We must be careful not to confuse health­coverage with healthcare, nor health­care with health. Contrary to what many believe, our personal well­being is not so much a matter of science, and it is certainly not a matter of legislation. It is the consequence and reward of living healthfully, which is a matter of personal responsibility. There is quite a difference between health­care and self­care. No question, access to all that modern medicine has to offer can be helpful and oftentimes lifesaving. However, it can hardly keep us from getting to the point where we require such intervention. That task falls within our purview only, and is our obligation alone to fulfill. Unlike wealth, health cannot be confiscated from one individual and redistributed to another by fiat, nor can it be willfully transferred. It can only be consumed by he who produces it. If you want more health, you will have to provide it for yourself. The good news is that you get to keep all that you earn ­ wages and interest, tax­free and in perpetuity.

Obviously, life preceded life science. We managed to survive for a long time before we began examining self, the universe, and the relationship between the two. Guided by instinct and the continual assemblage of knowledge, we have endured right up to the present moment. From grunts and groans to battle cries and lullabies we have persevered in our own nature. 

Led by our power to reason, unlimited desires, and the inclination to satisfy those desires with the least amount of effort, we have discovered what it takes to survive and improve. There is life because conditions consistent with life make it possible. When those conditions change, for better or for worse, so does life. If those conditions cease to exist, so does life. These fundamentals of healthful living (pure air, pure water, pure food, sunshine, exercise, sleep, social interaction, loving relationships, security of life and its means) can be replaced by nothing else when they are lacking. Medical intervention, which should first do no harm, might sustain us in spite of our deficiencies, but it rarely makes us replete in what we are missing. It may keep our hearts beating a bit longer as we slowly fade away, but it cannot infuse us with vitality. Only we can do that. By faithfully providing ourselves with the essential needs of life, we spark the body’s natural tendency to thrive. By placing the body on the terrain that was meant to support it, we allow ourselves to persist because we allow ourselves to rejuvenate ­ to heal ­ to once again become whole. 

Believing that someone or something, other than the body and its external counterparts, can fix us, is as dangerous as it is deceptive. The power to heal resides only within the boundaries of the living organism, patiently waiting to be summoned. When coupled with the correct set of salubrious conditions, this force is heroically unleashed and the process of regeneration is spontaneously set in motion. When we are deceived into placing our trust in extrinsic cures, we not only waste precious time by ignoring the intrinsic intelligence and wisdom of the body – we encourage disease to progress as we are lulled into a false sense of security. There are no cures, just cause and effect. There are no miracles, just the day to day phenomena that we have grown accustomed to, no longer appreciate and take for granted.

Ignore the battle cries of those who incessantly chant: “healthcare for all”, knowing nothing of health and caring only for their own political well­being. And deafen your ears to the lullabies that mesmerize the credulous by promising salvation without sacrifice. Health is not a right granted to us by some factitious authority, nor demanded by us from others. It is a personal obligation to be fulfilled by each and every one of us and comes implicitly with our acceptance of ­ and in deference to ­ the gift of life. 

Dr. Mark L. Houllif

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As a natural health consultant for over 25 years Mark Houllif has been teaching the scientific principles of health promotion. The goal is to guide the individual back to health using natural and nutritonal methods. By removing the causes of disease and establishing conditions of health we allow the body to most powerfully manifest its natural healing tendencies.