Sick Health Facts For 2010

Healthy Americans?

After some research I felt the need to post this solely to raise awareness of the desperate need for health reform. I am NOT talking about government health care plans that are only supported by people getting sick, I am talking REAL health reform. The kind where you & I are taught how to live well & stay that way. A holistic approach to health & wellness.

If we as parents don’t start making this a top priority, then who will. Our children are not going to learn it at school through the state mandated lunch program or the fast food industry. Phillip Morris the large tobacco company just bought Oreo, so I don’t thing they are all that concerned about the health of future populations. The FDA has passed laws stating that food companies don’t have to list every ingredient & MSG can be listed under the name Spice!!!

So just how “Healthy” are Americans???

1. Nearly 23.6 Million adults and children in the U.S. have diabetes.

2. By 2034, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double.

3. Heart disease is still as prevalent as thirty years ago. Yet the medical industry & drug companies want us to believe their “treatment” is working.

4. More than 100 million Americans have high cholesterol. Lipitor was the 2nd most prescribed drug last year. Many Dr.s choose diet & lifestyle changes over medication & surgery but do NOT offer this option to their patients.

5. The War on Cancer has been largely ineffective. In 2010 the cancer statistics rose from 1 in 4 to 1 in every 3. Yet again, science has proven that consuming 10% or less of you daily diet from animal foods can prevent 1,000’s of different diseases including cancer.

6. Half of all Americans take prescriptions. We are the most over medicated population on the planet.

7. In 1965 Americans consumed 1500 calories per day. Today, the average is 3200. Most of these are empty calories which provide no nutritional value and leave our cells craving nutrients.

8. More than 67% of adults are overweight & 30% of our children are overweight.

I could go on and on but I think we all get the picture. On one side of the fence we have large corporations with literally billions of dollar invested in very clever advertising, telling us to “Go ask your Dr.”, get skinny eating these pre-packages, processed meals…. & on the other side of the fence there are 1,000’s of different companies claiming they have the best, natural cure for everything.

Both are capitalizing on our lack of health & knowledge. It is time to get back to basics and start learning about how our body takes in nutrition from the foods we eat (including supplements). It is also time to realize that the foods we eat are the main problem, even if we eat right our body is still missing essential nutrition due to soil depletion.

Dr. David Katz of Yale School of Public Health says “Children are being more harmed by poor diet than by exposure to alcohol, drugs and tobacco combined.”

So what’s the answer to all of this. I would love nothing more than to see our schools incorporate a raw food and gardening program. The kids could grow food, eat it and learn about nutrition. It would be marvelous if we as a nation stopped eating all GMO, processed foods & started taking care of ourselves as well as we take care of our pets! How wonderful would it be to see cancer, diabetes, heart attacks, CFS, migraines, celiac disease all gone!

Sounds outrageous but why? One spoon full of sugar has really made the medicine go down in our society. We have become drones doing what we are told instead of thinking for our selves and taking personal responsibility for our choices.

We are powerful, people. Our money is our voice in this world. It speaks louder than anything else & if we stop buying the junk, they will eventually stop making it. So let’s be a very loud voice and in turn get healthy together!

The greatest Solutions come from our largest problems! Never give up hope. If you have, email me, I will give you some of mine.

Your Wellness Advocate & Friend,

Dani Walker

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Sick Health Facts For 2010

Healthy Americans?

So just how “Healthy” are Americans???

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