Through thousands of years of biological evolution, the human body has developed natural processes which supplement death to create a relatively painless death (Choice in Dying). Through animal studies, the data indicates that the body has created a natural response to the lack of food by an increased production of endorphins, creating a feeling of euphoria on the death bed (Choice in Dying). With the supplemented food from feeding tubes, this natural pain relief is lost. Furthermore, when a body goes into a coma, it is a natural signal of death. The inaction and unresponsiveness is a way of providing natural anesthesia for people (Choice in Dying). However, the use of artificial nutrition and hydration also inhibits this pain reliever, creating an uncomfortable death (Choice in Dying). By choosing a natural death, patients can follow the natural, gentle way of death that had been practiced before the introduction of the painful end-of-life
Through thousands of years of biological evolution, the human body has developed natural processes which supplement death to create a relatively painless death (Choice in Dying). Through animal studies, the data indicates that the body has created a natural response to the lack of food by an increased production of endorphins, creating a feeling of euphoria on the death bed (Choice in Dying). With the supplemented food from feeding tubes, this natural pain relief is lost. Furthermore, when a body goes into a coma, it is a natural signal of death. The inaction and unresponsiveness is a way of providing natural anesthesia for people (Choice in Dying). However, the use of artificial nutrition and hydration also inhibits this pain reliever, creating an uncomfortable death (Choice in Dying). By choosing a natural death, patients can follow the natural, gentle way of death that had been practiced before the introduction of the painful end-of-life