"Red flag right there "Medicine does not even remotely consider suggesting such a therapy because most people could never actually follow it", if a change in li

"Red flag right there "Medicine does not even remotely consider suggesting such a therapy because most people could never actually follow it", if a change in life style was all that is needed to treat Chron's, Lyme's and a whole pile of other serious diseases you can bet that plenty of people would be following it." Wrong. Most people are inherently lazy and lifestyle changes are difficult, all-consuming commitments that a lot of people aren't willing to undertake. Coincidentally, I listened to an intriguing story on NPR (sorry, couldn't find a link) last weekend in which the MD was proposing that depression is a lifestyle disease along the same lines as most cancers, heart disease, and most of the other top killers in the western world. Those things just don't exist in [places like] rural, coastal Costa Rica (or any other aboriginal environ). This isn't to say I wholeheartedly support Grandalf's proposal, but I don't agree that total reliance on the medical establishment is a great idea, either. My family is fortunate to have a PCP that will call us and say "Here's my latest research [from reading journals, talking to peers & specialists, etc] -- would you like to come in and talk about it?" Even though we often have to wait an hour or more to see her, having this kind of a personal, caring relationship is priceless.