February 2008 Archives

In my web surfing, I found a most interesting site.  It is maintained by Deb Gully and she is down under.

The site is dietnet.

At this site you can read about the different aspects of nutrition and it is in an understandable form.

I hope you enjoy perusing this site as much as I have.

I just had the privilege of reading Dr. Joe Mercola's book, "The No-Grain Diet".  It is not a new work, but it is a
most impressive read.

In this book, Dr. Mercola explains how to lose weight, stop carbohyrate cravings and keep weight off.

His explanations are succinct and easily understood.

If you are diabetic and want to get a better handle on dealing with your disease, then you should give this book a read.

If you simply want to get hold of your weight problem, this is a must.

Well, if you don't, then you are one of the lucky, or should I say, blessed ones.

I have recently discovered a neat website where you can learn some very interesting things about arthritis.

There is a preview of a book by Robert McFerran entitled, "ARTHRITIS--Searching for THE TRUTH--Searching for
THE CURE".

This is not going to be a book review, but if you are interested in finding out why mainstream medicine is NOT
working, then you should really investigate this body of work.

It will enlighten you and hopefully give you hope for the future.

Go to dietnet.  Find the orange heading and look for the title Arthritis.  Under this you will see Robert McFerran.

Good luck and good reading.

Now I didn't make this up.  It's the Health-Care System.  This review is based on an internet article by several respected physicians.  Sadly, doctors are the leading cause.  But, this should include unecessary procedures, drugs and mishaps.

This is a brief summary of this article.  At the end we will give you the website if you are inclined to read all thegrizzly details.

A doctor at the CDC states that in 2003, tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics were prescribed.

There are 7.5 million unnecessay medical and surgical procedures annually.

Unnecessary hospitalizations numbered 8.9 million annually.

Iatrogenic (doctor induced) deaths number 783,936 annually.

Based on statistics, just entering a hospital could cause the following events (out of 16.4 million people)

     2.1% chance for a serious adverse drug event

     5 - 6% chance of acquiring a hospital-caused infection

     4 - 36% chance of having an iatrogenic (doctor induced) injury

     17% chance of a procedure error

Based on conservative statistics, here are some interesting numbers

      Ten-Year Death Rates for Medical Intervention

                    Adverse Drug Reactions                1.06 million

                    Medical Error                                0.98 million

                    Bedsores                                     1.15 million

                    Nosocomial Infections                   0.88 million

                    Malnutrition                                  1.09 million

                    Outpatients                                  1.99 million

                    Unnecessary Procedures                 371,360

                    Surgery-Related                              320,000

                                   TOTAL                         7.8 million

                   This represents more deaths than all the casualties America has suffered in all its wars.

Internet site for this info:

http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/Leading_Cause_of_Death_in_the_US.html