Something extraordinary happened while I was flying back from Seattle to Philadelphia recently.

I was there teaching other doctors about Functional Medicine at The Institute for Functional Medicine (www.functionalmedicine.org). The course was called Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice -- a course that every doctor in America should attend. 

On that flight, I read a powerful book with the potential to alter the course of western medicine. 

It was Jenny McCarthy's new book about her autistic son called "Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism."

Her insightful words spoke to the biggest problem in medicine today. It is a secret that needs to be told, and Jenny McCarthy is determined to do just that.

What's the secret?

==> There IS a "biomedical" treatment for autism.

But what she DIDN'T say was that this biomedical treatment is actually the scientific principles and methods that form the basis of Functional Medicine and the 7 Keys to UltraWellness.

Wow, from the responses to my last blog, it seems like healthcare is second only to religion in inciting active debate!  One of you even told me to save the commentary and stick to practicing medicine!

Thanks to all who contributed to the conversation.

Some said I didn't value Michaels Moore's attempt to highlight the problems with our health care system.  And some may have misinterpreted my criticism of a country and an economy that thrives like a parasite on the sickness and obesity of it citizens as a cynical call to profit from helping people create health.

What really I believe is that there should be an economy of products and services (healthy food, activities, etc.) that promote rather than destroy health.

So let me clarify.

I just watched Michael Moore's new movie, "Sicko." Today, I'd like to talk about what I saw.

This is not my usual solution-oriented blog about health problems. 

But stay with me, because I want to help you understand what has to happen for meaningful change to occur in our "sick" healthcare system.

And it is NOT what Michael Moore suggests.

Now back to the movie. 

I must say I was disappointed. I was hoping for a novel look at the problem of not only access to healthcare, but of the type of healthcare that is practiced.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm all for more access to healthcare, better healthcare, and lower costs.

But I am not for getting more people access to a broken healthcare system that creates more problems than it solves.