The real answer to what is universal health care is that people all over the world must decide they want to be healthy and well fed. We don't have to convince the impoverished peoples of this, it's more than an answer it's THE answer. When you are starving the focus of everything you do is on just getting a something into your belly. The industrial nations who have plenty of food available, must start putting a high priority on living a healthy lifestyle. There is simply too much disease that can be prevented. Simply put, universal health care should include a huge dose of prevention. Actually what I'm talking about is more than just prevention. I'm talking about two things here:
That we in the industrialized nations of the 21st Century have the knowledge, technology, and the communications networks to be able to eliminate an enormous percentage of diseases and have a healthy and fit human population. Of course there are no stats on this, but I'm going to say 90% of the diseases of the industrialized world can be prevented with the knowledge we have today.
People worldwide must make the conscious decision to take charge of their own health. We must all WANT to be fit and healthy. We don't have to be weight lifters, or fitness fanatics, or super athletes to be fit and healthy. We have to simply say to ourselves, "I'm not going to depend on doctors, insurance companies, governments, or anything else to keep me healthy. I'm going to focus on BEING fit and healthy."
The technology is there, the knowledge is there. The great need now is to spread the word -- create a worldwide movement to raise awareness of these two points I just raised. There are many organizations now that are involved in doing just this. We have the ability to spread the word rapidly around the world. The industrialized world has flirted with fast foods, processed foods, and nutrition deprived foods for several decades now. At a time when we have the knowledge of what we need to be fit and healthy, there are are so many diseases that are preventable with the right kind of awareness. Rich nations are overloading on junk food, while poor nations are starving.
The processed food companies have been ruling the food supply for the last few decades. Only a worldwide demand for healthy foods and sustainable agriculture can change that. They respond to what people buy. We love to blame them for what they produce, but they WILL respond to CONSUMER DEMAND. Get involved. Spread the word. Join a group. Be active. We can do this faster than we think. Look how fast just a few people in the right places were able to get people to stop smoking and expose the unscrupulous tactics of the tobacco industry. The communications technology of today is amazing. There are tons of resources. Kudos to Jamie Oliver for his "Food Revolution" TV series.
Ken Shuey believes that having and maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle is not just for athletes and fitness fanatics. It is a concept whose time has come for everyone.
The industrialized world has flirted with fast foods, processed foods, and nutrient deprived foods for several decades now. At a time when we have the knowledge of what we need to be fit and healthy, the world has hit rock bottom in disease and ill health. Rich nations are overloading on junk food, while poor nations are starving.
The time has com to turn our advanced technology toward getting health and fitness a worldwide priority. And that also includes a sustainable food production, supply, and distribution system. He has authored an indepth report on the controversy over whether vitamin and mineral supplements really work for your health or whether they do nothing. http://4wellnesssake.info/
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