Analysis Of Guided Imagery

Based on the video, analyze the main points presented by the narrator concerning issues and problems inherent in overall health care in the U.S.
According to Dr. Emmett Miller, the health care paradigm is wrong. He says 80-90% of health issues are the result of lifestyles, stress and relationships with other people. He states the health care system treats the symptoms, when in fact the correct approach should be to determine and treat the source. Miller says we band-aid the problems instead of getting to the heart of the matter (Health, 2011).
Miller believes healing comes from within and nature does the rest. He created a new approach to healing in the 1970’s called Guided Imagery. Guided Imagery is broken down into four components:

Miller to some degree. While I do believe there are lifestyle choices we make and stress can contribute to illness, I don’t believe we are sick strictly because of our lifestyle, stress and relationships. I also do not believe we can cure ourselves with Miller’s four step process of Guided Imagery only. I think there are other things to be considered. First of all, I believe outside of congenital, genetic and environmental our diets play the most significant role in our health issues. Our number one culprit is sugar. Too much sugar causes our bodies to become insulin resistant which eventually causes Type II Diabetes. Once we became insulin resistant, our livers may be forced to over work and produce excessive amounts of fatty acids causing them to overflow into the blood stream wreaking havoc in our bodies. The excessive production of fatty acids not only causes obesity but also, increases the risk of, high cholesterol, heart attacks and strokes. Not to mention the plethora of issues, which develop secondary to Type II

Nutritional services should be a part of a person’s annual physical and intermittently as needed. An incentive given to people participating in a physical activity program, in the form of a discount or perhaps collaboration with the local YMCA or neighborhood community center to all insured persons, not just those under the ACA, would be a wise as par for the course. Not all will take advantage, but implementing these two services across the board, making them truly affordable will change the way we utilize the health care system and hopefully reduce