Here we are, where are we going?
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Did you ever talk about diabetes when you were a kid?
It used to be quite uncommon. Now, according to the trend, 1 in 3 folks born in 2,000 will develop Type 2 Diabetes (CDC).
Obesity has been declared an epidemic by the CDC. According to that trend, 100% of adults will be overweight by 2040. And the rates on childhood obesity are equally scary.
Asthma - New Yorker Magazine states 1 in 4 South Bronx school kids packs an inhaler.
Autism - up 2,812% from 1995 to 2005.
And of course the top 3: Heart disease, cancer, stroke.
If all these maladies are so much more common today then they were 20-30 years ago, it begs the simple question: what’s changed?
“You control more than 70% of how well and how long you live. By the time you reach fifty, your lifestyle dictates 80% of how you age; the rest is controlled by inherited genetics.”
- You The Owner’s Manual, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
What’s changed is diet and lifestyle. And based on the results, not for the better.
Everything you put in your body - whether it’s prescribed by a doctor or purchased off a grocery store shelf - affects your health. In fact, often in unforeseen ways.
You see, when you eat well, you feed and nourish your body tissue, bones, glands, organs, skin and hair. And you thrive.
When you eat poorly, you take from the reserve of nutrients stored in your body. And it shows in your skin, hair and mood. And you feel it with fatigue, aches and pains and lowered energy as well as more serious illnesses such as obesity, asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Join us regularly for our ongoing discussion about nutrition - what’s really good and what’s advertising spin. We’ll also talk about food products, food supply, diseases, supplements, drugs, lifestyle and whatever else is on our minds.
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