In this series we explore ways medical science, and modern medicine and lifestyles have taken us to an unhealthy extreme—and what alternatives and solutions may exist.
It’s no secret that mainstream medicine in the United States is driven by money, though fewer know it’s the most expensive medical system in the world despite some of the highest per capita government funding.
Nor is it a secret that many, perhaps most, Americans are overweight, not exercising, and not in good health. So it comes as no surprise that expensive surgeries, procedures, and pills are often suggested to patients for medical problems related to unfitness, when simple lifestyle changes could work just as well—and usually better….