I'm a Calm Guy, But This Stuff Gets Me Fired Up!!!

Good Evening Everyone!

     I've heard that each year medicine gets better. This leads one to assume that if medicine was getting better we should be getting healthier and therefore need less medication.  I've recently reviewed a book that proves the opposite is happening.  Medicine is evolving and there are many new medications & surgeries available, but the American public is definitely not healthier and in turn is spending huge amounts on prescription drugs.  Here are some statistics to ponder:

• The average number of prescriptions per person annually in 1993 was 7
• The average number of prescriptions per person annually in 2000 was 11
• The average number of prescriptions per person annually in 2004 was 12
• The cost per year in 2005 for prescription medication was about $180 billion
• The cost per year in 2008 for prescription medication was about $234 billion
• The cost per year in 2010 for prescription medication was about $307 billion 

The purpose here is not only to point out a major problem, but also to hopefully get people to start taking their health into their own hands!  The stats above prove that we can't rely on medicine to do it for us.  We have to get back to the basics!!

• Eat Better (Real) Food (that is food from the Earth)! 
• Engage in moderate exercise if possible
• Drastically reduce sugar, desserts, and processed foods
• Avoid refined flour
• Drink water as your main beverage 

If you only do these 5 things, you will drastically reduce your chances of being on multiple medications.... Oh yeah, and YOU WILL FEEL BETTER!!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeff
Bruce Chiropractic Center, LLC
856-547-6587

Source:
Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds and Bodies.  Greg Critser, Houghton Mifflin Company 2005 Page 2.

Note:
I checked statistics online and they all checked out

   
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