Merry December!
“The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.”
– Sir William Osler, physician, historian and author (1849-1919)
The sands of 2018 are running out fast. But before the last (high carb, GMO, herbicide-infused) grain of sand will fall (Eskom permitting), a lot has to happen. I know your time is precious, so let’s jump right in!
First things first: Please order your Integrow Health supplies for the next TWO months (till end January). Getting courier parcels out during the holiday season is a challenge. Please think ahead. Emailed orders should be addressed to
Another reason to order NOW is that we’re running out of stock on many of our lines and our suppliers will only be able to help us end January / early February.
For best results, please place your order online here: www.integrow.co.za/all
If you cannot find an item online, don’t panic. Take a deep breath and look up. In fact, look up and somewhat to the right.. There, in the top right corner of your screen, you will find a Search box. And, ladies and gentlemen, it WORKS! Just try it. What if it doesn’t find the product you want? Don’t panic! Type the item(s) into the Comments section during checkout. Then wait for one of Santa’s elves to add it manually. You will get a second invoice in your inbox, with the product added and the total adjusted.
Speaking of inboxes and invoices: Since about six weeks ago, GMail decided to dump all our system messages into Junk. No idea why, nor do we have any control over this. If you are using GMail, please follow these instructions (click hereto find them) to whitelist our email addresses
Couldn’t be simpler, could it?
Next: I need to change my business model.
Yep. You heard that right.
Since I graduated as a medical doctor (26 years ago…), I never charged my patients a fee. Noble?. Stupid? Well, the truth is rather mundane. The admin costs of charging consultation fees is so high, it would have turned me into a “medical aid slave-bot”. So, the down-side of staying free from medical slavery is that I have to consult for free. (It’s more complicated than that, but this is the “Medicine for Dummies” version.)
I hope this makes sense. It does not make sense to my wife. And my children complain of being hungry all the time. But maybe that’s just because they’re teenagers?
Anyhow, no wonder I often recommend fasting as a treatment…
Over the past quarter century, through many twists and turns, I developed a whole new way of doing medicine. It’s not “natural medicine”, “functional medicine” or “integrative medicine”, although it overlaps a bit with all three. It’s not really “spiritual healing”, either, although I see spiritual healing as the cornerstone of true health.
So what is it?
I don’t know. Yet.
Next month, I turn 50. Half century not out. Talking about sands of time, I realise I have probably passed the midpoint of my biodegradable life cycle. So, before I get “run out”, I need to set my protocols down in writing.
From my first day as a doctor, it has been my passion to set people free from bondage to disease. To me, this includes setting people free from medication. One of the biggest bondages on our society is our enslavement to medication. And, as a general rule, the more medicines people take, the sicker they get.
Unless you’re working for Big Pharma, you know that medicine is broken all the down to its very foundation. Many of my allopathiccolleagues are burnt out, most of them are bitter and cynical. I believe it is possible to do things differently, to bring healing in a hopeful, energising way. But the change has to come from the patients. The medical profession is trapped in a self-defeating hamster wheel.
Yes, that means YOU. And YOU. And YOU.
As of now (today), I am stopping all consultations. All ~1,500 of them. My sincere apologies if this affects you personally, but then, I never did charge you, did I? In order to help more people without burning myself out, I need to take time out right now. I’m asking you to release me into a space where I can research and write.
How long will I remain underground? No idea. But it will take many months to get everything written down, especially adding the research that proves my approach. For those who need personal health coaching, I’m busy training up a local GP to follow in my footsteps. With your permission, I will forward all coaching requests to her in future.
Any system of medicine eventually becomes an idol. Health, wellness and longevity are gifts to be used in humble service of all humanity and our Creator. Abusing them for personal gain is misery and tragedy. I hope to avoid the idolatry while gaining in humility. Wish me luck!
Watch this space. I will be emailing more in the coming year.
On that note, I wish you a blessed Christmas-time and an exciting 2019! My wish for you in 2018 is that you will finish the year without needing any medication. Recover once, not twice.
To your health!
Doc Frank (and the team at Integrow Health)
