Is There Almost Always a Safer, More Natural Alternative to Drugs? Modern medicine has saved lives—but it has also normalized a dangerous assumption:that symptoms require drugs, rather than restoration of health. When we step back and look at the data, an important question emerges: Why are substances foreign to the body considered “standard,” while nutrients the body depends on are treated as optional? Prescription Drugs and Risk: A Sobering Perspective Peer-reviewed analyses have repeatedly shown that adverse drug reactions are a major public-health concern in the United States. Properly prescribed medications—taken exactly as directed—are associated with a significant number of hospitalizations and deaths each year. These outcomes are not due to misuse or abuse, but to inherent risks of pharmacological intervention, including: Organ toxicity Nutrient depletion Drug–drug interactions Cumulative physiological stress This raises an impor…