Everything Is Wrong

Should Prescriptions Come Before Diet Changes?

Should Simple Diet Changes Come Before Prescriptions?

Everything Being Wrong Is Expensive

Healthcare Costs Are High Because Pills Are Expensive

The United States spends far more per capita on medicines than other developed countries.

Pharmaceuticals account for 10% of the country’s 2.7 trillion annual health bill.

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Costs of obesity related illness: $190.2 billion per year. If current trends continue, obesity spending will quadruple by 2018.

Costs of cholesterol medications: $18.7billion per year. High cholesterol is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and specifically for coronary heart disesae (CHD).

Costs of high blood pressure: $47.5 billionper year. Reducing sodium intake from 3.400mg to 2.300mg per day may reduce cases of high blood pressure by 11 million and save $18 billion a year.

70%of Americans take prescription drugs.

31%of adults have high blood pressure.

69%of adults are overweight or obese.

33.5%of adults have high LDL or “bad”cholesterol.

A vegetarian diet can reduce blood pressure by about half the drop expected from medications.

Eating vegetarian is cheaper than buying pills, plus you get the side effects of lower cholesterol and the possibility of weight loss.

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A gluten-free diet can treat celiac disease. 2 million Americans may have celiac disease but only 300,000 have been diagnosed.

A low-carb diet can help with weight loss, boost good (HDL) cholesterol, and lower risk of heart disease.

An anti-inflammatory diet (close to a Mediterranean diet) can help inflammatory diseases like arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), appendicitis and it can reduce blood pressure.

The DASH (Dietary Approaches To Stop Hypertension)eating plan to lower blood pressure by up to 10 points:

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Choose small portions of poultry or fish.

Eat 8-10 servings of fruits and vegetables (per day).

Choose whole instead of processed grains.

Keep fat intake under 27% of total calories.

Include low-fat or nonfat dairy products.

Make nuts a source of protein.