formulate an informed opinion on the health issues in my life. It can be tough to sort through the plethora of info about health. I have had to put some theories into practice to see how my own body reacted.

Here’s a tip: Don’t follow the ‘cabbage soup diet’. You will lose weight rapidly, initially, but I ended up in the hospital on IV antibiotics to treat a major kidney infection because of the ‘diet’. This was my beginning point of my quest for health and personal responsibility. Lesson learned!

Thankfully I found Dr. Mercola and Mark (and am finding more) and they’ve proven trustworthy. I’ve gotten better at sorting through the other info out there. By following the advice of these two amazing men I have lost 50 pounds and increased my strength tremendously.

In a perfect world, I wouldn’t be mocked and doubted when I tell others my method for success, but then I work in a hospital and most staff there just don’t ‘get it’.

So, I say, “Keep up the astounding great work, Mark. Keep spreading the word. We have to tell others how to care for themselves and encourage them to do so. We have to be zealots so that perhaps a tiny bit of what we say will ’stick’ and spark an interest in somone else.

First off, a good doctor usually doesn’t take health insurance!
He takes a detailed medical history!
Discusses diet…the right diet!
Finds vitamin/mineral deficiencies!
Understands the role of fungus in health!
Understands hormonal imbalance!
He teaches his patients how not to need him!

A good doctor finds the cause of illness and sets out to heal the patient. I’ve had a chronic illness for 25 years no matter what I’ve done to feel better. About a year ago, I did all the research, studying, labwork myself and presented it to my doctor and said, “this is what I have.” He agreed!!
Health forums have been referred to as refugee camps. People are fed up with their medical care and end up getting help from others on forums. I’ve spent a lot of time as a moderator on a hormone website, we are very busy.