Comments on: How Can Integrative Medicine Make You Healthier?

By: Healing Buddha

Healing Buddha — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:08:38 +0000

Great Post, Cathy! We’ve been believers of integrated medicine for quite some time. Your article should be a help to others!

By: Sheryl Kraft

Sheryl Kraft — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:16:51 +0000

This is such valuable advice for just about everyone. I'm a big believer in integrative medicine and learning how to live a healthy life incorporating multiple strategies the complement one another. Thanks for a terrific interview.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 16:46:17 +0000

I think integrative medicine will be the way of the future. All illnesses must be treated with a multi dimensional approach. It has helped me so much in coping with my own chronic illness.

By: Janie Emaus

Janie Emaus — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 21:45:01 +0000

This is a great interview. I truly believe in alternative ways of healing. I had acupuncture the other day (from my niece) and it worked for my aches. I love all the info you pass on to us.

By: 1010ParkPlace

1010ParkPlace — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:14:47 +0000

Integrative medicine is something all physicians should be taught in med school so they can pass it along to their patients. Thanks, Cathy. xoxox

By: Kimberly Jayne

Kimberly Jayne — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:35:37 +0000

Amazing how much the prescribed standard of care taught in schools can differ from more creative alternative methods. I like the concept of integrative medicine and treatment and really looking at how our diet and lifestyles can impact our entire body's health. Thanks for this post, Cathy.

By: Rebecca Forstadt Olkowski

Rebecca Forstadt Olkowski — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:32:51 +0000

Michael Pollan’s quote is so smart and his advice is good for everyone, with any disease or condition. Eating "real" food that doesn't come out of a package and not too much of it with lots of vegetables and some fruit and little to no sugar is the key to overall good health. Soft drinks and junk food are the worst. I'm also not a fan of taking most supplements, especially without a blood test to determine what you really need, because it can be toxic. Great info.

By: Miranda Olding

Miranda Olding — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 14:51:16 +0000

Hey Cathy - great post!I'm an MS Nurse with an integrated prespective, based in the UK. I love Dr. Bowling's work too, and also loved seeing him at CMSC. I had the old book but went ahead and bought the new one. I was just a tiny bit disappointed in the extreme caution of his book - but at the same time do very much understand it. I think hearing him speak in person allows him to be a little more open about things - for instance he doesn't even quote that 'eat food, not too much, mainly plants' great quote in the book. I think the book is a great thing to have in the clinic, and use to check safety of something you're thinking about, it's just always worth remembering, as Carl Sagan famously siad, that 'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'. So if it's not going to hurt you, and it's safe, and looks promising, and you can do it without breaking the bank - it might be worth it! I like the work of Prof. George Jelinek even more. More of this integrated approach is what's needed. That's where I'm at; my blog, if you're interested, is http://www.mirandasmsblog.com. Thanks again for a great post, Miranda.

By: Haralee

Haralee — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 14:05:11 +0000

Great interview Cathy and a great resource. When I was going through breast cancer I asked my oncologist what I could do. He gave some recommendations and then suggested I check out an integrated medicine clinic that many of his patients got good results with their Chinese herbs, massage and acupuncture. This clinic worked well for me along with traditional western medicine to treat my cancer. Now the hospital I was treated at has a whole cancer tower and the first floor is all integrated medicine!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:15:58 +0000

This is great, Cathy! We've been believers of integrated medicine for quite some time. Your article should be a help to others!

By: shifrachester@gmail.com

shifrachester@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:21:27 +0000

Please do, Tam. The book and the doctor are both extraordinary. The advice is for everyone with MS no matter what types. But it's also for everyone. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Best~
Cathy

By: Tamara Warner Minton

Tamara Warner Minton — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:03:42 +0000

One of my dearest friends suffers from MS, I am going to send this to her forthwith! Thanks Cathy!