Healthy Homes Asia

How many of us rely on health professionals or family members to tell us what to do to look after our health and well being? Most of us I guess. It’s easy to do when you’re busy.

What if the best thing you could do to help your family stay healthy and safe was simply to ask more questions?

Could it be that easy?

Many of us have been trained not to question doctors and other ‘experts’. But all discoveries are made by questioning accepted wisdom. What if that was the key to your health and happiness?

Just start asking

What if it became a habit? Ask your doctor. Ask your pharmacist. Ask your local or family ‘expert’. Ask yourself.

• What exactly does that medicine/vaccine/cosmetic/personal care product/therapy contain?
• What are potential side effects?
• What is the balance between its risk of side effects and the possible health benefits? What is the nature of disease and illness?
• Does this approach/product/therapy seek to ‘cure’ or ‘prevent’?
• What is the difference between ‘cure’ and ‘prevent’ anyway?
  
• What other/natural/nutritional options are available?

Do it with a smile, a nod, and a grateful 'ah, interesting, thank you' when you receive  their point of view.

Then ask yourself: DOES THIS WORK FOR ME? And choose that.

Only YOU know what best works for you.

What does it require right now? Does it need water, food, or a particular vitamin or mineral?

What is the most effective form of that vitamin or mineral for you, and where can you get it?

What does it need to avoid? And how can you avoid it?

Who is the best person to know this? YOU! So we can't answer these questions for you.

We're here to fuel your curiosity by pointing you to information, tools, services and products, which may not yet have come your way. YOU get to ask the questions and see what works for YOUR body.

Need help listening to your body? Just ask us!

Would more transparency and accountability in the medical and health profession make it easier to choose for you?

The Campaign for Truth (CTM) is a global citizen-driven consumer advocacy group which recognises the fundamental right of an individual’s freedom of choice in health treatments.

CTM recognises that informed choice for treatments in medicine today is the exception rather than the rule.

CTM is committed to the distribution of accurate health and treatment information from properly researched sources leading to a citizen's informed choice.

Read more about the campaign’s priority areas for raising awareness and change. Register with with us to support its aim in Asia.