your own best doctor is you

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Your Own Best Doctor is You •Yes It’s You!

Your own Best Doctor is YouYes It’s You!

Romy Paredes M.D.Bestselling Author of

Health Made Incredibly Simple

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Your Own Best Doctor is YouYes It’s You!

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Philippine Copyright 2013 by Dr. Romy Paredes M.D.

Published by Wellnessland Health Institute314-C Sikatuna St. Bgy Zapatera Cebu City, Philippines 6000www.thenewhealthcaresystem.comwww.wellnessland-ph.comTel. (632)4168520, 255-5582, 5165247

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Cover design by Fiverr.comLay-out by Rey de GuzmanEdited by Atty. Romulo V. Paredes

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tA B L e o F c o n t e n t s

Dedication 5

Preface 6

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Searching for Higher Levels of Truths 9

Chapter 2 The Bottomline Causes of Illness 11

Chapter 3 The Bottomline Solutions to Illness 15

Chapter 4 Treating the Symptoms VS Treating the Root Cause 19

Chapter 5 The Crucial Role of Nutrition 23

Chapter 6 Take Charge of Your Health, or Else Somebody Will 27

Conclusion 33

About the Author 36

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Dedication

To all the patients whom I have served for the past decade, you are my sources of inspiration

To all the people I have worked with in this health freedom movement, thank you for your selfless works

To my wife, Mila and son Michael, you are my support in this life journey

To GOD, who have inspired me to search for higher levels of truths

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P r e F A c e

The purpose of this book is to empower people to take more control of their health. It is a special way that enables people to rapidly learn how to be their own best doctor.

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i n t r o D u c t i o n

Hi, Im Dr Romy Paredes, an “A-B-normal”, “off-the-grid” medical doctor he he.

I was trained as a medical doctor in one of the biggest training hospitals in the country. For almost 10 years, from pre-medical school to medical school, I have learned the art of prescribing, the art of treating symptoms, the art of segregating a human body into different parts(the heart – specialty of cardiologists, the kidney – specialty of nephrologists, the lungs – specialty of pulmonologists, the liver and stomach – specialty of gastroenterologists, the brain – specialty of neurologists).

I have also learned the art of segregating the human body into disease classifications….(cancer – specialty of oncologists, diabetes and thyroid disorders – specialty of endocrinologists, skin disorders – specialty of dermatologists, auto-immune diseases and allergies – specialty of allergologists, infections – specialty of infectious disease specialists).

And so on and so forth.

But how about specializing the whole human being?

How is it called? General practitioner?

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But even general practitioners still end up in the culture of prescribing. What do I mean?

Friends, have you been to a doctor lately? What words do you see in the prescription pad? Words of strategies on how to take charge of our

health or just a litany of drugs to take? Think about it.

So are you ready to be your own doctor? Are you ready to take charge of your health?Are you ready to be the driver of your health?Are you ready to begin the journey of learning to

be your own doctor?Are you ready to start a medical education by

yourself for yourself and your loved ones?Are you ready to take part in a revolution? A revolution of self health education!A revolution of self-health empowerment!A revolution that will lead to the new health care

system….a system that is self-empowering, a system that brings back the glory of the divine design of human beings to heal by themselves.

Introduction

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c H A P t e r 1

Searching for Higher Levels of Truths

In my journey towards the so called less travelled road of medicine, i gradually opened my mind to the fundamentals, to the bottomlines. So what are these so called bottomlines?

What are these so called fundamentals? I will lay down to you the 4 basic fundamentals, the 4 bottomlines.

If you understand and grasp these bottomlines, then you can possibly put yourself on a journey towards your health freedom.

If you understand and grasp these bottomlines, then you can become the best doctor of yourself. One of my life mentors, Albert Einstein(though I never met him he he) once said....Genius lies in making the complicated simple.

Ten years of medical school(from pre-med to med-proper) have bombarded us with lots of informations....from anatomy to physiology to biochemistry to pharmacology.

I have learned all these complexities in those 10 years of medical school, but what i learned after med

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school when i decided to walk the less travelled road of medicine is wisdom.

I learned and gained the wisdom of health through an open mind, a hunger for higher levels of truth, and the courage to drop what no longer made sense.

Indeed, when it comes to knowledge, something is being added everyday, but when it comes to wisdom, something is being dropped everyday.

I have a few questions for you.Who made us? Who designed us? Who created us?Doctors did not make us. Doctors guide us(yes),

but do we get the right guidance that is in line with nature, that is in line with the divine design?

Hospitals did not make us.Drugstores did not make us.The pharmaceutical industry did not make us.

From the best medical textbook I have ever read(The Bible)….We are created in the image and likeness of GOD.

Yes we are indeed divinely designed to heal by ourselves.

God made us. Period.

So my friends, are you ready to know these bottomlines? Keep your minds open and wide and be like a sponge to accept these bottomlines.

Chapter 1: Searching for Higher Levels of Truths

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c H A P t e r 2

The Bottom Line Causes of Illness

Sometime ago, when i was still in medical school, i learned and memorized as part of my medical education all the diseases of the human body.

These diseases range from the most simple to the most complicated......

commoncoldsasthmaallergyhypertensiondiabetessystemic lupus erythematosus(this is an example

of a medical jargon that most people don’t understandcancer

The above are just examples of the hundreds of diseases that could possibly afflict a human body.

After learning all these diseases, we end to the bottomline question....what are the causes of these diseases?

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The 2 bottomline root causes of diseases 1. Toxicity

This means something is there in your body that is not supposed to be there. In Filipino, “merong nandyan na wala dapat dyan”

2. DeficiencyThis means something is not there in your body (or

is there but not enough) that is supposed to be there. In Filipino, “ merong wala dyan na dapat andyan, or meron dyan pero kulang”

TOXICITY

There are 2 types of toxicity, physical toxicity and energy toxicity.

What is physical toxicity?This means the body is loaded with toxins

like preservatives in the food and drinks(vetsin, food colourings, chemical food additives, etc) and environmental pollutants (like smoke emitted from factories, toxic heavy metals like lead from gasoline, toxic heavy metal like mercury from polluted fish, etc)

What is energy toxicity?This means the body is loaded with toxins

like expired anger(bitterness), unforgiveness and environmental energy toxins like geopathic stress(from radiations emitted from electromagnetic gadgets like microwave ovens, cell sites, etc)

Chapter 2: The Bottom Line Causes of Illness

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DEFICIENCY

There are 2 types of deficiency, physical deficiency and energy deficiency.

What is physical deficiency?This means the body is lacking in its real fuel…..

nutrients from fruits and vegetables. This is also called nutritional deficiency. Almost all nutrients needed by the body can be accessed through a plant based diet.

What is energy deficiency?This means the body is lacking in positive energies

like love, positive self esteem, purpose, etc. This could also mean that the body is lacking in sunlight, exercise, rest, peace of mind, etc.

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Chapter 2: The Bottom Line Causes of Illness

I learned in my alma mater(UP College of Medicine) a lot of therapeutics(treatment methods for diseases) but mostly on treating the symptoms. Indeed, there is a very wide difference between treating the symptoms and treating the root cause.

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c H A P t e r 3

The Bottom Line Solutions to Illness

So if there are 2 bottomline causes of disease, it follows that there are also 2 bottomline solutions to diseases. The 2 bottomline solutions to diseases

1. Detoxify/Clean-up

• clean the body of unwanted toxins 2. Nourish

• nourish the body of its real food, the kind of food that is provided by nature

DETOXIFY/CLEAN-UP

There are 2 types of cleansing, physical cleansing and energy cleansing.

What is physical cleansing?This involves the process of cleansing the

inside of the body through the God-given routes of detoxification….sweat, urine and stool. Sauna is a form of detoxification through sweat, water therapy is a form

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of detoxification through urine, and colon enemas is a form of detoxification through stool.

What is energy cleansing?This involves the process of cleansing the energy

aura of the body, and this may include pranic healing, breathing exercises, quantum touch, emotional freedom techniques(EFT), walking barefoot on ground, hugging a tree, etc.

NOURISH

There are 2 types of nourishment, physical nourishment and energy nourishment.

What is physical nourishment?This includes the intake of foods that are considered

to be the real fuel of the body…..the grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables. According to T.Collin Campbell, a scientist considered to be a giant in the field of nutrition, almost all our needed nutrients can be sourced from a plant based diet.

What is energy nourishment?This includes nourishment from the energy of

nature(the sun, the air, the trees, or any subtle energy that can be derived from nature) and energies like love, gratitude, positive self esteem, etc.

Chapter 3: The Bottom Line Solutions to Illness

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I learned in my alma mater(UP College of Medicine) a lot of therapeutics(treatment methods for diseases) but mostly on treating the symptoms. Indeed, there is a very wide difference between treating the symptoms and treating the root cause.

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Chapter 3: The Bottom Line Solutions to Illness

Let me ask you one more question……are prescription pads nowadays loaded with advise/strategies on treating the root cause of your diseases or are they loaded with prescription drugs that you have to take for a long time, if not for the rest of your life? As the TV advertisement says….if symptoms persist, consult your doctor. I would bravely say….if the root cause persist, consult yourself!

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c H A P t e r 4

Treating the Sumptoms

VS Treating the Root Cause

Would you like to learn the BIG DIFFERENCE between treating the symptoms and treating the root cause?

Would you like to take charge of your health by focusing on treating the root cause rather than just on treating the symptoms?

Today, I will share to you one of the most valuable lessons I have learned in more than a decade of my medical work.

Sometime ago, when I was still studying medicine in my alma mater UP College of Medicine, one of my most favourite subject is pharmacology. I have learned the hundreds of pharmaceutical drugs from our voluminous textbooks in pharmacology. I have learned their indications, their mechanisms of action, and of course also their side effects. The subject of

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pharmacology was actually where I got my highest grade in medical school. I have memorized so well all the different generic names of drugs.

During that time, little did I know that sometime later in my career, I’ll be helping people how to get away or at least minimize their intake of so much drugs.

So what differentiates treating the symptoms from treating the root cause?

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, then the effect is quick fix and temporary.

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, then the effect is long term and long-lasting.

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, then you can end up on drug-dependence.

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, then you can be drug-free.

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, the disease is not cured

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, the disease can be cured.

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, you end up in maintenance drugs.

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, you end up in maintenance healthy habits.

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, the driver of your health is the doctor/the specialist.

Chapter 4: Treating the Symptoms VS Treating the Root Cause

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If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, the driver of your health is you.

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, it is not self-empowering.

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, it is self-empowering.

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, it is not in line with nature.

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, it is in line with nature

If the approach to your health is treating the symptoms, it is more costly.

If the approach to your health is treating the root cause, it is more economical.

And so on and so forth……..

To make it more clear, let me give you a few examples….

Example 1: If I treat the symptoms of hypertension, I will write in my prescription pad anti-hypertension drug-1, drug-2, drug-3.

If I treat the root cause of hypertension, I will write the ff in my prescription pad:

• Drink pure calamansi daily(up to 28 pcs daily)/ follow the advise of Bro Bo Sanchez

• Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables• Abstain from eating the 3M’s(mamoy, maka,

manok) he he

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• Drink lots of water daily• Exercise regularly• Smile more often• Manage your stress

Example 2: If I treat the symptoms of hyperacidity, I will write in my prescription pad antacid-1, antacid-2, antacid-3….and I might also tell the patient to go for an endoscopy.

If I treat the root cause of hyperacidity, then I will write in my prescription pad the ff:

• Drink at least 2 liters of water a day• Eat fruits only for breakfast• Eat more alkaline foods like the fruits and

vegetables• Avoid acidic foods like softdrinks, junkfoods,

processed foods, and meat.• Forgive daily(do you know that bitterness can

also cause hyperacidity?)

Friends, do you now see the BIG DIFFERENCE?

Let me ask you one more question……are prescription pads nowadays loaded with advise/strategies on treating the root cause of your diseases or are they loaded with prescription drugs that you have to take for a long time, if not for the rest of your life? As the TV advertisement says….if symptoms persist, consult your doctor. I would bravely say….if the root cause persist, consult yourself!

Chapter 4: Treating the Symptoms VS Treating the Root Cause

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c H A P t e r 5

The Crucial Role of Nutrition

I have been a frontliner for more than a decade, frontliner means I talk to patients everyday….I get exposed to their frustrations and suffering. Most of the time, I could feel their HUNGER for a better health care system.

One time a patient came to me…a breast cancer patient from Bohol. Let’s call her Mrs X.

Mrs. X: Dr P pls help me(with a tight grip on my hands), I have undergone surgery and , was advised to undergo 6 cycles of chemotherapy. I already finished 1 cycle, but we no longer have money for the succeeding cycles. We have already sold everything(our farm lot, our cow, our carabao, our goats, our horse).

Dr P: Oh Mrs X is that so? What else have you not sold?

Mrs X: (“Kaluluwa na lang po doctor ang hindi namin nabenta”)

This is an example of my day to day experience with the sick and suffering. Being sick have become very expensive nowadays.

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The common people can no longer afford the skyrocketing cost of health care.

Way back in medical school, I can not remember that cancer is caused by a deficiency of expensive drugs. What I know is cancer is caused by a deranged immune system. Some say it’s genetic.

In fact a lot of common diseases nowadays are blamed to be genetic…hypertension, diabetes, cancer, etc.

“Kawawa naman ang genetic, palagi na lang pinagbibintangan”

(I pity genetic, it’s always being blamed”)

Yes I do not deny that we have genes, good and bad.

But here’s a fact that was concluded from one of the biggest epidemiological studies ever done in the field of human health.

This study, The China Study, headed by Dr T. Collin Campbell is a well-researched study with the following STARTLING findings:

1. “Nutrition represents the combined activities of countless food substances. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

2. “Vitamin supplements are not a panacea(cure-

all) for good health.” (They supplement a good diet, but they can never replace a good diet).

3. “There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants.”

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4. “Genes do not determine disease on their own. Genes function only by being activated, or expressed, and nutrition plays a critical role in determining which genes, good and bad, are expressed.”

5. “Nutrition can substantially control the adverse effects of noxious chemicals.”

6. “The same nutrition that prevents disease in its early stages(before diagnosis) can also halt or reverse disease in its later stages(after diagnosis).”

7. “Nutrition that is truly beneficial for one chronic disease will support health across the board.”

8. “Good nutrition creates health in all areas of our existence. All parts are interconnected.”

With the above findings, nutrition indeed plays a crucial role in our health. However, nutrition is not the only thing that we need to take care of as far as our health is concerned. According to Paul Braggs, also an authority in the field of health and wellness….we are what we eat, drink, breathe, think, say and do. Nothing could be more all-encompassing than that.

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Chapter 5: The Crucial Role of Nutrition

But when it comes to health, when something goes wrong, do we go to our manufacturer? Do we do things that are in line with NATURE to fix our health? Or do we just look for a quick fix? Nature made us. Nature designed us.So nature is still our best ally!

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c H A P t e r 6

Take Charge of Your Health, or Else Somebody Will

These bottomlines(toxicity, deficiency and detoxify, nourish) have been my guiding principles in my day to day medical practice(....ooopps i no longer use the word medical practice because it gives the impression that im just practicing to my patients he he) So let me say it again....these bottomlines have been my guiding principles in my day to day medical work of empowering people to take control of their health.

After being a medical doctor for more than a decade, I am fully convinced that the best solution to our health is self-empowerment. We need to take charge of our health. We need a new health care system…a system that is self-empowering!

Statistics show that there are more diseases today than ever before.

Statistics show that there are more bypass procedures done today than ever before.

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Statistics show that there are more dialysis procedures done today than every before.

Statistics show that there are more chemotherapy procedures done today than ever before.

What do all these mean? It only means one thing…that the health of society is getting sicker.

Why?

Because we continue to entrust our health to industries.

So what should we do? Let’s take charge of our own health. Let us be brave

to be on the driver’s seat of our health. After all, healing only comes from within.

What does it take to take charge of our health?

It needs two fundamental elements1. It needs our trust in nature(after all we are

designed by nature, not by industries)2. It also needs our commitment to gradually

develop and implement healthy habits in our daily activities.

TRUST IN NATURE

Friends, think of this analogy.

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If my Samsung cellphone gets sick, where is the best place to bring it? Of course to the service center of Samsung.

If my Acer laptop gets sick, where is the best place to bring? Of course to the service center of Acer.

If my Sony dvd player gets sick, where is the best place to bring?

Of course to the service center of Sony.

Do you get what I mean?

In life, it is always like that. We go to the manufacturer when something goes wrong with our gadgets.

But when it comes to health, when something goes wrong, do we go to our manufacturer? Do we do things that are in line with NATURE to fix our health? Or do we just look for a quick fix?

Nature made us. Nature designed us.So nature is still our best ally!

COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP HEALTHY HABITS

Most of our systems nowadays in the current health care system are of the “Mr. Quickie” type.

We take drugs to alleviate the symptoms. We take drugs to lower those numbers…the sugar,

the cholesterol, the uric acid, the blood pressure, etc. Yes these drugs lower those numbers, but they are

only as good as the last tablet/capsule you took. The next day, you need to take it again…and again, and again.

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That’s why it’s called maintenance drug. You maintain the drug, but isn’t it that the disease is also maintained and not eradicated? Perhaps the disease is controlled by the drug, but control is different from cure.

From the patient’s perspective, the perfect drug

is supposed to be a drug that cures, a drug that ends the disease. (Especially for chronic conditions like hypertension and diabetes). But most people with hypertension and diabetes who are taking maintenance drugs take their drugs for the rest of their lives.

The problem is there’s no such thing. Why? Because it is not the design of nature.

We get sick slowly(through our unhealthy habits) and we should also recover slowly(through healthy habits). This is the design of nature. Nature can not and can never be fast-forwarded.

For example, if I just planted a corn and I want to eat it the next day, can I tell the corn to grow fast so that I can eat it tomorrow? No. I have to wait for 4 months before I can eat it, because that is the design of nature.

In health, God’s solutions are most of the time long term. That is the design of nature. Long terms solutions can only be done through healthy habits.

Our habits are a thousand times more powerful than our desires. Many people desire to be healthy but do not develop the habits of becoming healthy.


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We only have 24 hours in a day, and 8 hours of that is our time in bed. The remaining hours is not that difficult to fill up with healthy habits one step at a time. One great guide if you are serious in developing healthy habits is the 52 healing habits created by Bro Bo Sanchez. Copy and paste the link if you are interested to learn the 52 healing habits of Bro Bo Sanchez. (http://bosanchezmembers.com/amember/go.php?r=1902&i=l3)

Another guide is the so called “8 famous doctors”. I promote this in my daily medical work, but just for you to have an idea about these 8 famous doctors, here they are:

1. Dr Sunshine2. Dr Exercise3. Dr Healthy Natural Food4. Dr Pure Water5. Dr Fresh Air6. Dr Fasting7. Dr Human Mind8. Dr. Rest

If you think of your 24 hours in a day, and imagine to incorporate these 8 famous doctors into your daily activities, making them as habits, then it is not so complicated. Yes it is very simple. It’s all about habits. It’s all about the power of habits(I’m currently writing a book about this)

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If we all help each other to make our small “ripples” become “waves”If we open our hearts and minds to the grace and wisdom of GodTHEN IT IS POSSIBLE!!!Together, we can make things happen.Together, we can manifest the greatness of our beings.

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c o n c L u s i o n

Health is wealth, but most people only realize it when they begin to lose it.

Through the years of my exploration in the world of medicine, both conventional and alternative, I have practically tried, tested, evaluated almost every modality that each side has to offer.

Both sides offer a complex array of methodologies, but looking at the simplicity behind the complexity, the real secret is already built-in in each one of us, it is already pre-installed from the very beginning. All we have to do is nourish our bodies regularly with its real nourishment and detoxify or clean our bodies regularly when it gets exposed to toxins.

I said it in the beginning part of this book, and I would like to say it again…when it comes to knowledge, something is being added everyday.

When it comes to wisdom, something is being subtracted everyday. Indeed, in my continuing search for higher levels of truths, I have been subtracting. I have been shifting from one level of truth to another. And as I go through the process, I realized things are becoming more simple. Albert Einstein was really right when he once said…”genius lies in making the complicated simple!”

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I envision a new health care system that the patients are the real doctors, the doctors are our real guides who are on our side, not on the side of industries.

I envision a new health care system that we are the true owners of our health, not owned by industries.

I envision a new health care system that the medical education is attended by people who want to be their own doctors, who want to learn to be the driver of their health, people who want to be the doctor of their loved ones.

I envision such places of self health education…both virtual and actual.

I envision a new health care system that is built by the people and for the people….not a system that is built by industries and for greed.

Is this possible? Friends, we are only limited by our imaginations.

If we all help each other to imagine a better worldIf we all help each other to imagine a better health

care systemIf we all help each other to empower ourselves to

take charge of our own healthIf we all help each other to become catalysts of

change

Conclusion

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If we all help each other to make our small “ripples” become “waves”

If we open our hearts and minds to the grace and wisdom of God

THEN IT IS POSSIBLE!!!

Together, we can make things happen.Together, we can manifest the greatness of our

beings.

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A B o u t t H e A u t H o r

Romy B. Paredes MD, CMT

Dr. Romy B. Paredes finished his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines in Diliman Quezon City. He pursued his medical degree at the UP College of Medicine and finished his medical internship at the UP-PGH Medical center. He trained in Integrative Medicine in Reno, Nevada USA. He is also a

Clinical Metal Toxicologist (CMT), awarded cum laude by the International Board Of Clinical Metal Toxicology (the international group of doctors professionally qualified to administer chelation therapy). He is the founder of Bio-integrative Healthlink Center Inc, a leading exponent in integrative medical systems and Wellnessland Health Institute, a leader in the field of natural and complementary health care and education.

He was awarded the Honorary Recognition Award by the Dr. Rath International Health Alliance for his outstanding achievement in the fight for health freedom. He is currently in active medical practice in Integrative Medicine in Cebu, Philippines where he presently lives with his wife Dr. Mila and son Michael Randell.

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