158. The Broken Healthcare System: Why True Healing Starts with God

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The headlines say we’ve never had more “health care,” yet our families feel more exhausted, inflamed, and overwhelmed than ever. We open a new series that re-examines wellness through God’s design—moving beyond symptom management to honest, practical steps that restore energy, clarity, and resilience. Rebecca shares a personal postpartum wake-up: an active Epstein-Barr diagnosis that forced a reckoning with survival-mode habits. By shifting to simple whole foods, removing sugar and processed ingredients, and supporting sleep and the immune system, she experienced less inflammation, steadier energy, and real momentum—without chasing fads or quick fixes.

Together we explore why the modern system often keeps us dependent, how ultra-processed foods are engineered to hook our brains, and why many common drugs manage symptoms rather than address root causes. From Psalm 139 to 1 Corinthians 6, we ground the conversation in biblical stewardship: the body as a temple, fearfully and wonderfully made, designed with detox pathways and immune intelligence. That lens reframes health as obedience and freedom, not fear—an invitation to align inputs with design and to choose habits that honor the One who made us.

We also preview what’s ahead in the series: a critical look at “safe” over-the-counter staples like Tylenol, what’s actually in our food and how it shapes children’s health, a frank revisit to vaccine ingredients and ethics, plus stress, sleep, and spiritual warfare. Walk away with reflection questions to guide your week and a simple challenge: ask whether your next bite or pill nourishes or just numbs. If this resonates, share the episode with a friend, subscribe for the series, and leave a review so more people can find these conversations. Your body was built for resilience—let’s align with its design.

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Speaker 00 (00:32):
Hello and welcome back to the Radiant Mission
Podcast.
My name is Rebecca Twomey, andtoday we are diving into
something that has been heavy onmy heart for a long time.
If you have been payingattention, you know that things
are getting wild in the worldwhen it comes to our health.

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Americans are sicker than ever,even though we have more
so-called health care than everbefore.
It is clear that we are livingin a pretty horrific time for
the human body.
The food that we eat isn't evenreal food.

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The medications we areprescribed don't fix anything at
the root.
They just mask symptoms.
And perhaps the most alarmingof all, our babies and our young
children are being injectedwith chemicals, viruses, aborted

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fetal cell lines from the verybeginning of their lives.
So today we are starting abrand new series all about
health through the lens of God'sdesign for our bodies.
And if you have been followingalong with the podcast for a
while, you might remember thatwe did a mini-series on God's

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design for health and God'sdesign for birth.
Well, this is circling back tothose conversations, but with a
deeper dive.
Let's start with the bigpicture and discuss the state of
health here in America, whichis where I am.
Chronic illness isskyrocketing.

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Autoimmune disease isexploding.
Cancer is touching almost everysingle family.
And children are strugglingwith ADHD allergies, asthma,
autism, obesity, and the listjust goes on and on.
Yet, with all of our modernmedicine and technology, all the

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interventions, people are notgetting healthier.
They are actually gettingsicker.
So here's the thing the systemthat we call health care is not
actually about health.
It is about sickness and it isabout managing disease and

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prolonging dependency.
You may remember we did anepisode on the Rockefeller
family way back when.
Please refer back to thatepisode.
It is not about prevention, itis certainly not about healing
at the root cause.
Because why would we do thatwhen you are a customer?

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So we're going to talk aboutthat in this series.
This is just an intro episode,a little taste of things to
come.
And with that said, I want toshare a little bit about my own
personal journey.
Recently, I've been havingthese awakenings from the Lord
about my health over the lastfive years or more, really.

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I guess it's been over the lastprobably seven to eight years.
And this year, I had anotherone.
So I'm going to share somethingpersonal with you because I
really believe that testimoniescan bring truth to life.
So not too long ago, I was notfeeling good.
I was not feeling myself.

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You may remember the episodeabout the Lord speaking to me in
the McDonald's drive-thru.
Well, right after recordingthat episode, I actually asked
my functional medicine doctor'soffice to test me for Epstein
Barr.
And guess what, you guys?
It came back positive, cameback active.
So I discovered that howevermany months postpartum, I guess

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that began around three monthspostpartum for me, and I'm now
seven months postpartum.
I have active Epstein Bar.
And that fatigue that I carriedand the inflammation, the extra
weight, of course, I just had ababy, but it all was starting
to finally make sense for me.
For years, I have been livingin survival mode.

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I am a working, full-timeworking mom of four young
children.
My oldest is only five and ahalf.
And I'm home work from home bythe grace of God.
And I'm not even talking aboutthis podcast.
This podcast is a passionproject that I do on the side.
This is strictly for the Lordand to share all the good things

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that He's done for me and allof the things that I am learning
because of him and hisgoodness.
So anyway, living in survivalmode, following what I thought
was a pretty normal diet andeven airing to the side of
trying to be healthy, takingadvice from my naturally minded
doctors as well, you know, justdoing my best to keep up.

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But when I started looking atwhat was actually happening
inside my body, I realized thatGod designed it to heal and to
be in alignment with him.
If I gave it what it needed,truly from the Lord.

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So as soon as I found out thatthat's what was going on, I made
changes to my diet, immediatelywent on AIP, removed toxins,
stopped consuming sugar,processed foods, and started to
learn how to support my immunesystem.
And I have begun to feelbetter.

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The inflammation has gone down.
I have lost 30 pounds sincethis began, and it's been almost
two months now.
And this isn't about a faddiet.
This was about healing my body,and this was literally just not
eating processed foods, youguys.

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I went down to eating fruits,vegetables, and meats with some
salt and herbs and limitationsto some of those fruits and
vegetables as well.
But I realized that my bodywasn't broken.
It was just crying out for meto listen to it.
Stop eating this trash.
You are poisoning yourself,literally.

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And so this journey has reallyopened up my eyes.
It's taught me that really it'sreminded me that the system
isn't built to help us heal, butto keep us dependent.
The only way to heal is for usto get into alignment.
The only way for me to heal wasfor me to get into alignment
with the Lord and how he createdmy body and what he intended

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for me to eat.
In Psalm 139, it says that weare fearfully and wonderfully
made.
Think about that.
God knit you together in yourmother's womb with precision and
purpose.
He gave you an immune systemthat was designed to fight off
invaders.
He gave you detox pathways inyour liver, in your kidneys,

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your skin, and your lungs.
And our bodies were built forand designed for resilience.

But here's the problem (08:28):
when we bombard them with toxins,
processed foods, syntheticchemicals, food coloring,
constant stress, we areoverriding the design.
And it's no wonder why we aresick.
It's like pouring sugar intothe gas tank of a car.
The car was designed to runbeautifully until we put in the

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wrong fuel.
And scripture doesn't justaffirm that we're beautifully
made, it also commands us tosteward these bodies that we are
in.
In 1 Corinthians 6, 19 through20, it says, Do you not know
that your bodies are temples ofthe Holy Spirit who is in you,

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whom you have received from God?
You are not your own.
You are bought out of price.
Therefore, honor God with yourbodies.
This means that health isn'tjust about feeling good, it's
also about obedience.
Now, let's be real about whatwe are up against here.

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It is a broken system.
The pharmaceutical industry isone of the most profitable
industries in the world.
Their business model depends onsick people, not healthy ones.
So that is why when you go toGoogle, when you go to search
engines, you go to social media,you are not going to find these

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pharmaceutical companiesratting on themselves.
You're not going to find themsaying that what they are doing
is wrong.
Quite the opposite.
And that is why mostmedications are designed to
manage the symptoms, not cure.
Blood pressure medicationsdon't cure high blood pressure.

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They keep it in check.
And antidepressants don't healthe root cause of depression,
they numb the depression.
Painkillers don't fix the causeof pain, they mask the pain.
And what about our food system?
Companies make billions sellingcheap, addictive, processed

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foods filled with sugar,chemicals, and artificial
ingredients.
These foods are engineered tohook you, hook you, get you
addicted, not to heal you.
That is why MSG, which is alavenoid enhancer of sorts, it
is designed to get you to keepcoming back to that food more

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and more.
It's why when you sit down witha bag of cool ranch Doritos,
you can't stop.
Food scientists designed themthat way.
They want you to eat that chipand your brain to fire off and
to continue eating until youhave finished that bag.
So you'll go buy more.
They want us to stay dependenton the foods, the medications,

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and on the system.
It is not an accident.
But as Christians, we arecalled to live differently.
In Romans 12, 2, it says, donot conform to the patterns of
this world, but be transformedby the renewing of your mind.
We need to start looking athealth through God's truth, not

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the world's lies and deception.
Let's talk a little bit aboutwhere this series is going.
Over the next several episodes,we're going to uncover the
truth in some very specificareas.
Of course, all of the rageright now is the Tylenol
conversation, most common safedrugs, but let's we're going to
talk about why it's not safe.

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And this is not newinformation.
It just so happens that it'sfinally in the mainstream.
We are also going to look atother medications.
We're going to talk aboutwhat's really in our food and
how it's affecting our children.
We are going to dig back intovaccines, my favorite, and the

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chemicals that are beinginjected into tiny bodies.
We are going to talk aboutstress, sleep, and even
spiritual warfare when it comesto health.
And most importantly, we aregoing to talk about how to
realign with God's design sothat we can walk in freedom, in
healing, and in wholeness.

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In the coffee talk series thatwe have been going through, I
had reflection questions.
And I kind of liked thatbecause it got and left
something to think about.
And since this is an introepisode, I'm going to keep that
trend going a little bit.
I do have some reflectionquestions that I want you to
think about as you're goingthrough your week until we get

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to our next episode.
And let's start with the firstone.
Have you ever questionedwhether what you're eating is
actually nourishing your body orjust filling your stomach?
Have you ever taken amedication and wondered, is this
healing me or just maskingsymptoms?
And then lastly, what does itmean for you personally to honor
God with your body as histemple?

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So, you know, just to be clear,this is not going to be about
fear.
This is the opposite.
This is about freedom.
Jesus said in John 8.32, youwill know the truth and the
truth will set you free.
When we learn the truth abouthow our bodies were designed and
how they were meant tofunction, and then we see that

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parallel next to the lies thatwe are fed about the system.
From this system that we livein, we can begin to walk in
freedom.
So let's pray, Lord, open oureyes to the truth about our
health and our bodies.
Help us to see past the lies ofthe world and align ourselves

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with your design.
Strengthen us to make wisechoices and give us the courage
to steward these temples ofyours with faithfulness.
Amen.
Thank you so much for tuning inand for listening to this
episode.
If you are loving the podcast,please be sure to share it with
a friend, especially thisseries.

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And if you want to follow alongoutside the podcast, you can do
so on Instagram at the RadiantMission, on Facebook at the
Radiant Mission Podcast, or onYouTube by searching for my
name, Rebecca Toomey.
My last name is spelled T W O ME Y.
Today I'm going to close with 3John 1, verse 2.
Beloved, I pray that all may gowell with you and that you may

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be in good health as it goeswell with your soul.
Wishing you a radiant week.
See you next time.

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Bye.