America, home of the free and land of the brave! I could not have said it any better. A country where we have freedom of speech and religion. Where we have the right to keep and bear arms, a country that I will forever love and fight for. And a country that has the right to be over weight and unhealthy. In fact I read an article published by the US Centers for Disease Control Prevention that in the year 2005 alone the US spent $2 Trillion in health care expenditures. They claim this was an increase from 2004 of 6.9%. Excuse me did you say $2 Trillion??? I thought so. I have deep sadness for this great country of mine with all of the news articles and people I speak with in the Health Care profession. I guess I have just had the wool pulled over my eyes and it seems many Americans have also. I have always considered myself to be a healthy person and I exercise on a somewhat regular basis. My reason for the sudden interest in my health is two fold. One I am the sole provider for my wife and I and two I have a son that is currently 23 months old. I was told most recently that the generation my wife and I are a part of is going to be the first generation to out live there children! That alone nearly took me to my knees. The next thing I learned was that they are forecasting that all children born after the year 2000 will have a 50% chance of having diabetes at the age of 30! That again took the air out of my lungs.So with hearing this I did my own study to see what is going on in our country and to make it more personable what is going on in my own home with health. I am planning on writing a few posts over the next week to share with you the statistics that I have found and share with you what I am doing and what I have seen to help my family and help those of you that would like to know what we can do to help change our country's health and especially our own family's.
I will provide you with charts and graphs that have helped me see what is happening. I know you will be surprised and blessed by the info. The more you know the more you can help your family. Please ask any questions you might have and I will see if I can help. Please keep in mind I am not a Doctor and will in no way try to diagnose any problems or offer any real medical help. I am just wanting to inform people to what is going on and also some solutions that I believe in with all my heart and want to help as many people as I can. See you soon.
Rich
