James L. Marcum - The Ultimate Prescription: What the Medical Profession Isnt Telling You

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The Ultimate Prescription: What the Medical Profession Isnt Telling You

Copyright 2010 by James L. Marcum. All rights reserved.

Previously published as The Heart of Health by the author under

ISBN 978-0-578-05968-6.

The Ultimate Prescription first published in 2011 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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Edited by Susan Taylor

The names of the patients in this book have been changed to protect their privacy.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Marcum, James.

The ultimate prescription : what the medical profession isnt telling you / James L. Marcum with Charles Mills.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: The heart of health.

ISBN 978-1-4143-6817-7 (sc)

1. HealthReligious aspectsChristianity. 2. MedicineReligious aspectsChristianity. I. Mills, Charles, 1950- II. Marcum, James. Heart of health. III. Title.

BT732.M32 2011

261.5'61dc23 2011040453

I would like to dedicate this book to my parents, Jim and Mary Marcum, who have taught and supported me throughout my life.

They have focused my learning on what the Great Physician teaches.

This book exists because of their love and guidance.

Acknowledgments

There are so many who have contributed to this project. I hope they realize how important they are to me. Charles Mills is more than a with. He has been a friend, a mentor, and a gigantic creative force. He has brought together ideas given to me by the Holy Spirit and merged them with the insights shared by the many healers he has interviewed through the years.

Dorinda Mills is always there supporting and contributing to Charless ministry.

To Jeannie Hart, Michelle Rapkin, Nena Madonia, and the staff at Right Time Right Place: your guidance, belief in the project, and counsel during this process have been invaluable.

The people at Tyndale House, including John Farrar, Susan Taylor, Kara Leonino, Christy Wong Stroud, and Ron Kaufmann, have been vital to presenting the message of this book to the world.

I could not have completed this project without the support of my wife, Sonya, and my children, Kelli and Jake. I love you.

A special note of appreciation to my nurses, Lara and Kathy, who allow me to be so efficient with my time. Arvid and Doreen Jacobson always seem to offer the right words of encouragement.

To my patients and friends who have helped this project become a reality: I thank you for blessing my life during the twenty-year journey.

Finally, I want to publicly offer special thanks and praise to God, who has guided this book all along through the Holy Spirit, bringing together a team to take this message to the world. To Him all glory be given. I am so grateful for His enduring love and patience.

Introduction

At this very moment, you and I are part of the largest, most comprehensive health study this world has ever known. Its not being funded by a well-respected organization like the National Institutes of Health or the American Medical Association. There are no highly trained scientists bending low over colorful test tubes or peering pensively into microscopes, searching for clues. No forms are being filled out or random samples being taken. This study is quietly, unobtrusively being carried out in our homes, our schools, and our places of business.

The goal of this far-reaching investigation is to answer three simple questions. The first is, What happens to the human body when it does everything... wrong? What happens when it continues to take in toxic, nutritionally deficient foods, gets less than the necessary amount of sleep, is deprived of sufficient water intake, is inundated with a steady stream of harsh chemicals, is introduced to a never-ending supply of devastating, side-effect-laden pharmaceuticals, and is forced to breathe a constant flow of polluted air?

The second question is similar to the first, but it has to do with the human mind: What happens when the information pouring into a brains neural network is wrong? What happens when its taught to focus entirely on its own needs, its own desires, and its own happiness, at the expense of all else?

Finally, the study is examining peoples spiritual lives, asking the third question: What happens to a persons relationship with God when that relationship is based on beliefs that are built on flawed foundations, on images of God that are totally, heartbreakingly wrong?

The results are pouring in. We can see them at the mall, on television, on the Internet, and in line at the bank. We can catch glimpses of them as we talk with coworkers or even strangers on the street, when we read the blogs of experts on the web, and when we scan the evening news sources. We can see them at our local churches, in the halls of Congress, and especially in crowded doctors offices.

Many of us see the results of this ongoing study reflected back to us from our own mirrors. We find ourselves gazing into the faces of overweight, overworked, overstimulated people we hardly recognize. We lean forward and squint into the eyes of people who havent a clue about whats going on inside our own bodies, yet we know that all isnt right in therethat something bad is happening deep inside us. We understandalthough we dont know how or whythat something important is missing, something necessary for the days, weeks, and years ahead. But all we can do is stand there, unsure, confused, and afraid.

Thats what happens when the human body, mind, and spirit become so wrapped up with what tastes good, feels good, and seems good that we lose sight of what really is good. Thats what happens when truth is hidden and people start to depend on a random set of highly polished, expertly marketed, and decidedly deadly... lies.

In the condition that civilization has placed itself, doctors dont know what to do beyond treating symptoms and hoping for the best. Psychiatrists shake their heads in disbelief, wondering how their patients could ever get so emotionally messed up when they have so much for which to live. Pastors gaze down from their pulpits at dwindling flocks, searching for a way to transform what seems to have become an unattractive, seemingly inattentive, and reportedly highly agitated God into someone worth worshiping. And while parents juggle their overstretched budgets to cover astronomical medical insurance premiums and the costs of a growing list of prescription drugs, they must stand helplessly by as their children are attacked by diseases that used to afflict only the elderly.

Very Different

Life hasnt always been this way. One hundred years ago, the world was a very different place, filled with people living very different lives. The vast majority of people lived in the rural countryside, and in America, many lived on family farms. Most families grew and ate their own food. They didnt eat food marketed to them by national corporations that commercially processed their nourishment with heavy amounts of fats, salt, and added calories.