For an employer, costs can be as much as 40% higher in one year for someone who is overweight because of all the issues associated with obesity, including diabetes, back problems, asthma, depression and heart disease. Read the entire article. 1 Comment According to Dr. Lidy Pelsser's study, 64 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD are actually experiencing a hypersensitivity to food. Once again, food choice is plays a major role in our lives. Read and listen to this NPR report about ADHD. Once again, it's The Main Street Diet that causes most of the health issues in our lives. The American diet is a catastrophe. We don’t have a health care crisis. We have a food crisis. 75% of our health care costs are spent on chronic disease linked to the diet…and that is bankrupting us. - Michael Pollan What is the Main Street Diet? Let me briefly explain. Here's a tour of "my" Main Street.
Dr. William Castelli (former director of the Framingham Heart Study) states: "The American diet is the worst diet you could possibly eat anywhere in the world." Of course, many people will state: "You don't have to eat the food that is available on Main Street." Yes, this is true. However, we consider Main Street America to be normal. It is not. It has led to a toxic food environment. The choice is yours: Continue consuming these foods or make a change. You can learn how to make simple changes by purchasing Feed Your Head or attending one of my presentations. Dr. David Kessler, former chairman of the FDA and author of The End of Overeating, provides a great explanation.   The church on my Main Street realizes there's a problem. Sunday's sermon is about the obesity epidemic. Or, maybe they're promoting the new Whole Foods on my Main Street. Nearly one in three kids born in 2000—and one in two minorities—will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime, according to the American Diabetes Association. The disease is linked to heart attack, stroke, blindness, amputation, and kidney disease. That's the reason diet (proper eating) is so important. Put down the chips, fries, soda, fast food, and more, and miraculous things will happen.  Here's a fascinating story how osteopenia became a "disease". An alternative to drugs . . . here it is. | 101 Incredible Diet, Health, and Lifestyle Tips - Free with the purchase of Feed Your Head.
Welcome to my blog about diet, health, and lifestyle issues. You'll find snippets and tidbits to assist with living a healthier lifestyle. Enjoy. - Ken Leebow
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