New Age Health Care - Way of Life Literature

1 Timothy 4:4 says, “For every creature of God is good,
and nothing to be refused, if it be received with
thanksgiving.”
Naturopathy
Naturopathy in the United States was developed by
Benedict Lust, who founded the American School of
Naturopathy in 1902. It is built on the following three
basic principles:
“(1) The body has a natural drive to maintain
equilibrium--symptoms of disease are only
indications that the body is striving to heal itself. (2)
The root of all disease is the accumulation of waste
products and toxins due to poor life-style habits. (3)
The body contains both the wisdom and the power
to heal itself--provided one does what enhances
rather than what interferes with this power” (The
Hidden Agenda, p. 109).
All three of these principles are half truths, and half
truths can be whole lies. While it is true that the body has
a natural drive to maintain equilibrium, it is not true that
all symptoms of disease are indicative of the body trying
to heal itself. While the accumulation of wastes and
toxins due to poor life-style habits is the root of some
disease, it is definitely not the root of all disease. And to
say that the body has “the wisdom and the power to heal
itself” is only partially true, because there are dramatic
limits to the body’s healing power, regardless of what
diet you eat or how you live.
Dr. David Sneed says:
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