Critique of Modern Medicine -- Health and Survival in the 21st Century

Author: (Australia) Horn, translated by Jiang Xueqing
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This is an unsettling book—if all medicines were thrown into the sea, it would be a great blessing for humanity but a disaster for fish. Healthcare costs are soaring, growing fifteen times faster than the population growth rate. Despite increasingly sophisticated instruments for accurate disease diagnosis, expenses continue to rise. Traditional medical methods have largely failed. Iatrogenic diseases are those caused by medical treatment. According to a report by the World Health Organization, one in four people who die in hospitals dies from medication. People believe in and need medicine, but medicine promises too much while delivering too little (saving lives at the cost of others) and most continue to accept the diseases recognized by human culture. Keep taking medication until you are "cured" to death. The most serious error is that the medical community has yet to realize it has gone down the wrong path. Medicine still follows the disease-treatment mindset rather than the lifestyle-health mindset. In nature, there are no rewards or punishments, only results. Over long periods of evolution, humans have found themselves in a dangerous situation. Now, we stand at a crossroads, and no matter which way we go, it will be rough and thorny. Ross Horn's book is a survival guide for our life journey. —Dr. Dean Burk
The information and advice provided in this book regarding diet, health, and treatment are only materials of public concern. Readers should not take them as prescriptions for personal diseases and are best advised to seek the advice and help of practicing healthcare professionals. Currently, out of every ten people, seven die from heart disease, stroke, and cancer. The rest die from diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, and other so-called "civilization diseases." Medicine offers little help, often worsening the condition. Ironically, doctors do not live longer than patients. However, once the lifestyle factors that trigger diseases are eliminated, not only can all problems be avoided, but most diseases can also be cured. Ross Horn is a best-selling author in Australia, having written The Health Revolution, The Prudent Man's Diet, and Anti-Cancer, Anti-Heart Disease Recipes. In this book, Ross Horn introduces and evaluates the views of many famous medical scientists and doctors, predicts the problems and doubts troubling all of humanity, and skillfully and concisely proposes solutions. The book presents truths often overlooked by traditional medical education, particularly detailing the effects of food on the body's systems and diseases. It is an unsettling book, a book unlike any other, the writing of which took the author thirty years.