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Naturopathic physician Peter Glidden began by stating that humans are genetically designed to live to the age of 120 years, if we're healthy. The most important issue to Glidden is to keep your body supplied with plenty of minerals. As an example he related how cattle ranchers provide plenty of minerals in feed while cattle are growing and then stop about four months before they sell the animal in order to get the cow to eat much more. Since the cow is trying to get the nutrients it needs, it will eat much more and therefore fatten itself for market.
"You can trace every chronic disease to mineral deficiency" Glidden said. He said that pesticides and herbicides kill the bacteria in the soil that allow plants to absorb them, so that most fruits and vegetables are lacking in many essential minerals. As for the seeming rise of gluten intolerance, Glidden said the real issue is that gluten inhibits absorption of nutritional elements. He believes that best way to increase health and longevity is to be careful about the source of your food and to add pure supplements to your diet. Glidden also cautioned listeners with his opinion that "your doctor is not trained in health care, he is trained in disease management."
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Dr. Peter Glidden, who has over 25 years of education, training, and experience in holistic medicine, discussed how to use natural remedies and supplements to maintain health and even recover from debilitating conditions. Sadly, due to a lack of pragmatic medical advice, the things many people do for their health are usually counterproductive, even though they have the best intentions, he remarked. And the last 10 years of most people's lives are often not that great, he continued. "It's the golden years brought to you by conventional medicine," with the elderly needing prescription medicines to wake up, to fall asleep, to manage their blood pressure, and heartburn, as well as an additional prescription to manage all the side effects of the other medications. Conventional medical doctors are trained how to manage patients' symptoms rather than bring about good health, he added.
Regarding evaluating whether a specific nutritional supplement is working for you, Glidden said that after a 90-day trial period, if you don't get any noticeable results, you should abandon it and try something else. Heartburn and insomnia are both related to calcium deficiencies, whereas magnesium and selenium are good supplements for heart health, he reported. Cholesterol is actually important for health, "and we have been led down the goose path by the pharmaceutical industry for the last 40 years," who have demonized this natural body substance, he asserted.
