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Mindful Nutrition
comes from the increasing awareness, or more
appropriately, the re-minder that what we put into our bodies affects how
our energy level, mood and ultimately how our long term health story can
turn out. Remember the expression, “We are what we eat?” Now more than
ever,
this is true.
Dr. Richard Dubois , one of the world’s leading authorities on
infectious diseases, states that the lack of fruits and vegetables in our
diet may be the single most significant factor for the health care crisis
of Americans today. In Time Magazine, Dr. David Katz of
Dr. William Sears, author of over 30 books
on families, spells out in his DVD “9 Simple Steps to a Healthier Family
Diet” and
on his AskDrSears website the importance of an increase in fruits and
vegetable. He writes, “For many years the National Institute of Health, the
American Cancer Society, the American Medical Association, the
Here’s the Truth:
80 million people
have some form of heart disease (American Heart Association)
1 in 3 women and 1
in 2 men will have cancer in his or her lifetime (National Cancer
Institute)
Over 20 million
children and adults have diabetes (American Diabetes Association)
By the age of 12,
an estimated 70% of our children have developed the beginning stages of
hardening of the arteries.(Bogalusa Heart Study)
7% of school age
children are diagnosed with ADHD. (Center for Disease Control and
Prevention)
Our national health
care expenditures were 2 trillion dollars in 2005 or $6,700 per person.
(National Coalition on Health Care)
Some other
statistics – by the year 2015:
400 million people
will die due to PREVENTABLE chronic disease
$1.7
Trillion dollars will be spent on health care. Of that, $550 Billion
will go to pharmaceutical companies and of that $196 Billion
dollars will go to the Nutraceutical companies (ie
VITAMINS)
The list goes on
and on and on. Health professionals the world over agree. We need to
improve what and how we eat. We need to return to ways of our forefathers and
foremothers. We need to eat a predominantly plant based diet with
a balance of plant based proteins and whole grains. We need to
drink more fresh, pure water and eliminate the soda’s.
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We need to change our approach of healing from
“treating” our bodies dis-ease to “preventing” dis-ease in our bodies.
Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, MD,
Health Editor of Parade Magazine wrote in his book “Power
to the Patient” about the importance of taking our health back into our
own hands. The American Cancer Society has devoted a website strictly to
the importance of good eating www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org, with the emphasis on
prevention of disease through fruits and vegetables.
Prevention, Prevention,
Prevention. Have you ever felt prevention? For that matter, have
you ever known the moment when a good cell becomes a dis-eased
cell? Our
guess, is that the answer is no. Overwhelming evidence states we must
eat 11-13 servings of raw fruits and vegetables every day to prevent
dis-ease. Since most people are unable or unwilling to do that, we have
found that Juice
Plus+ is the perfect solution for the people of
today’s stress-filled lifestyle!
Remember: If your lifestyle doesn’t control your
body, eventually your body will control your lifestyle
** To order the DVD’s of Dr.DuBois or Dr. Sears mentioned above contact
us, and for $3.50 each we can send you them **