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1 " Mother Nature, mothers, grandmothers - yes, even fathers, and grandfathers - are the best doctors around, because they do not share the typical doctor's compulsion to interfere with the body's efforts and ability to heal itself. "
― , How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor
2 " Too often, the risk of careless or needless medical intervention is greater than the dangers of the illness itself. "
3 " Your most important contribution to the future health of your child will be the attention you give to your own diet during pregnancy and to proper nutrition for your baby after he is born. "
4 " At least 95 percent of the ailments that children are prey to will heal themselves and do not require medical attention. "
5 " Mothers, Grandmothers, and Mother Nature are the best doctors around. "
6 " At least 90 percent of children's surgery is unnecessary, needlessly exposing the patient to the risks of death from the surgery itself, from anesthesia, or from infections contracted in the hospital, which is an inescapably germ-ridden environment. "
7 " Most pediatricians have received little or no education covering the fundamentals of nutrition and pharmacology, and no emphasis is placed on these vital subjects in medical school. Their patients suffer because of the pediatricians' ignorance of the impact of diet on health and of the hazards and side affects of the drugs he prescribes. "
8 " Parents need to learn when to call a doctor, and what they can do, without a doctor's intervention, to reinforce the body's ability to heal itself. "