Get Ready to Change Your Focus and Improve Your Health for Life

An Apple a Day may not be enough to keep the doctor away, but the sugestions found here will help you stop taking care of your diseases and start taking care of your health.

Americans spend more money on health care than any other nation on the face of the planet (over 15% of our entire nation's expenditures). While we comprise only 5% of the world's population, half of all the drug prescriptions in the world are taken by Americans.

In terms of life expectancy, America ranks 42nd. Two decades ago we ranked 11th. Ex­perts tell us that American life expectancy is continuing to decrease and our children won't live as long as we will. France, Spain and Japan rank on top in terms of life expectancy and they all spend less money on health care than we do.

What is wrong with this picture?

More than 1.7 million Americans die of a chronic disease each year. Chronic disease accounts for about 70% of all deaths in the United States. Most of these deaths are caused by three diseases—heart disease, cancer and diabetes. These diseases aren't just caused by. old age. They are striking younger people every year.

Modern medicine treats diseases and should really be called disease-care. Health care isn't what you do to treat disease, it's what you do to stay healthy, or regain health when it has been lost.

Drugs and surgery are used to treat diseases, but they don't improve health. These dis­ease oriented tools aren't going to make up for poor diet, excessive stress, lack of sleep, lack of exercise or a poor mental attitude.

If you really want to be healthy, then change your focus from treating diseases to building health. It's a simple change of thinking that will reap big gains in health.

For Better Health

When you visit a doctor wanting help with your diseases, the doctor generally writes you a prescription. We assume that you're reading this because you want help with your health. Here are four genuine health-care guide lines that these may have an interesting "side effect." Following them will make you healthier and may get rid of a lot of your diseases.

• #1: Get Some Color in Your Diet

 Most Americans have a bad case of the "whites" when it comes to nutrition. White may be a symbol of purity in religion, in the food world most "white" foods are refined foods that adds up to arthritis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression, anxiety, fatigue, premature aging and shortened life span.

You don't need a degree in nutrition to realize that refined, "white" foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, polished rice, pro­cessed vegetable oils, shortening and chemical additives to be avoided. If you want to be healthy, just start looking for the color. The brown of whole grains, the greens of leafy vegetables, the bright reds and blues of berries and orange of squashes are all signs of the nutrients you need to stay healthy.

• #2: Take Some Nutritional Health Insurance

 Since it is very hard to have a "perfect" diet in our modern world, it's wise to take out a little nutritional health insurance by adding a few basic supplements to your diet. Here are the major ones you should consider.

A Basic Nutritional Supplement

If you're concerned about the nutrients that may be missing in your diet, purchase a little dietary health insurance by taking a high quality multi-vitamin and mineral like Super Supplemental. Don't go for cheap vitamin and mineral supplements. They generally contain very poor quality ingredients.

Instead of a multi-vitamin, use a whole food supplement like Ultimate Green Zone. This will give you vitamins and minerals in a whole food form, which is easier for the body to use.

Good Fats

Extremely low fat diets aren't good for us. Instead we need to focus on getting the right kinds of fat in our diet. Most diets are low in omega-3 essential fatty acids necessary for the health of our heart and our brain. They are important for our immune system as they help control the chronic inflammation that produces heart disease, arthritis and memory loss in aging.

Super Omega-3 EPA is a good supplement to ensure you're getting these important fats in your diet. Flax Seed Oil is a plant source. Deep ocean fish (most all is contaminated now), grass-fed beef and poultry, avocados and nuts (especially walnuts) are good sources of these omega-3 oils.

Contrary to the general food propaganda, we need some medium chain saturated fats like real butter from grass fed cows and coconut oil. So add some of these to your diet.

Antioxidants are nutrients found in our foods and can be thought of as the body's cooling system. They soak up the free radicals that cause oxidative stress and inflammation. Antioxidants help prevent (and heal) heart disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, auto-immune diseases and most other chronic diseases. They slow the aging process and keep us looking and feeling young.

Thai-Go is an excellent antioxidant supplement. It has an extremely high capacity for neutralizing free radicals, it contains bioflavonoids and xanthones, which reduce inflammation, decrease pain and promote tissue healing. Thai-Go tastes good, which makes it a pleasure to take.

A good choice for an antioxidant supplement is Super ORAC in tablet form and found in the Super Trio pack..  

Super Trio

For the newcomer to nutritional supplements, Super Trio is a great place to start. Super Trio is a conveniently packaged, 30 day supply of three important supplements. It contains:

• Super ORAC a blend of antioxidants from green tea, mangosteen pericarp (not fruit), turmeric and other antioxidant rich foods and herbs. It reduces oxidative stress and inflammation.
• Super Omega-3 EPA, which supplies essential fatty acids from fish oil that reduce inflammation and promote the health of brain and nerve tissue, circulation and immune functions.
• Super Supplemental, a high quality vitamin and mineral supplement that supplies essential nutrients that may be missing in people's diets. It's herbal base supplies additional phytonutrients in whole food form.

Enzymes are known as the spark plugs of life because their role is to catalyze or speed up, chemical reactions. 5,000 enzymes have been discovered since the 1930's, with 3,000 found in the human body.

Enzymes are destroyed by heat and processing, most of the foods Americans consume contain no enzymes. Instead, they often contain enzyme inhibitors in the form of preservatives. Taking an enzyme supplement like Proactazyme will help food digest better, preventing digestive upset and intestinal gas, it will improve absorption of nutrients. Enzymes help reduce inflammation and pain in the body by supporting immune function.

Elderly persons or people with extremely poor digestion may need a stronger enzyme product. In this case, Food Enzymes are a better choice.

Fiber

The American Dietetic Association recommends that healthy adults consume 20-35 grams a day of dietary fiber and children 5 grams a day. Unfortunately, adequate amounts are not being met because the intake of good sources of dietary fiber—fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes—are low.

Fiber can help relieve constipation and prevent the development of diverticulitis, colon polyps and colon cancer. Regular consumption of fiber lowers blood cholesterol levels and helps to normalize blood glucose and insulin levels. This makes fiber a great protection against heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Psyllium Hulls Combination is a great fiber supplement for most people and is much stronger and more effective, than other psyllium based fiber supplements on the market. People suffering from irritable or inflammatory bowel disorders may find Everybody's Fiber would be a better choice.

Probiotics

Our small intestines provide a perfect environment for the billions of beneficial bacteria that help break down the food we eat. The diversity of the flora in our gut is essential to human health. This population of good bacteria prevents unwanted and infectious bacteria, yeast and other microorganisms from multiplying in the gut. They help us synthesize 13 vitamins and enhance the functions of the immune system. They play a role in reducing allergies in children and decrease the bacteria in the mouth that causes dental caries.

Antibiotics, chlorinated water and drugs destroy friendly bacteria, making people prone to bowel disease, yeast infections and compromised immune function. Probotic supplements like Bifidophilus Flora Force will replace these friendly microbes.

Minerals

Agriculture practices over the last 100 years have severely de­pleted the soils, which in turn has depleted the mineral content of our foods. Properly grown organic produce can have 200-800% more minerals than produce grown commercially with fertilizer. Minerals are essential for healthy bones, muscles, skin, hair, teeth and fingernails, they also act as catalysts for numerous biochemical processes.

Chinese Mineral Chi Tonic is a great way to replenish your trace minerals. It has the added benefits of containing adaptogenic herbs that can lower your stress. If you don't like the taste, try Ionic Minerals. It doesn't have the herbs, but you'll still get the trace minerals your body needs for optimal function.

• #3: Get Off the Couch and Move

Too many of us work at desk jobs and when we get home, we plop on the couch and turn on the TV or sit in front of the computer surfing the net or playing games. The bottom line is, we're much too seden­tary. We need to get off the couch and do something physical.