Here’s my idea of health care reform, lifestyle modification. Let’s all do the right thing, or at least try to eat right, exercise and please DO NOT SMOKE! We are not looking for perfection, take one day at a time, and just try to be a little better than yesterday.
A study released from the Center for Disease control has confirmed that healthy lifestyle modification can reduce the chance of chronic disease. The researchers focused on four factors to reduce chronic disease: never smoking, BMI lower than 30, accumulating 3.5 hours of physical activity a week, and following a healthy diet. The message from their analysis was beyond clear; focusing on “a few healthy lifestyle factors can have a major impact on the risk of morbidity,” said one researcher. No surprises here!
The good news: those who followed all four lifestyle factors had a 78% lower risk of developing a chronic disease. The decreased risk of developing individual diseases is as follows.
- 93% lower risk of diabetes
- 81% lower risk of myocardial infarction
- 50% lower risk of stroke
- 36% lower risk of cancer
I suggest that instead of focusing you attention on health care reform, start your own “lifestyle reform” everyday!
Here’s my idea of health care reform, lifestyle modification. Let’s all do the right thing, or at least try to eat right, exercise and please DO NOT SMOKE! We are not looking for perfection, take one day at a time, and just try to be a little better than yesterday.
A study released from the Center for Disease control has confirmed that healthy lifestyle modification can reduce the chance of chronic disease. The researchers focused on four factors to reduce chronic disease: never smoking, BMI lower than 30, accumulating 3.5 hours of physical activity a week, and following a healthy diet. The message from their analysis was beyond clear; focusing on “a few healthy lifestyle factors can have a major impact on the risk of morbidity,” said one researcher. No surprises here!
The good news: those who followed all four lifestyle factors had a 78% lower risk of developing a chronic disease. The decreased risk of developing individual diseases is as follows.
I suggest that instead of focusing you attention on health care reform, start your own “lifestyle reform” everyday!