Hospitals are becoming more and more infamous when it comes to their role in healing and recovery. This is an irony, since most sick individuals are asked to stay put in their hospital beds until they recover well enough to go home. According to Derek Henry of Natural News, hospitals are becoming crowded.
Although it is undeniable that there are hospitals with high-quality facilities, warm staff and medical practitioners, healthy food, and overall impressive and efficient services, the typical hospital lacks one or two of these.
Unfortunately, many hospitals prioritize nutrition the least, as indicated by the food and beverages served to the patients. Good nutrition is a key element in recovery (and staying healthy), but patients are in hospitals are served food like gluten filled grains, sugar-filled juice, margarine, coffee, homogenized milk, conventional animal protein, and a host of GMO's. A lot of hospitals also fail to serve pure fresh water, settling for poorly filtered tap water with chlorine and other contaminants.
Instead of spending money on proper nutrition, many hospitals allocate a big percentage of their budget to purchase expensive technology for diagnosis, monitoring, and detecting problems. With the benefits of these technologies aside, a big issue with these machines and equipment is the emission of immune-weakening EMF's, or electromagnetic frequencies. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), lists EMF exposure as a possible carcinogen. Further research is still being conducted on the effect of EMFs to the healing process.
Many hospitals are built in a way that does not maximize sunlight. The sun is a known source of vitamin D, a nutrient that has been well-researched and identified as a foundation of vital health. Vitamin D enhances heart health, improves brain function, boosts bone health, eases depression, and even helps prevent cancer. However, many hospital rooms are cramped and dark, or at least lacks windows big enough for the sunlight to come in.