Assess YOUR Personal Health Risk
Are
YOU a 1 or a 10?
What is YOUR chance of living a healthy year?
There is a new concept – risk assessment in your personal health.
No, not like the health risk assessment an insurance company does.
That’s obvious: You know your health history, your genetic
possibilities for cancer, diabetes, etc, and whether or not you
smoke or are overweight.
This assesses your chances of living a healthy year: The reality
compared to your perception. What do you envision coming into your
life this year? Cancer? A heart attack or stroke? Diabetes, Macular
Degeneration, or perhaps a broken hip? Of course NOT. We believe we
will have a healthy year. Ok, maybe a sniffle or cough, but nothing
more serious than that. That’s what 98% of us believe.
Now for reality: With heart disease being your # 1 enemy, over 1
million of you will die from it this year (that’s over 38% of all
deaths in the US). Onto # 2: Cancer – more than 1.5 million of you
will be given this diagnosis this year and more than 1,500 of you
will die each DAY from it. Your # 3 killer: Stroke. Over 700,000 of
you will have one this year and over 160,000 of you will die from
one.
These statistics do not just apply to ‘old’ people. Over 150,000
Americans under the age of 65 will die from heart disease this year.
Knowing this, the fact that 98% of us believe we will live this year
without a serious health incident is just NOT REALITY. Should one of
these disasters strike, will you come out dead or alive?
The government, scientific studies, and a host of health experts
have proven to us there are DAILY choices we make that determine our
health risk. (Your chance of being ‘hit’ with a serious health
threat is directly effected by these decisions.)
You already know the guidelines: no smoking, maintain a normal
weight, eat 9-13 servings of fresh fruit and veggies and exercise
60-90 minutes per day.
Sadly, the vast majority of us are not following these guidelines.
Most people do not even get the minimum recommended amounts of
essential nutrients from the food they eat. The American diet
remains “a nutritional black hole”.
You don’t have control over Mother Nature, but taking these simple
steps can influence the health of YOUR year. Read on for:
Solutions FOR Health
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