| > | | | | much less nutritional content. In the fifty years |
| There is a storm brewing in America. It has the | | | | between the 1940s and the 1990s, nutrient values |
| power to ruin lives directly and indirectly. The storm | | | | for protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin, and |
| will wreak more havoc than any natural disaster in | | | | ascorbic acid declined in at least 43 garden crops. |
| history. The name of the storm is not a common | | | | What's the answer? What can we do to add nutrition |
| name like Katrina. This storm's name is called | | | | back into our diets and our bodies? What can we do |
| "America's Health Care Crisis." The early signs are | | | | to keep from spending all our savings on medical bills? |
| already here. Learn why this is happening and how | | | | How can we continue to enjoy an active lifestyle well |
| you can take steps today to avoid going bankrupt | | | | into our senior years? |
| from healthcare. | | | | The answer is simple: Supplement. |
| There is a storm brewing in America. It has the | | | | Even the FDA, along with a growing number of |
| power to ruin lives directly and indirectly. The storm | | | | nutritionists and medical experts agree that nutritional |
| will wreak more havoc than any natural disaster in | | | | supplementation is the key to leading a healthy and |
| history. The name of the storm is not a common | | | | fit life. Read why more and more people are being |
| name like Katrina. This storm's name is called | | | | proactive about improving their health and at the |
| "America's Health Care Crisis." The early signs are | | | | same time they are fighting the effects of aging. I |
| already here. Just consider these facts: | | | | encourage you to examine the nutritional content of |
| * Every 30 seconds, someone in the United States | | | | your current diet. You can definitely look and feel |
| files bankruptcy due to a serious health problem. | | | | better with proper nutrition. |
| * According to a Harvard University study, 50 | | | | As we get older, many of us start taking more and |
| percent of all bankruptcy filings in the United States | | | | more medications. Consider that while Americans |
| are the direct result of medical expenses. | | | | comprise only five percent of the entire world's |
| * Health care spending in the U.S. is more than $1.8 | | | | population, we consume ONE-HALF OF ALL the |
| TRILLION! | | | | prescription drugs manufactured WORLD WIDE! That |
| * In 2003, the U.S. spent 15.3% of its Gross | | | | is more than 3 billion prescriptions each year. |
| Domestic Product (GDP) on health care. | | | | Prescription drug expenses are the fastest growing |
| * Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance | | | | health care costs increasing by more than 15% each |
| in the U.S. have risen five times faster than workers' | | | | year since 1998. |
| earnings since 2000. | | | | The pharmaceutical industry has done a great job at |
| * Experts predict retiring elderly couples will need a | | | | convincing people that drugs are intended to cure |
| conservative $200,000 to pay for basic medical | | | | disease. But if prescription drugs were the answer to |
| services and most experts agree that the number is | | | | health, why aren't we the healthiest nation on Earth? |
| probably closer to $300,000. | | | | In spite of all the drugs, the physicians, and the |
| With the cost of services going up, the demand for | | | | hospitals, Americans are getting heavier; the rate of |
| those services is also increasing. Consider the | | | | diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are rising; and we |
| following: | | | | have one of the highest infant death rates in the |
| * Cancer rates have exploded from 1 death in 20 in | | | | world. |
| 1910 to 1 death in 3 in 2006. | | | | We need to transition from our over-reliance on |
| * Diabetes Type 2 (adult onset) has exploded by | | | | drugs and believing that taking a pill is the 'solution' to |
| 600% in just the last generation. | | | | finding and treating what caused the disease in the |
| * Heart Disease deaths went from obscurity in the | | | | first place. It is certainly fair to say that traditional |
| early 1900's to the #2 killer in America. | | | | medicine can do amazing things - especially in treating |
| * Stroke moved from obscurity to the #3 killer and | | | | trauma and infectious disease. But for promoting |
| the #1 cause of disability in the US. | | | | health, traditional medicine is ineffective and |
| * Auto-immune disorders like Chronic Fatigue and | | | | extraordinarily expensive. |
| Fibromyalgia have become commonplace. | | | | Many in the wellness industry work very hard |
| Why is this happening? What could be the common | | | | spreading the word that it is much better (and |
| link? Many experts believe it is what we eat. Not just | | | | cheaper!) to prevent disease than to treat it after it |
| the types of food and how they are prepared, but | | | | occurs. Preventing disease and fighting the effects of |
| the actual nutritional content. Over a 10-year period, | | | | aging are two of the primary reasons why many |
| the potassium level in oats and buckwheat dropped | | | | people take supplements and how they become |
| by two-thirds. That means you need to eat three | | | | proactive about improving their health. By putting |
| bowls of oatmeal to get the same potassium as one | | | | yourself into a state of optimal health, you feel |
| bowl gave you just ten years ago. Think about you | | | | better, have more energy, and increase the quality |
| and your children - over the last ten years you and | | | | of your life. |
| they have eaten the same amounts of food but with | | | | |