3. We do not have a health care crisis.
Consider this analogy: If you had to choose between no transportation and a new $50,000 luxury car, the car is worth it. This is the U.S. health system. Expensive, but better than nothing. Source: New York Times I find that analogy sad and pathetic. Read on ...
Much media attention has been given to our “health care crisis”. We must change our frame of reference. We have a food crisis. If we eat better, we will feel better. It’s that simple. While most of the focus has been on the obesity epidemic, we need to address the food issue.
Begin with the food, pass over obesity and go straight to disease. Obesity, like many other topics are distractions – Horrific food = Disease.
Most health experts would agree with Dr. Dean Ornish’s observation: “Our bodies have a remarkable ability to begin healing themselves if we simply stop doing what’s causing the problem.”
Much media attention has been given to our “health care crisis”. We must change our frame of reference. We have a food crisis. If we eat better, we will feel better. It’s that simple. While most of the focus has been on the obesity epidemic, we need to address the food issue.
Begin with the food, pass over obesity and go straight to disease. Obesity, like many other topics are distractions – Horrific food = Disease.
Most health experts would agree with Dr. Dean Ornish’s observation: “Our bodies have a remarkable ability to begin healing themselves if we simply stop doing what’s causing the problem.”
Dr. Dean Ornish founder of Preventive Medicine Research Institute