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the body, mind and soul.
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Theissueofhealth,orrather,ofill-health(illness)isattheforefrontofmanycrisis-orienteddiscus-
sions in our nation right now, understandably so with statistics such as follows:
IntheUnitedStatesofAmerica(USA),oneoutofeverytwodeathsinisduetoHeartDisease
Disease”.However,thisphenomena,aswellasthoserelatedtotheotherdiseaseswewilldiscuss,is
notconfinedtotheUnitedStatesalone.HeartDiseaseisalsoaleadingcauseofdeathworldwide.
TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)reportedthatHeartDiseasewasthenumberonecauseof
deathinallpartsoftheworldin1998,withtheexceptionofAfricaandthewesternpacific,withap-
proximately1/3ofalldeathsresultingfromheartdisease.Inaddition,theWHOpredictsthatthe
worldwidedeathratefromHeartDiseasewillclimbduringthenexttwodecades,attributingthisin-
crease to the growing trend in developing nations towardsincreased smokinganda westernized diet!
Cancer,isthesecondleadingcauseofdeathsintheU.S.A.;oneoutofeverythreeAmericanshave
cancer.TheWHOreportsthatcancerisresponsibleforapproximately1/8thofalldeathsworldwide,
andlikethestatisticsonHeartDiseaseDisease”,theWHOalsoexpectsthatthisfiguretoincrease
inthedecadestocome.TheWHOorganizationalsosaysthatlungcancerandcolorectalcancerwill
increaseworldwideinthecomingdecades,forthesamereasonsasHeartDisease,duetoincreased
smoking and unhealthy diets, respectively.
Stroke(“BrainAttack”)isthethirdleadingcauseofdeathintheU.S.A.AccordingtotheAmerican
HeartAssociation,someonehasastrokeintheUnitedStatesapproximatelyeveryminute.TheWHO
reportsthatworldwide,strokeandrelatedheartdiseasecouldrivalinfectiousdiseaseastheleading
causeofdeathworldwideinthetwodecades,againcitingcigarettesmokingandinadequatediet,as
wellaslifestyle.Themostcontributingfactortothedevelopmentofa“BrainAttack”isHighBlood
Pressure.Approximatelysixty-fivemillionpeopleintheU.S.A.haveHighBloodPressure(themost
common form of cardiovascular disease) and High Cholesterol.
Inmostsocieties,thereisatendencytothinkofyoungchildrenasbeinghealthyandunaffectedby
thediseaseconditionscitedabove.Whereasthismayhavebeengenerallytrueinthepast,itisvery
unfortunatethatitisnolongerthecase.Thethirdleadingcauseofdeathinchildrenlessthan 4 years
ofage(accidentsarenumberoneandcongenitalabnormalitiesarenumbertwo)andthesecondlead-
ingcauseofdeathinchildren 5 to 14 yearsofage(accidentsbeingnumberone)isCancer!Approx-
imatelyfourteenmillionpeopleintheUnitedStateshaveDiabetes,andtheincidenceofDiabetes
TypeII,whichresultsfromthebodybeingresistanttotheeffectsofinsulinthatisproduced,also
knownasadult-onsetDiabetes,oncerareinchildren,isnowbeingdiagnosedinepidemicproportions
inchildren.Schoolboardsareonlynowconsideringthatthediettheyfeedtochildreninschoolmay
beinadequate,sincenewfindingsindicatethatchildrenasyoungasfouryearsofagehavefattyde-
posits in their blood vessels (arteriosclerosis, in other words – Heart DiseaseDisease”).
Whatisdisturbingabouttheabovediseasesandtheirstatisticsisthattheconditionsarepreventable,
andorevenreversible.Itispossiblethatonecanbehealedofthesedisorders,andnothavetobeaf-
fectedbythemchronically.Yes,preventable!Yes,reversible!Yes,youcanbehealed!Youarenot