By Debra L.
Butterfield © 2012
Have you
ever caught yourself saying, “Doctor, just give me a pill that’ll make this go
away”? I have. More than once. Unfortunately, this give-me-a-pill mentality
plagues today’s society, to which the rising occurrences of prescription
medication addiction attest. The fact is we rely, perhaps a bit too much, on
doctors for the answers to our health problems and expect them to prescribe the
best drug for getting better.
But often getting
better isn’t that simple. I can help my doctor and myself by knowing my body—when
it’s up and when it’s down, what it likes and doesn’t like, and why. An
important consideration in these observations is the food I eat. Unless you
experience the typical symptoms of food allergies,
