The drugs we take are getting more advanced and more popular ... and yet we're getting sicker. What's the answer?

6 Lifestyle Changes That Work

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The drugs we take are getting more advanced and more popular .. and yet we’re getting sicker. What’s the answer?
Below excerpts from Dr. Loretta Friedman.

Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of interrelated risk factors that appear to promote the development of heart disease. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by:

- Abdominal Obesity (an abundance of fat around your middle)
- Insulin Resistance (Type II diabetes, coming on later in life)
- Excess Stress Hypertension.

Sounds rare? Not so much. At least one in five people suffer from Metabolic Syndrome. Some studies estimate as much as 25% of the population is suffering from this.

Let's take all this in. Why is this so important?

Because for the last 20 years, the pharmaceutical industry has been coming up with better drugs for diabetes and hypertension and Americans are getting worse, not better.

The medical doctors write the prescriptions and patients are only getting more ill. Why?

People take their insulin and go out and eat every fast food that crosses their path. They take their high blood pressure meds or their heart drugs and the support them by being a couch potato all day, every day.

Here is the bitter pill: The medications don’t work without Life Style Changes. Better yet, you might not even need your medications after Life Style Changes. Get off your butt and help yourself. You might be able to get off your medications.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., said, “This statement should serve as an alert to physicians that it is vitally important to identify and treat the growing number of people with metabolic syndrome. For individuals with this syndrome, lifestyle treatment…is the primary therapy for lowering their risk factors and reducing the long-term risk for heart disease.”

Helping patients adopt a therapeutic lifestyle is the first and possibly the most important therapy doctors can use to treat many chronic health problems.

As a patient, finding someone who can guide you through this is terribly important.

Consider a few facts:

1. 91% of type II diabetes cases could be prevented by the adoption of healthy habits and lifestyle choices.

2. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) say that lifestyle changes are the most important and cost effective way to lower cholesterol (and not putting the world on statin drugs or other medications.

3. Lifestyle changes are now recommended as the “First Line Therapy” for the major chronic diseases in our society:

Heart Disease
Stroke
Diabetes
Cancer
Arthritis Osteoporosis
Alzheimer’s disease

4. Lifestyle choices are also the key to many symptoms that are not classified as diseases:

Fatigue
Stress-Related Symptoms
Hormonal Imbalances

All these can be helped.

The American Diabetes Association reports that approximately 2200 new cases of diabetes are reported in the US every day. According to estimates from the National Institutes of Health, over 50 million Americans have “Metabolic Syndrome”, a disorder that is directly responsible for America’s unusually large population of Type 2 Diabetics.

What are the key lifestyle changes you should make?
Here are the six steps to a new, therapeutic lifestyle.

6-Step Therapeutic Life Style Program
A regular program of aerobic, strength training and flexibility exercises has been shown to increase vitality and reduce the risk for disease.

1. Knowledge

A healthy lifestyle starts with the knowledge to make an informed decision that impacts your health every day.

2. Balanced Eating
Balanced eating habits have a direct influence on excess insulin production, body composition, and disease prevention.

3. Regular Activity/Exercise

A regular program of aerobic, strength training and flexibility exercises has been shown to reverse insulin resistance, increase vitality and reduce the risk for disease.

4. Appropriate Nutritional Supplementation
Incorporating a foundational nutritional program with targeted nutrients that help to prevent and/or treat specific conditions is an essential part of the therapeutic life style program.

5. Stress Management

For optimal health, regular stress management programs help keep insulin and other hormonal levels balanced, improving vitality.

6. Sleep

Sleep is crucial for the proper functioning of the mind and body. Quality and depth of sleep is of primary importance. Although the amount of sleep individuals need varies, most people should get 7-8 hours per night.

Summing Up:
If you are reaching for that medication to solve your woes, here is my advice:

- Think past the pill.
- Try eating a nutritious diet.
- Get a solid night's sleep.
- Get a little regular exericise.
- Take the right nutritional supplements

You may be AMAZED at what this does to even the most serious maladies you are suffering from.

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