Nowadays, it seems like the words “health care” are tossed around
every way you turn. But what is really meant is “disease care.” And
when you hear the word “prevention” you can be pretty sure that what
they’re talking about has little to do with taking control and making
positive lifestyle changes. Instead, people are urged to submit to
medical procedures for “early detection” of diseases, most of which
could be avoided in the first place.
According to the latest issue of The AARP Magazine, “Those with
chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease account for most
of health care spending, yet their care is often not as coordinated or
effective as it could be. We should be taking steps to promote wellness
and prevent disease now.” Sounds good doesn’t it? It’s too bad they
don’t mention that adult onset diabetes and heart disease are for the
most part avoidable by simply adhering to a whole food, plant-based
diet, as has been proven scientifically. Imagine the improvement in
people’s health and all the money that would be saved as a result, if
doctors simply told their patients the truth.
The feature article in the same magazine is touted on the cover with
an attention-getting “Eat Better, Live Longer – Our Easiest Diet Ever.”
But, over the years I’ve learned not to get my hopes up when large
organizations talk about health issues. Their advice is nearly always
wishy-washy so as not to offend their large audience that keeps them in
business. So it’s “one step forward, two steps backward” as the saying
goes. Heaven forbid that they should ever recommend a vegan diet (or
even be brave enough to call it a “plant-based” diet)! Predictably, the
recommendations are the half-way measures heard over and over again; you
know – the Mediterranean diet, minimizing red meat and substituting fish
and chicken, etc.
Yet, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., clearly shows in his book
“Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease” that in the well-known Lyon Diet
Heart Study, although those who were on a Mediterranean diet did better
than those in the control group, “By the end of the study, nearly four
years after its start, fully 25 percent of the subjects on the
Mediterranean diet – one out of four – had either died or experienced
some new cardiovascular event.”
If AARP is really serious about helping their members achieve good
health and reduce spending on “disease care,” they should recommend that
their members read and follow the proven advice of physicians such as
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., John McDougall, M.D., Michael Greger,
M.D., and Michael Klaper, M.D.
Also visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
