Take Control Of Your Health

The US has the biggest medical system in the world and spends way more on health care than many other countries combined but is still statistically very low in many of the measures of true health.

• We are 2nd to last in overall health (according to JAMA)
• We are last in potential life lost (according to JAMA)
  
• We are second to last in healthy longevity (according to Dr John Abramson)
  
• We are last in infant mortality rate (according to JAMA)
  
• We are last in neonatal mortality (according to JAMA)
  
• We are #1 in depression.
  

These statistics show our health care system is broken. Managing the effects of disease with drugs and surgery has become the main focus of the medical community, rather than working to prevent disease from occurring in the first place.

As a nation we are also #1 in degenerative illness such as cancer and heart disease (according to the CDC). Cancer is the biggest killer in the US and it has been statistically proven that drugs, chemotherapy and radiation DO NOT work to eradicate this disease, yet it is still being touted as the only cure.

Sadly, many of these degenerative illnesses are due to lifestyle choices, that is, if we changed our lifestyles and embraced healthy choices, we could eradicate these conditions.

It is time we take control of our own health, rather than relying on the medical community to dictate how we manage our illness. We are the ones that are ultimately responsible for how our bodies function. We each have an amazing body. When we give it the right tools, often it can regain health on its own.

Let's start the New Year out right, by making a resolution to reclaim our health and make a plan for wellness in 2009!


Doug B.