05/26/2026
Why nature aligned health is your best defense against chronic disease.
“The fundamental philosophy of health is alignment with nature. For millennia, humans thrived without pharmaceutical intervention. Nearly every drug known to medicine carries unintended consequences, and virtually none address the root cause of disease — they treat consequences of the cause at best.
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming an estimated 250,000 lives per year. Iatrogenic causes — death caused by medical care itself — represent a staggering toll that the medical establishment has been slow to confront.
Approximately 90% of the calories consumed by Americans come from processed foods, which are the primary driver of the chronic disease epidemic. The more food is processed, the more likely it is to cause metabolic damage, mitochondrial dysfunction, and systemic inflammation
Seed oils (soybean, corn, canola, sunflower, safflower) are the single most destructive dietary component in the modern food supply. Soybean oil consumption increased more than 1,000-fold from 1909 to 1999, and linoleic acid intake rose from under 3% to over 7% of total energy — driving a parallel rise in heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and neurodegeneration
Any therapeutic approach to health — whether food, supplement, or medical intervention — should be grounded in the foundational biological reality that humans evolved with over millennia. When you deviate from this principle, the law of unintended consequences is virtually guaranteed to apply.”
From Dr. Mercola’s newsletter.