Staying Healthy in the Fast Lane

staying healthy in the fast lane

disease were eliminated—lack of physical activity, poor nutrition,
and tobacco use—at least 80 percent of heart disease, stroke, and
type 2 diabetes would be prevented and 40 percent of cancers.^58
Those are incredibly powerful statements emphasizing that
preventing chronic disease with basic lifestyle changes should
be the crux of any healthcare reform package. So don’t blame the
government! Real healthcare reform is not a political solution. It’s
you looking in the mirror, taking the information from this book
and others, and changing your lifestyle so you dramatically reduce
your chronic disease risk and stay away from the medical-indus-
trial complex. There is no healthcare reform that will do more for
you than getting off your behind and exercising and putting whole
unprocessed food into your mouth. Period!
This is why I say staying healthy and living lifestyle programs
such as the TRIAD Wellness Program of diet, exercise, and posi-
tive mental conditioning are patriotic. An act of patriotism in the
twenty-first century is eating good food, getting exercise, reduc-
ing your weight, and preventing chronic disease. Even if we could
afford these skyrocketing expenditures, what is our workforce go-
ing to look like? What is their productivity going to be like when
competing on the world stage? Not good!
If we the people follow the 9 Simple Steps to Optimal Health,
then we will be amazed at the health and vitality we will be able
to achieve in a very short time at a fraction of the cost compared
to what we are spending for our healthcare dollar.
In an interview I conducted with Dr. T. Colin Campbell, co-au-
thor of the book The China Study and co-investigator of the famous
China Project, he said something quite profound (and something
I believe):

“...I suggest that 80 to 90 percent at least of the diseases we

now have in our society is really attributed to diet and to the fact

that we have strayed from what really is the most natural and

healthiest way to eat: Namely consuming a whole plant-based

food (diet).”^59