Why are we treating symptoms?

Any symptom that signals a health issue is part of the stress response in the body to fix something.

Our natural tendency is to take a supplement or prescription medication to treat the symptoms we are experiencing. It is also our assumption that what is happening in the body is the consequence of a diseased organ system when it is not.

But, did you count on the fact that there will be a negative feedback response to the exogenous supplement or medication? That's right. Because you are blocking a normal biologic process in the body, there will be consequences, i.e., side effects.
The example given in this video is that of Spironolactone. This is a potassium-sparing diuretic used to lower aldosterone, an adrenal hormone. An off-label use for this medication is to treat acne because Spironolactone also blocks testosterone production. Why block testosterone? Because your acne is a result of your hormones, of course! And why are your hormones a problem? So, you give this medication for acne. It blocks testosterone. Boys, do you want to give up your testosterone to fix your acne? If testosterone is blocked, no estrogen is produced downstream, so give birth control pills (in females) to fix the estrogen problem. Then, because Spironolactone raises cortisol, blood sugars rise and later on may need to give another pill for diabetes. And to top it all off, since cortisol is a sympathomimetic, you now need to treat her anxiety with an anxiety medication.

My point? What is your symptom the result of? And what are the side effects of treatment?

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