alternative medicine doctor, alternative medicine health careI've been searching for an alternative medicine doctor who can help my mother manage her diabetes. She is from the generation that believes everything people in authority tell her, and unlike her, I think that diabetes is better managed with diet and exercise than with pills. She is overweight and it contributes to her diabetic problems. Even worse, being overweight makes it hard for her to exercise. The alternative medicine doctor I want her to visit specializes in helping people get off medicine for diabetes. She would feel so much better if she ate a diet that was lower in simple carbohydrates and higher in complex carbohydrates, like fresh fruits and vegetables.

An alternative medicine doctor combines the discipline from allopathic medicine with the herbal and dietary practices that have been proven to work to treat diseases or conditions. I'm a total believer in the practice of alternative medicine health care, and endorse the philosophy that natural cures are better than prescription drugs that have side effects. Now if I could just convince her of the wisdom of eating right...