Some Q & A About Consulting with Dr. Jack Tips
Q. Do you ever meet people who cannot be helped?
A. Sure. There is an axiom in natural health – There are no incurable diseases, only incurable people. And some people are their own worst enemies—usually because they attach their thoughts to misleading concepts such as believing in “no known cause, no known cure” situations. (Thought precedes form.) Fortunately, Classical Homeopathy has remedies for despair, delusions, and states that inhibit a person’s vitality from expressing better health. And fortunately, in Natural Health (as in Life), we know that there is a cause driving every effect. Perceiving the cause of distress and providing the body a clear pathway for it to implement it's improvements is what the successful practitioner must accomplish.
Q. Do you take insurance?
A. We do not participate in systems that are blatantly corrupt. Insurance companies block “preventative medicine.” They disallow claims that are just. They blackball doctors who work alternatively for the good of their patients. They dictate to doctors what can be done for a patient, and invest in the technologies that they support – thus it’s all about a "closed shop" and money.
Because I’m licensed in New York, state residents can receive reimbursement from their insurance companies. And anyone can submit their invoice to their insurance company to receive credit toward their deductible.
I do not diagnose. I do not prescribe. I do not dose. Thus I cannot provide the insurance codes on receipts, but such codes can be supplied by your referring doctor. So what do I do? I listen, understand, evaluate, and recommend to those who ask, what I would do for myself if I were in similar circumstances. I share my opinion with those who want to know what it is.
Apple-A-Day costs are both reasonable and affordable. The key is to get results and then live life without the afflictions of poor health. (And yes, everyone needs insurance for catastrophic events – and there is no better life-saving, body-repair system on the planet than modern medicine.)
Q. What if the program doesn’t work?
A. I commit to you that I am relentless in pursuit of your improved health, provided you participate with me in that endeavor. If the first program doesn’t impress you, then the second one better …
It has been said that we live in a time that people want everything: "Free, Perfect, Now." In Natural Health practice, we want a person to progress at the fastest possible rate that Nature (the body's innate processes) will allow. In our work, we are on the body's time, and 'tapping one's foot' does not make for better results. Most people notice results (a movement toward more optimal health) in the first 30 days, and certainly by 60 days. However, complete results may not be realized for a few to several months. Health is a process, not a static goal.
Q. Can I continue taking supplements that I already use?
A. Most likely, yes, of course. They are part of your daily nutritional intake. However, I may steer you to replace synthetic supplements with organic food supplements. I may challenge if you really need the supplement or if the supplement is a crutch instead of restoring your innate vitality. There are many supplements that help people daily – organic, ionic minerals; glyco-nutrients; omega-three fatty acids; vitamin D; ubiquinol; organic greens powders; etc. So if you like your supplements, I generally have no issue with you continuing them. My focus on supplementation is to smooth the pathway to better vitality.
Q. Do people have detoxification reactions on your program?
A. We so endeavor that they do not. Detoxification is critical to anyone with environmental issues, allergies, and debilitating ailments. This is a cornerstone of Natural Health. But there are right ways and wrong ways to detoxify. As of 2010, I have re-written the naturopathic detoxification philosophy. Forcing the body to detoxify is not as effective as eliciting the body to detoxify itself via cellular energy. As of January 1, 2010, detoxification never has been so easy as it is now with the Apple-A-Day Program.
I’ve spent 30 years learning how to help people – gently, safely, effectively. As always, the process must fit the person. This is why I employ methods that range from daily, gentle detox processes to our “10-Day Maui Cleanse” program that we hold several times a year. Click Here to learn more about the Maui Cleanse Program. Detoxification is as important as rebuilding and repair. Impaired detoxification processes are surely to result in health issues because they result in cells that cannot respond to the body's hormonal directives and cannot make adequate ATP for energy, thus detoxification must be addressed. How we address that is individually determined. If you would like to learn more about the importance of detoxification, Click Here for a 7-page interview with Dr. Tips.
Q. How long do I have to be on the program?
A. While improvements are most often noticed within 30 days, it may take the body several months to strengthen ailing tissues and establish a new plateau of vibrancy. I think in terms of 4.5 months – from start to ‘graduation.’ Like they disclaim on commercials, “Results may vary,” but a natural health practice is totally based on performance. If people don’t get results, they quickly depart. Results is what it’s all about. Generally, your body will inform you that it is improving. Occasionally lab results show improvement that people don’t feel, but in natural health, the increase in vitality accompanies the body’s healing endeavors, so there are instinctive and innate communications about what is unfolding.
Q. Do I have to get worse before I get better?
A. This is an axiom derived from Dr. Constantine Herring, MD’s “Laws of Cure.” The body heals from the top down, from the inside out, from more important organs to less important organs, and in reverse order that the symptoms manifested. The "getting worse' part is called an 'aggravation' and is heralded by some to be a joyous occasion that shows the body discarding its morbid influences, but sometimes it can be a discomforting body-initiated process.
However, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann spent the last 10 years of his life developing methods that were not so ‘heroic’ and that cooperated with the body’s healing processes without causing a crisis. He reported this in the 6th edition of his life-changing book, “The Organon of Medicine.”
In some instances there can be exacerbation of conditions as the body engages its healing mechanism. But our focus is to avoid such, and this is what makes the Apple-A-Day Program so special. You can increase your vitality and have your body’s vitality move toward a better health expression gently and effectively. We strive to avoid aggravations and most people continue with their daily lives without ‘healing crises.”
Q. Does Apple-A-Day conduct lab tests?
A. Yes, if absolutely needed. Lab tests are often expensive and disappointing if they don’t reveal a key insight -e.g. used to "rule out" possibilities. I may request a lab test to have a needed benchmark, or to confirm a hypothesis e.g. ‘leaky gut syndrome’ as a cause of fatigue. We do functional lab tests via reputable, innovative labs including: Genova Diagnostic Labs, Metametrix Labs, SpectraCell, and several others.
Q. Does Dr. Tips specialize in any certain health issues?
A. From the classical homeopathic perspective, the one issue is how a person’s body is struggling to maintain its health. That struggle, while having similarities and commonalities with known patterns, is individual. Thus a good homeopath is both a fac totum – a generalist, who understands the body’s expressions of distress and engages that body’s vitality to restore more optimal health; and has specialistic, in-depth, and specific knowledge about the body's natural functions and metabolic pathways. Since the classical homeopath never "treats a disease," but only helps the person's innate vitality correct the cause, and thus the effects, of any discomfort; the homeopath is a specialist in how the body's "vital force" struggles to adapt and survive.
Q. Does Apple-A-Day participate in the new National Health Care system?
A. First, the old system was ineffective and corrupt (and caused one bankruptcy per minute), but the new one is tantamount to a national disaster (in my humble opinion--and I do pray that I'm mistaken). The natural health alternative that could have fixed the broken system and has been omitted and ignored and denigrated, and new laws created that inhibit our fundamental freedom of speech and access to the health care that's an inalienable right--health care of one's personal choosing. So we've moved from one fiasco to another, and increased the bureaucracy along the way while strengthening the drug-pushers' agendas.
With the current rate of obesity and chronic-degenerative disease in the United States, how can We-The-People ever pay the obscenely outrageous costs of medical treatments when Big Pharma is primarily interested in creating unethically expensive and dangerous drugs that palliate and never cure? How can We-The-People pay for the upcoming health crises if Big Corporations such as Monsanto introduce genetically-modified foods to our food chain so we can all eat more of their pesticides that activate mitochondrial diseases (via epigenetic influences that trigger genetic expressions of disease)?
"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." -- Thomas Jefferson
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced — between the unpalatable and the inedible. -- Nelson Mandella
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!" -P.J. O’Rourke
Q. Does Dr. Tips have a maintenance program for healthy people?
A. Absolutely. None better! Just ask and I’ll steer you to the best of the best.
YOU CAN ASK DR. TIPS a general question about the Natural Health Perspective or the Apple-A-Day Program
Do you have a question for Dr. Tips that does not discuss a diagnosed disease (by your medical physician) and would be insightful for all? If so, please Click Here and ASK DR. TIPS. You will receive a personal reply.