We the people
Q: I’m a new subscriber to Nutrition & Healing and have been surprised to see so many politically based articles. I’m not sure I see the connection between politics and nutrition (and healing).
Dr. Wright: Diet, exercise, vitamins, minerals, botanicals, and other natural substances are all necessary for optimizing your health and treating illness, and those things are all the primary focus of Nutrition & Healing. But close attention to politics is just as important, which is why we also regularly feature articles relating to political issues that relate to health care. Over several generations, attention to health care politics has fallen by the wayside for many people. As a result, various layers of government (especially los Federales) now dictate to us what health care we may and may not have.
It’ll likely take quite a few years to restore the degree of health care freedom citizens had during the first 100 years the United States existed. But right now, we need to focus all of our efforts on keeping the small amount of health care freedom we still have. This includes being aware of what legislation is coming before Congress and the House of Representatives. Remember — these elected officials are in place to represent your opinions and beliefs. But they can’t do that accurately unless you and I are aware of what’s going on and make our positions known to them. Our government is, after all, “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
