The Doctors Opinion-Nicholas J Messina III M.D.

Much has been written of risk factors for chronic disease. Risk factors for high blood pressure and heart disease include obesity, cigarette smoking, and high cholesterol. Obesity is also included as a risk factor for diabetes and cancer. Lack of commitment to optimal health is not mentioned as a risk factor anywhere! I propose that this is one of the most significant risk factors driving the explosive rise in chronic disease in our world today.

Making a free will commitment to optimal nutrition, cleansing of environmental toxins, exercise, stress reduction, and adequate water intake is essential in avoiding the obligations in life style change associated with the development of chronic illness.

People who cannot find time to make a commitment to their health today will be forced to make the time to drastically change their life when the obligation of chronic disease knocks on their door tomorrow.

I invite anyone ready to take a stand to contact me to find out how to start taking control of their health.

Dr. Nick Messina

When you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water it jumps out!

However, if you put the frog in a pot of tepid water, and slowly turn up the heat, it will stay in the pot and will eventually be cooked to death!

We live in a toxic and malnourished world. The toxins in our air, water, and food have slowly but surely increased over the years. The nutrients in our foods have slowly but surely decreased secondary to modern farming methods that have depleted the top soil of essential minerals.

We have seen the incidence of cancer and chronic diseases increase. We look around us and accept the status quo because we forgot what is was like to feel healthy.

We have become the frogs, and our environment has become the pot of water that is reaching the boiling point!

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A 2010 study in Pediatrics, an American Academy of Pediatrics journal, concludes that young children are healthiest when they regularly have an evening meal with their family, get enough sleep, and have limited “screen time” with the TV, computers, and cell phones.

Children also appear to model their own eating habits after their parents’ or caregivers’ habits.

Parents who force or bribe their children to eat fruits and vegetables are less successful than those who role model at the table and give their children what they are eating.

The morale of the story is that parents can’t help their kids stay healthy until they clean up their own act!

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If we want something different we must do something different. If we want what we have, all we have to do is keep doing what we are doing.

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Some people are interested in their health and some are committed to it. To illustrate the difference, let us consider a ham and egg breakfast: the chicken was interested, but the pig was committed!

Nicholas J. Messina III, MD

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I am getting tired of merely applying band-aids to patients.

The goal in life is progress, not perfection. If we do not place unrealistic expectations on ourselves and others, we will be able to learn from the smallest success or the greatest failure.

A top baseball player bats .300. That means he misses 7 out of 10 times and still qualifies for the hall of fame. A top movie star is rated on the price he or she commands per picture. A top star today commands $20 million dollars a picture. Imagine if you chose your doctor based on these standards? He would be wrong 7 out of 10 times and would command millions of dollars for his fee. There must be a better way to gauge success in the medical field. I am interested to hear what qualities you consider important in a doctor.

For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

Nicholas J. Messina III, M.D.

I saw a patient recently for evaluation of arthritis. He was 96 years old. He moved slower than the character portrayed by Tim Conway in the old Carol Burnett Show. He grimaced in pain with each step he took. He climbed up on the exam table after refusing assistance. I completed my exam and prescribed a treatment.

I instinctively grabbed his arm to help him off the table and at the same time told him that he needed to take it easy.

He grabbed my arm with his hand and squeezed with all of his strength. He pulled my face level with his and looked me square in the eye.

As he had my complete attention at this point, he spoke a sentence that will stay with me for the rest of my life:

” Take it easy? Doc, this ain’t no dress rehearsal. I ain’t getting this one back so I’m going for it with all I got”.

Needless to say, my attitude toward the rest of the day and the rest of my life changed after this visit.

Nicholas J. Messina III, M.D.