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Nutrition and Supplements - Truths about Diet, Obesity, and $75 Billion
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Truths about Diet, Obesity, and $75 Billion
By: Dr. Donald A. Miller
Sensible diet prevents obesity!
Healthy living prevents most diseases!
(Unfortunately, old age is not a disease.)
These truths should be self evident.
Yet recent shock headlines tell us that "medical problems
caused by obesity are costing U.S. tax payers $75 billion
per year".
The human body is a biological machine. We all know that
overloading a mechanical machine can cause it to break
down, yet we allow ourselves to overload our hearts,
joints, and more. Moderate exercise helps "tune up" the
machines we live in.
Think about it. Many injuries are a direct consequence of
being over weight and under exercised!
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells
us, "Seven of 10 deaths, or more than 1.7 million each year,
are caused by chronic diseases."
and
that the major risk factors for chronic diseases are
"tobacco use, poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity"
with
"Obesity is a major contributor to heart disease, diabetes,
arthritis, and some types of cancer. Recent estimates
suggest that obesity is associated with 300,000 deaths
annually, second only to tobacco related deaths."
"Type 2 diabetes, a major consequence of obesity, has also
reached epidemic proportions over the last 10 years." In
fact, "adult onset diabetes" is increasing among teens and
pre adolescents.
Apparently the CDC thinks the commercial food industry does
a better job on shaping public opinion than do family
discussions. Therefore, they are sponsoring public school
initiatives to help children, and their parents, become
better educated.
If you have access to the internet, you don't have to wait
for the CDC education programs. Do your own news watch and
research.
"Greedy drug companies" have been blamed for our rising
health care cost. Perhaps we should look to ourselves for
part of the cause.
Want some help on getting started?
Read "Easy Health Diet" by Dr. Donald A. Miller.
This includes tips for on-line research, as well as much
diet and health information, with sources.
** Diet with FACTS, not MYTHS. **
About the Author
Dr. Donald A. Miller is author of "Easy Health Diet" http://easyhealthdiet.com/diet.htm, "Easy Exercise All Ages" http://easyhealthdiet.com/eeaa.htm, and numerous free articles on health http://easyhealthdiet.com/articles/.
Seven of ten deaths are caused by preventable diseases.
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How to Benefit from the Mind-Body Connection
(excerpt)
You are about to gain insight into the
mind-body connection. The number of
people who truly understand these principles on our
planet are relatively few.
There is an undeniable connection between our minds and
bodies, you can learn to use this fact to your benefit.
Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of "Love, Medicine and
Miracles" was once a distraught cancer surgeon until he
began to understand the greater principles of the mind-
body connection. He felt dragged down by the artificial
barriers that existed between patient and doctor, and the
helplessness he often felt as a result of his inability
to effectively serve those patients. Eventually, those
barriers were disintegrated by Dr. Siegel's recognition
and growing understanding of the mind-body connection and
how it could serve his patients and himself.
Dr. Siegel, or Bernie as he began to have his patients
refer to him, had some
startling realizations as a cancer surgeon. He found that
there were actually
quite a few people in the world that successfully beat
the statistics on cancer
survival. He began to recognize that a patient's ability
to defeat something as
serious as cancer had to do with the patient's mind and
attitude about their
disease.
If you would like to see the rest of
this article, please go here:
http://www.tobeinformed.com/repository/mind-body.html
copyright 2004 - David Snape
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