Four Steps To Better Health

Want to cut your risk of developing diabetes, heart attack, stroke and cancer by 80% without drugs? 
Here’s how.

• Never smoke
• Engage in physical activity such as sports and bicycle-riding for at least 3.5 hours each week (I’m sure that would also include walking and moderate exercise)
• Eat a diet low in red meat and high in fruits and vegetables
•  Have a body mass index lower than 30. (A person with a BMI of 30 or above is classed as obese.)

These findings were published in August by the Archives of Internal Medicine. The report states that if people would do just those four things they would cut their risk of  diabetes, heart attack, stroke or cancer by 80 percent. Folks, that is a lot of good, healthy years. 

The study included more than 23,000 people. After an average of nearly eight years, researchers reviewed the participants’ medical records for diagnoses of diabetes, heart attacks, strokes and cancers. Those who practiced all four healthy lifestyles showed a 93 percent reduced risk for developing diabetes; an 81 percent reduced risk for a heart attack; a 50 percent reduced risk for a stroke and a 36 percent reduced risk for cancer.

Interesting enough, less than 10% of the participants practiced all four healthy lifestyles. But even practicing one reduced their risks considerable. Two healthy factors combined — never smoking and having a body mass index of under 30 — had a greater effect on chronic diseases than any other combinations of two, reducing risk by 72 percent overall.

Can you imagine how much pain and suffering we would save ourselves and the billions of dollars in medical expenses we would save our country if we practiced these four healthy lifestyles.

Well, like my dad used to tell me, “Now you know – the rest is up to you.”

Have a great day,
Woody

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