Have you learned to say "No" to big pharma and big oil? ?

[lightbulb27]

In USA especially, we are a drug marketed and "addicted" country. Go to a "Dr."... they will prescribe you a drug. Drugs are all over the store shelves. Dr's are trained drug pushers. Then there's the illicit drugs.

Fact... We are all made of chemicals...

Fact...most "drugs" are made from crude oil or natural gas... building blocks.

Rather than eat food or take in plants for "medicine", ... which are natural "alive" chemicals... or removal of substances or stressors that cause inflammation and make necessary changes for your biology... you can consume drugs made from oil or natural gas... yea!!!

Do you agree this is wise, smart and a good idea... to say no at times... to Big Pharma, "Dr. s" and their drug solutions? This may include those pushing other "junk foods" on you.

No Mommy... stop pushing that oil on me...

Natural liver cleanser, acid, nutrients. Tastes good with salad...

Yes to saying no!

No, I believe my Dr has my best interests as does big pharma

Don't cut my profits...

Other

[Anonymous]

No. It's like I tell my family, "can't beat em?", "Join em". So I own stock in these evil corporations.😆 since they're not going anywhere anytime soon. And I'll probably be victimized by them at some point (if I'm not already). We'll then I might as well put some coin in my pocket atm to subsidize it.😆

[Miristheiss]

I do not take any drugs.

I DO put fuel in my car once a week.

[236color]

I decided in 2008, that to the extent it is possible, I will divorce myself from the corporate economy. But that's a BIG qualifier. I often commute to work by bike, I live in Michigan, that isn't always possible. I'm not a subscriber to the RFK Jr school of medicine. Is Big Pharma an evil money grubbing monster? Yes, but I'm not going to try to cure tuberculosis with black walnut husks. I will soon retire and be able to feed less money into the machine, but I have no illusions that I can or even WANT to revoke the industrial revolution.

[lightbulb27]

That's a rational view! There's a balance somewhere that makes sense.
It's mind boggling to think tuberculosis would be cured by crude oil.

[236color]

It's cured by a medication called isoniazid. I have no idea what it's made of, but I know it works.

[lightbulb27]

Yum! Less filling and taste great?

[RandomGirl42]

Mother Nature has always made better medicine than big pharma and so many amazing herbs and remedies grow right in peoples back yards and they don't even know it.

We've had an herb garden and made "home remedies" for generations. 😊

[lightbulb27]

exactly!!

[RandomGirl42]

Oh! And dandelions make awesome wine too! 😊

[lightbulb27]

my elders used to do that. it's their "medicine"! the old brews made in italy have all sorts of seeds and such, preserved by alcohol! stay healthy!

[purplepoppy]

Dandelions make you wet the bed, hence the French name pissenlit

[lightbulb27]

@purplepoppy Really? Probably good for us to "clean out the pipes".

[purplepoppy]

Yes. Dandelion literally means lions tooth but variations on piss the bed are found across Europe

[RandomGirl42]

@purplepoppy I wasn't going to confess to that part. 😳

[Chazmatazz269]

You wouldn’t want to live in this world without petroleum products. No sane person would.
There’s a lot of learning for the average person to find effective natural remedies to replace only SOME modern pharmaceuticals. There’s a great deal of discipline involved in nutritional health in order to avoid many of the health problems that we use drugs for anymore.
I simply don’t believe most people are willing and able to do both.
Therefore, most people are and always will be heavily dependent upon both Big Oil and Big Pharma.

[Anonymous]

As far as getting jabbed yes haven't had one in since I was a kids. But I take seizure medication and you can't just stop taking it over night it has bad side effects by doing it that way also eyedrops for glaucoma trust me if I know a better way without taking either of them I would.

[lightbulb27]

If it's necessary to survive, understand. Something isn't right in your brain and until that underlying issue is resolved, which I understand it can be in various ways of change... then you need that "crutch". That's understandable.
We've taken a society of a few situations need medications into "everyone needs one"...

[molonski2]

You are spot on LB..

Did you know in the USA blood pressure " statons " assist 2 / 100 , so 98 % take them to supposedly assist 2 % .. so many other examples.

I'm 65 years old , I take absolutely NOTHING.

( but I did get sucked into those poisonous vaccines.. useless )
More than useless , dangerous, killed so many.

[robocop666]

haven't gotten a vaccine in decades and I wanna keep it that way

[lightbulb27]

yea, and we wonder why we have plastic in our cells!!! good call.

[DryGermanGuy]

We actually don't wonder that.

[Levin]

I did not get my ass jabbed.

I avoid the doctor unless absolutely necessary. Because I know most of their concoctions do not get to the root of the problem. They mask.

[exitseven]

I try and make informed decisions about healthcare. After Covid I no longer trust the government and really do not trust doctors either. My wife works in healhcare so I do what she tells me. Its working out good so far.

[Anonymous]

Renewables are just better. Easier to run independently, easier to price, easier to produce and better for the planet.

[purplepoppy]

Until modern medicine came along the average life expectancy was 30

[NicholasofAustralia]

I'm 32 it's a miracle 😋🙏 thank you😭😅 Jesus

[Chazmatazz269]

A greater understanding of microbiology and leaps & bounds in surgical techniques get most of the credit for the jump in life expectancy. The current state of modern pharmaceuticals deserves a modicum of credit at best, and definitely shouldn’t be conflated with those other advances or even its own inception.

[AngryCarl3]

I was prescribed statins but I refuse to take them because they have zero medically proven benefits. I'll say that again. Zero.

[Anonymous]

I voted don't cut my profits ahaha 🕳️ lol

However seriously though for Australia, I was cheering for a new gas export tax. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Yes I have, long time ago.