Dr. Hodson's Journey to Holistic Health
My journey into healthy living began as a young mother in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, while pregnant with my first child.
The Crisis in
American Healthcare
The American healthcare system faces a significant crisis:
- Thirty percent of healthcare dollars spent each year (about $750 billion dollars annually)does nothing to improve our health in America (source: DVD Escape Fire: the fight to rescue American Healthcare, 2012).
- By 2024, more than one trillion dollars will be spent on complications of obesity primarily because we eat fast, processed, packaged, refined foods.
- For more than ten years, the lifestyle medical approach, namely referring to changes in DIET, EXERCISE, reduced STRESS, and reduced ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS through antioxidant therapy, has been proven to be beneficial, but this approach is still not available in mainstream medical care because there is no economic incentive.
- $1.1 billion was spent on lobbying the federal government by insurance companies and food suppliers during the planning of the Affordable Care Act.
- Our government is now being controlled by multinational corporations making it very difficult, if not impossible, to protect the average American citizen’s healthcare rights.
WE MUST TAKE BACK THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN HEALTH!
Eat whole organic foods rich in antioxidants that grow in nature, supplement with Micro Daily and organic herbs, learn to meditate to manage stress, start exercising, love your families, return to your ancestral roots!
Six Steps to a Better Planet
Live consciously to improve both personal and planetary health. Together, we can make lasting change.
Sustain our planet AND your life by eating the whole food the earth provides. Oxygen is essential to life. Our atmosphere is steadily decreasing in oxygen content, contributing to free radical cellular and genetic damage in our bodies. If we change our agricultural and business practices, as well as our food choices, we will have better air to breathe, better food to eat, less human disease and children who experience HEALTHY lives filled with joy.
Prepare a portion of your garden for growing vegetables or begin a square foot garden as a family. Recycle kitchen scraps and lawn clippings as compost to replenish the soil nutrients in your garden. Harvest whole real food from organic seeds and practice preparing healthy fresh nutrients for family dinners. Support your local farmers and the larger organic food producers, such as Lundberg Farms. These practices will reduce chemical pollution and contribute to restoring the local streams, rivers and ecosystems, and allow us to live in harmony with nature. With these lifestyle choices, we may yet have a chance to reverse the growing plague of environmental destruction causing human disorders, disease and suffering, and give the next generation of babies the chance to live happy and productive lives.
water scarcity is a growing worldwide crisis. Water is a renewable resource, but there is much less clean water available to the world’s populations, especially the indigenous peoples. Our modern business and agricultural practices of dumping fertilizers, pesticides and industrial waste into our waterways, aswell as the common behavior of tossing plastic bottles overboard while sailing, a general disregard for water conservation and purity, and taking clean water supplies for granted in the industrial nations has left a global water footprint of severely limited clean water. Our oceans are filled with nano plastics or microplastics, “plastinating” all sea life, and killing millions of sea birds and other creatures in the Pacific Ocean and the waters surrounding Antarctica. Invest in safe water consumption (reverse osmosis structured water – see www.naturalaction.com for more scientific information) and water conservation behaviors.
The skill of meditation increases our cognitive capacities, helps us to focus, prevents heart disease, lowers blood pressure, prevents premature aging and Alzheimer’s disease by increasing DHEA hormonal levels that maintain chromosomal telomeres. When practiced twice daily along with daily prayer, meditation also increases our ability to show love and empathy, strengthens our families and our nations, makes us gentler and more compassionate toward others and contributes to world peace.
We can reduce much of the environmental damage that is rapidly eradicating entire species from the earth, melting our glaciers, threatening tropical rain forests, destroying oceanic reefs and their inhabitants, and polluting much of the natural ancient human food supply (especially wild sockeye salmon and bottom-feeding seafoods) through unwise business practices and irresponsible human activity.
As we practice responsible stewardship, the whole planet will benefit and there will be plenty for every human being and every animal to eat, and human populations might eventually learn to live in peace with one another, together cherishing the gift of life on our earthly home.
Ayurveda offers a holistic path to health by correcting imbalances in the doshas and fostering harmony between the mind, body, spirit, and environment. With customized diets, meditation, yoga, and permanent lifestyle adjustments, individuals can achieve lasting wellness and a healthy life.
DISCLAIMER: The content of this website is based on research conducted by Hodson Custom Health, LLC, unless otherwise noted. The information is presented for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure such conditions. The information contained herein is not intended to replace your relationship with a doctor or qualified healthcare professional. This information is not intended as medical advice, but rather a sharing of knowledge and information based on research and experience. Hodson Custom Health, LLC encourages you to make your own health care decisions based on your own judgment and research in partnership with a qualified healthcare professional. Do not stop, adjust, or modify your dose of any prescribed medications without the direct supervision of your healthcare practitioner.