Heart Disease

Presently, according to the American Heart Association, 1.3million coronary angioplasty and 448,000 coronary bypass operations are performed annually at a cost of more than $100 billion. Despite these costs, many studies, including one last month in The New England Journal of Medicine, reveal that angioplasties and stents do not prolong life or even prevent heart attacks in stable patients (ie. 95% of those who receive them6).

Coronary bypass surgery prolongs life in less than 2% to 3% of patients who receive it.

In contrast, the INTERHEART study, published in The Lancet in 2004, followed 30, 000 people and found that changing lifestyle could prevent at least 90% of all heart disease.
Think about it. Heart disease accounts for more premature deaths and costs Americans more than any other illness and is almost completely preventable simply by changing diet and lifestyle.

The same lifestyle changes that can prevent or even reverse heart disease can prevent or reverse many other chronic diseases as well.

Medicare and insurance companies currently pay billions of dollars every year for surgical procedures such as angioplasties and bypass surgeries. These are high-risk, invasive, expensive procedures fraught with complications, and they are largely ineffective.

Diet, supplements, stress reduction, brain based therapy, chiropractic adjustments help restore balance. Checking thyroid, liver function, testing for gluten, and other factors are a good place to start.