Recently, there was an article discussing the fact that our friends the British are much healthier than us, even though we spend twice what they do on healthcare. Critics of America immediately jumped on the bandwagon and declared how unfair our healthcare system. They ranted and raved about the fact that there are millions without healthcare.
Let's not forget, that the poor in this country have all the "free" healthcare they want. Free is capitalized, because obviously, it's only free to them...Someone (us) is paying for it.
But all this aside, it is not the amount spent on health care that is creating the discrepancy. Health care is actually a misnomer, as it is really sick care. No, the problem is not dollars spent on "sick care", the problem simply boils down to America's choices.
We choose to eat and drink the way we do. It is our choices that is killing us. Simply put, our choices are making us sick.
Most of us consume huge amounts of beer, soda, fake juice, milk, etc., and rarely drink a full glass of water. Do you think our Paleolithic (cave man) ancestors drank soda? Of course not, they drank ONLY water.
Most of us rarely eat the proper amount of fruits and vegetables; we consume huge amounts of processed grain foods soaked cooked the wrong kind of oil or meat that has been raised on a grain diet.
We consume more food than we need and exercise less than we should. Most of us are nutrient deficient and toxic from all of the chemicals we breath, drink, put on our skin or eat.
Think about it and start making some healthy choices. Let's not blame our health on insurance or lack of it.
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