Did you know that the average American eats between 22 and 34 teaspoons of sugar a day? This is more than twice the recommended limit, which is 6 teaspoons for women and 9 teaspoons for men.
In a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA), published in the August 26th 2009 journal of Circulation, the AHA provides specific advice on where to cut back.
Click here to read the full article.
Also, this new AHA Scientific Statement was featured on MSNBC.
Click here to watch the newscast.
Showing posts with label prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prevention. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Shifting America from Sick Care to Genuine Wellness
In a recent online op-ed piece, Senator Tom Harkin (D- Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee and a key contributor to the healthcare reform bill stated,
“As the lead Senator in drafting the Prevention and Public Health section of the bill, I view this legislation as our opportunity to recreate America as a genuine wellness society- a society that is focused on prevention, good nutrition, fitness and public health. …We spend a staggering $2.3 trillion annually on health care-16.5% of our GDP and far more than any other country spends on health care- yet the World Health Organization ranks US Healthcare only 37th among nations, on par with Serbia… Currently in the US, 95% of every healthcare dollar is spent on treating illnesses and conditions after they occur. But we spend peanuts on prevention.”
“As the lead Senator in drafting the Prevention and Public Health section of the bill, I view this legislation as our opportunity to recreate America as a genuine wellness society- a society that is focused on prevention, good nutrition, fitness and public health. …We spend a staggering $2.3 trillion annually on health care-16.5% of our GDP and far more than any other country spends on health care- yet the World Health Organization ranks US Healthcare only 37th among nations, on par with Serbia… Currently in the US, 95% of every healthcare dollar is spent on treating illnesses and conditions after they occur. But we spend peanuts on prevention.”
Thursday, July 30, 2009
President Underscores Complementary Medicine, Prevention and Primary Care for US Healthcare Reform
President Obama expressed his openness to include complementary medicine in a U.S. healthcare system during an April 29 Town Hall meeting in Arnold, MO.
“We should do what works,” President Obama said. “I think it is pretty well documented through scientific studies that acupuncture, for example, can be very helpful in relieving certain things like migraines and other ailments—or at least as effective as more intrusive interventions….I think one basic principle that we know is that the more we do on the prevention side, the more we can obtain serious savings down the road."
In a more recent town hall meeting in Raleigh, NC on July 29th, the President also stressed the importance of primary care medicine and prevention. He stated to the audience that there must be specific incentives to encourage young doctors to practice primary care medicine. And reform must include reimbursement incentives for healthcare professionals based on positive outcomes as compared to the present system of rewarding numbers of procedures regardless of outcome.
“We should do what works,” President Obama said. “I think it is pretty well documented through scientific studies that acupuncture, for example, can be very helpful in relieving certain things like migraines and other ailments—or at least as effective as more intrusive interventions….I think one basic principle that we know is that the more we do on the prevention side, the more we can obtain serious savings down the road."
In a more recent town hall meeting in Raleigh, NC on July 29th, the President also stressed the importance of primary care medicine and prevention. He stated to the audience that there must be specific incentives to encourage young doctors to practice primary care medicine. And reform must include reimbursement incentives for healthcare professionals based on positive outcomes as compared to the present system of rewarding numbers of procedures regardless of outcome.
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