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U.S. Surgeon General says prevention is the health cure, and that means nutrition and fitness

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona is trying to educate the public and policymakers on the importance of disease prevention. He says, "We can't afford to go on the path we're on now," meaning that as a nation, we simply cannot afford to spend ever-increasing dollars for health care, treating diseases after they've become full-blown epidemics. The solution, says Carmona, is to invest in prevention.

He's right. More than 90% of all diseases can be preventing entirely through lifestyle changes -- namely, good nutrition and regular physical exercise. Avoidance of envrironmental toxins, household poisons and toxic chemical ingredients in personal care products would also help. Prevention is far cheaper than treating full-blown diseases, but that's actually part of the problem the Surgeon General is running up against: organized medicine doesn't really want people to prevent diseases, since that would mean a drop in prescription drug profits, lab tests, surgeries and other big revenue producers for the medical industry.

It sounds harsh, but it's absolutely true: there's no incentive for organized medicine to promote good nutrition, physical exercise and disease prevention. No corporation profits from it. Hospitals would lose patients, drug companies would see their revenues plummet, and doctors would be unemployed. The full employment of our "modern" medical system depends on the vast majority of Americans being diseased... or at least diagnosed with fictitious diseases like Attention Deficit Disorder or "fear of public speaking."

Kudos to Richard Carmona for saying what needs to be said. We do need to invest in prevention, and that means educating people about what's healthy. But getting out the right message seems impossible in today's political climate where food politics dictate public policy. Big Sugar holds tremendous sway over the White House. Soft drink companies bitterly fight any hint that their products might promote obesity. Growers of corn and wheat absolutely deny that their milled grains (like refined white flour) promote diabetes. Everybody in the food industry says, "It's not us!" Meanwhile, the nation keeps getting fatter by the day, with startling increases in obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and many other diseases over the last twenty years.

It is time to disregard the profit motives of the pharmaceutical industry and food companies and, instead, start telling the truth about foods and fitness. The FDA needs to step in and require all obesity-promoting foods to be labeled as such. Soft drink advertising needs to be banned outright. Refined white sugar and flour should be banned (only whole grains should be allowed in the human food supply). And taxpayer dollars need to be spent on public education campaigns to fight the hype and propaganda of the fast food industry.

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About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2010, Adams created NaturalNews.TV, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He's also a noted technology pioneer and founded a software company in 1993 that developed the HTML email newsletter software currently powering the NaturalNews subscriptions. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body.

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