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Imagine if everyone took care of themselves and our “system” wasn’t overwhelmed 24/7 with preventable problems. We’d have even more time and money to solve major issues instead of just churning out bypass surgeries, diabetes drugs, etc. wondering why insurance costs keep going up and hospitals focus on that instead of prevention. If we marketed prevention more instead of only focusing on reactionary medicine we could start the climb to being a healthy nation again. Prevention is only profitable for the individual, not the hospital system, so there is no law or government mandate that will fix the problem. It has to be done in each home.

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Posted by Norbert

Member since Oct 2018

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Posted on 2/22/23 at 6:35 am to olemissfan26

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If we marketed prevention more instead of only focusing on reactionary medicine we could start the climb to being a healthy nation again.

It’s 2023. The average person knows sugar is bad. They know smoking is bad. They know alcohol is bad. They know being sedentary is bad. They know processed foods are bad. Etc etc etc. There are gyms on every corner. Healthy food options have never been more available.

Nobody cares.

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Posted by Drizzt

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Posted on 2/22/23 at 9:11 am to olemissfan26

It’s a myth that the Chinese are so much healthier than us. Almost everyone there smokes and combined with massive pollution they have high rates of cancer and respiratory issues. The rate of diabetes is estimated to be higher as well as they have a high carb diet based on rice and a genetic predisposition. They just don’t get treated for it.

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