I'm sure this is not breaking news for anyone reading this, but suffice it to say, the more money we spend on health care in this country, (and we spend MORE than any other developed nation!), the sicker and sicker we get.  The US has worse health-care outcomes and lower life expectancy than almost every other developed nation.  Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune disease, digestive disorders, dementia, allergies, asthma, arthritis, depression, ADD, Parkinson's disease, etc., cause endless suffering and drain our financial resources.  Chronic diseases now affect one in two Americans and account for 80% of our health-care costs.  Yet despite a host of new drugs and procedures, the incidence of chronic disease continues to rise, not only in the US but around the globe as developing countries adopt the worst of our food and culture.  In countries where heart disease and diabetes were non-existent, because our Western diet became their new way of eating, they too suffer from these same diseases which are completely PREVENTABLE!

Our health-care system, (really it's a disease-care system), is not "equipped" in treating chronic diseases.  The infrastructure, which is the traininig of physicians and other health professionals, is geared toward curing a contagious illness that derives from a single cause, such as bacterial pneumonia,  or healing an acute injury such as a broken bone. Unfortunately, the chronic illnesses that are our reality today will NEVER be CURED with a pill or a procedure. 

High blood pressure--take a pill; type 2 diabetes--take a pill; high cholesterol--take a pill; heart disease--take a couple pills; arthritis--take a pill.....pharmaceutical companies couldn't be happier to make a pill for whatever "ill" you may have.  However, these pills will NEVER CURE your problem--these pills will mask the symptoms.  Period.  If you don't find the reason for your high blood pressure, it will NEVER be cured.  The pill is managing the symptoms of the disease, not "eliminating" the disease.  The same holds true with any chronic disease we have.  Once the pill is stopped, the symptoms return. Again, this is a disease-care system, not a health-care system.  Many people profit from sick people--healthy people do not require pills, procedures, hospital visits, and multiple doctor visits.

There is a much better, cheaper, and healthier way to PREVENT, STOP AND REVERSE chronic disease--it's by the food on the end of your fork!  It really does sound much too simplistic, but as science repeatedly proves to us, chronic disease can be ELIMINATED with food.  That means ANYONE wishing to change their health has the POWER to do so.  

By filling your plate with foods from these 4 Food Groups:  Vegetables, Fruits, Whole grains and Legumes, you can  dramatically change your HEALTH, and at the same time, watch the numbers on your scale DROP!  Side effects from pills--listen to any TV commerical, 3/4 of the commerical are the side effects from the drug, which most time are worse than the original problem is--side effect from changing your diet--WEIGHT LOSS.  It's a win-win situation.  Not to mention, the energy you will have once you transition from a Standard American Diet, (SAD) to a Whole Food Plant Based diet, is unbelievable.  

If you would like to eliminate chronic disease from your life, or PREVENT chronic disease from starting, get rid of the foods that are making you sick, and fill your plate with the foods that will GIVE you your health back for good.  It really is as simple as that!

Need help transitioning?  I can take you step by step on the journey to optimal health--the only side effect--WEIGHT LOSS with an ABUNDANCE of ENERGY!!

Heart disease--it kills more Americans every few years than have all our past wars combined--read that statement again.  However, it does not have to be this way!!  Heart disease can be STOPPED, not in a laboratory, but right in our grocery stores, kitchens and dining rooms.  We don't need vaccines, antibiotics or any other pills--all we need is a fork.  

Many people think that heart disease is just a "consequence" of getting old.  After all, your heart pumps literally billions of times during an average life span, so one would think that your heart would just get tired and stop after awhile--right?  Not so--in different areas of the world known as the Blue Zones, people live into their 100's with heart disease being non-existent.  What?? So what does this mean?  It means that heart disease  may be a choice.  

Heart disease is the #1 reason most of our loved ones will die.  However, by educating ourselves to make choices to prevent, stop and reverse heart disease, we can end the needless suffering.  The latest studes have shown that American children have the first stage of heart disease by age 10--age 10!!  How?  Let's look at our chidren's diet--McDonald's, chicken fingers, processed macaroni and cheese, goldfish crackers, candy, pizza, etc.  The trans fats that comes from processed foods and naturally from meat and dairy, saturated fat found mostly in animal products and junk foods all contribute to this build-up of fatty streaks in the arteries of our children.  

Of course, the drug companies love this--let's get everybody on cholesterol-lowering drugs, (statins).  As a matter of fact, the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor has become the best selling drug of all time, generating more than $140 billion in global sales!  U.S. health authorities advocated that this drug should be put into the public water supply like fluoride is.  Can you imagine that?? Are you kidding??  Anything for a profit.....

The side effects from statins, in my opinion, are horrible--muscle/joint pain and weakness, increase risk in diabetes and dementia just to name a few--that's what we know of so far--who knows what other side effects will be related to taking these drugs.

There is a much easier way to prevent, stop and reverse heart disease--the answer is at the end of your fork!  It is NEVER too late to start eating healthy.  The BEST KEPT SECRET IN MEDICINE:  when you give your body what it NEEDS, your body will HEAL itself!  That's right--your body will HEAL itself!  This has been proven repeatedly  by people transitioning over to a whole food plant based diet.  

What this means is EVERY person has the ability to take back control of their HEALTH!  It doesn't matter how much money you have or what kind of health insurance you have--you can take back control of your health with FOOD--real food--not "stuff" in a box, carton, bag, bottle, etc.  I'm talking about potatoes, rice, beans, vegetables, fruits, and oatmeal.  No, it isn't too expensive to eat this way--potatoes, rice and beans are dirt cheap!  

So, if you are ready, I can help you take back control of your health one bite at a time.....the side effect from doing things my way--WEIGHT LOSS!!  Finally a side effect EVERYONE WANTS!!

Drop me a line if you need help getting started--remember, it truly is one bite at a time.......