Home Remedies

If you’re overweight, your doctor might have told you to exercise more and cut down on certain types of food. But did your doctor also tell you to get more sleep, drink more water, and reduce stress levels, or how to exercise without causing your body more stress? Too often, doctors and other health professionals focus on treating disease, rather than on preventative health care. The health care system is “crisis-oriented,” meaning that instead of showing patients how to prevent disease, many doctors tend to treat symptoms when they appear – which is partly why many seniors opt for Medicare Part D coverage, which treats the problem through drug therapy, rather than preventative care. And those same doctors often prescribe medication rather than suggesting their patients adopt lifestyle changes that might do the job more effectively and naturally.