For every ailment in today's world there is a pill. A solution in the form of a capsule or tablet or liquid with a concoction of chemicals inside designed to "cure" our misfortunes. Big Pharma has made their mark. As a pharmacist who's been in the medical field for over 10 years, I actually find this quite concerning given the pharmaceutical companys' primary motives for financial growth with little to no regard for patient safety and outcomes. The television commercials say it all. Drug companies are here to market, profit, and prosper off of sick people. You're of no value to them if you're in good health. This might be all well and good if the end goal was truly a nation, or a world, full of vibrant, healthy people who occasionally needed the help of Big Pharma to get back on their feet. But it's not. We live in an era where pill popping is the norm and weight issues and chronic diseases reign supreme. A quick look at the numbers confirms what we already know.
In 2011, a total of 4.02 billion prescriptions were dispensed at a grand total of $319.9 billion [1,2]. In case you were wondering, this amounts to approximately 12.9 prescriptions for every man, women, and child living in the U.S. at a cost of roughly $1,026.68 per year per person. Most of this isn't hitting our pocket books, not directly anyway. Insurance companies pay for the majority of the costs. In 2011, the average copay for 75% of all prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. was $10 or less thanks to the increasing availability of generic medications and prescription drug coverage [1]. I could write an entire book on the statistics behind the legalized drug world, but I'll stop for now. If you care to look into the subject any further you can read the IMS Institute for Health Informatics report here.
CNN featured a special on preventing and reversing heart disease. Dr. Sanjay Gupta features former President Bill Clinton in his program seen below as they share President Clinton's new plant-based lifestyle and the heart attack proof diet he used to reverse his heart disease. And President Clinton did this after quadruple bypass surgery!
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn is also featured. He's one of the foremost leading experts on the topic of heart disease and nutrition and he's also featured in this special. Dr. Esselstyn has reversed hundreds of cases of heart disease, including the most severe cases, with a plant-based diet. His book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease has revolutionized the way we look at treating cardiovascular disease in this country. It's by far the most effective, safest, and least costly way to approach this deadly disease and provides answers that conventional medicine can't even touch with drugs and surgery.
Sit back, relax, and watch this life changing special and make yourself heart attack proof!
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Check out Dustin Rudolph's book The Empty Medicine Cabinet to start your journey towards better health. This step-by-step guide leads you through many of today's common chronic diseases (heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and more), giving you the facts on foods versus medications in treating these medical conditions. The book also contains an easy-to-follow guide on how to adopt a whole foods, plant-based diet as a part of an overall lifestyle change, producing the best possible health outcomes for you and your family. Hurry and get your copy today!
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We've all heard about it and it dominates many conversations between doctors and their patients. Heart disease is on every one's mind and is also the number one killer worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO reported that just under one third of all deaths globally are due to cardiovascular disease. That's definitely not a laughing matter and something we should all take seriously.
To put this in perspective let's take a look at some data from the CDC. They reported in 2008 that the leading cause of death in the United States was from cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and strokes). This probably isn't much of a surprise to you. But what is a surprise is that cardiovascular disease kills more than 6 times the number of people than accidents do, more than 10 times the number of people than diabetes does, and more than 42 times than the number of people murdered each year in the U.S. Heart disease is literally the most notorious serial killer mankind has ever known.
So is there any good news about all this? The answer is YES but you'll be hard pressed to find it in our modern culture and it's not going to be advertised on a huge billboard that's flashing before your eyes. Most doctors and heart specialists immediately reach for the prescription pad or talk about a fancy new procedure or surgery that can be done. However, a bucketful of pills and even open heart surgery has never been proven to completely reverse this devastating disease. That doesn't mean it can't be done AND done in a much more effective and safer way. How do you do this you ask?
You're about to find out as I introduce you to the works of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Reversal Program at the highly respected and famed Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Esselstyn is a medical doctor (MD) and surgeon who became frustrated by seeing his patients come back again and again with the same problems. So he set out to find a better way and decided to take on the behemoth of cardiovascular disease. What he found is that by putting his patients on a low fat, plant-based diet he was able to completely reverse their cases of heart disease.
If you have cardiovascular disease or know of someone who does then I would encourage you to take the time to watch the following one hour presentation by Dr. Esselstyn and also the short clip from Professor Peter Lewis who reversed his heart disease by following Dr. Esselstyn's advice. One hour could literally change your life and give you back control of your own health and destiny so that you can enjoy life to the fullest. With that being said sit back, relax, and enjoy the presentation.
Do you have any personal experience with tackling heart disease with a plant-based diet?
Have you ever seen any other methods that have the same success rate?
What kind of things do you think could help bring heart disease down on the list of leading causes of death?
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Check out Dustin Rudolph's book The Empty Medicine Cabinet to start your journey towards better health. This step-by-step guide leads you through many of today's common chronic diseases (heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and more), giving you the facts on foods versus medications in treating these medical conditions. The book also contains an easy-to-follow guide on how to adopt a whole foods, plant-based diet as a part of an overall lifestyle change, producing the best possible health outcomes for you and your family. Hurry and get your copy today!
We'd love for you to join us in spreading the good word about plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine by telling your family and friends about our website at www.PlantBasedPharmacist.com.
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