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Thu, Apr-17-03, 11:57
Tutorial: Lesson #4-Proof & Benefits The Natural Health
position on personal health
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QUESTION: Does Prevention really work?
ANSWER: Making changes in your lifestyle works!
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A study in the July 9, 2001 issue of Archives of Internal
Medicine, published by the American Medical Association,
provided the scientific proof. This study shows that
populations that follow what they describe as healthy
behaviors do live profoundly longer -- up to five and even ten
years longer than those who do not. Most of those years are
disability-free.
Gary E. Fraser, David J. Shavlik. Ten Years of Life:
Is It a Matter of Choice? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-
/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1-
\1434797&dopt=Abstract Arch Intern Med.
2001;161:1645-1652.
Further, one recent study found that older people with more
Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging lived longer than those
with fewer positive self-perceptions of aging. It is a
landmark study that proves that attitude works with an
expected payoff of 7.5 years.
"The effect of more positive self-perceptions of aging on
survival is greater than the physiological measures of low
systolic blood pressure and cholesterol, each of which of
aging is also greater than the independent contribution of
lower body mass index, no history of smoking, and a tendency
to exercise; is associated with a longer life span of 4 years
or less ... The survival advantage of more positive
self-perceptions each of these factors has been found to
contribute between 1 and 3 years of added life ..."
Levy BR, Slade MD, Kunkel SR, Kasl SV. Longevity
increased by positive self-perceptions of aging. http-
://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retriev-
e&db=PubMed&list_uids=1\2150226&dopt=Abstract J Pers
Soc Psychol. 2002 Aug;83(2):261-70. PMID: 12150226
So, following prevention and healthy lifestyles can result in
ten years of disability free life, *not* the three months in
some hospital bed often claimed by the radio talk show host
Dr. Dean Edell.
QUESTION: How much time is required to achieve significant
health results?
ANSWER: Between two and five years is required to achieve
significant health results.
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"Subgrouping by length of mean follow up suggests that
virtually all protection from cardiovascular events occurs in
trials of at least two years' duration. ... Sustained change
in dietary behaviour, promoted by long interventions, is
probably necessary to achieve reduction in cardiovascular
events ..."
Lee Hooper, Carolyn D Summerbell, Julian P T Higgins.
Dietary fat intake and prevention of cardiovascular
disease. http://www.bmj.org/cgi/content/full/322/7289-
/757?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESU\LTFORMAT=&search-
id=QID_NOT_SET&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=30&fdate=3/1-
/2001&tdate\=3/31/2001 BMJ 2001;322:757-763.
"We have observed in the Ornish Program that survival is even
more pronounced at the five year mark. It takes months to
remodel the coronaries and to stabilize plaque."
Richard E. Collins, MD. Nice Review, Wrong Conclusion.
http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/322/7289/757#13652 2 Apr
2001
QUESTION: What are the benefits of prevention and healthy
lifestyles?
ANSWER: Maintaining the highest quality of life for as long
as possible.
Healthy people are *not* sick. And, if you are *not* sick you
will be spending less time in the hospital and visiting your
physician. And, if you are spending less time dealing with
your Health Care System you are spending less money on your
health care (or you have a lesser need for health insurance),
----------
So, if your were born with a genetic predisposition towards
Alzheimer's Disease following prevention and healthy
lifestyles in your life will result in your maintaining the
highest quality of life for as long as possible. It does not
guarantee that you wont eventually come down with
Alzheimer's Disease.
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COMMENTARY:
The chronic complainer will often state: "I don't accept your
proof!" As if, I really should care?
My response is that your attitude problem is totally
irrelevant to the point being made by me.
The facts are that the above research papers do exist. They
followed all the rules and procedures required by the journal
that published them. They are all publicly available. And,
they are all recent. Proof does not come better than that,
IMHO. Whether or not you personally accept this proof is
entirely YOUR own problem, *not* mine.
:-)
Remember my admonishment from my first lesson: "You must be
true to yourself." If the above proof did not exist, I would
still choose to believe. Why? Because I fundamentally believe
in the concept of prevention!
--
John Gohde, Achieving good Health is an Art, NOT a Science!
http://NaturalHealthPerspective.com/ The ONLY Frauds in Health
are those who couldn't care less about prevention.
position on personal health
----------
QUESTION: Does Prevention really work?
ANSWER: Making changes in your lifestyle works!
----------
A study in the July 9, 2001 issue of Archives of Internal
Medicine, published by the American Medical Association,
provided the scientific proof. This study shows that
populations that follow what they describe as healthy
behaviors do live profoundly longer -- up to five and even ten
years longer than those who do not. Most of those years are
disability-free.
Gary E. Fraser, David J. Shavlik. Ten Years of Life:
Is It a Matter of Choice? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-
/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1-
\1434797&dopt=Abstract Arch Intern Med.
2001;161:1645-1652.
Further, one recent study found that older people with more
Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging lived longer than those
with fewer positive self-perceptions of aging. It is a
landmark study that proves that attitude works with an
expected payoff of 7.5 years.
"The effect of more positive self-perceptions of aging on
survival is greater than the physiological measures of low
systolic blood pressure and cholesterol, each of which of
aging is also greater than the independent contribution of
lower body mass index, no history of smoking, and a tendency
to exercise; is associated with a longer life span of 4 years
or less ... The survival advantage of more positive
self-perceptions each of these factors has been found to
contribute between 1 and 3 years of added life ..."
Levy BR, Slade MD, Kunkel SR, Kasl SV. Longevity
increased by positive self-perceptions of aging. http-
://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retriev-
e&db=PubMed&list_uids=1\2150226&dopt=Abstract J Pers
Soc Psychol. 2002 Aug;83(2):261-70. PMID: 12150226
So, following prevention and healthy lifestyles can result in
ten years of disability free life, *not* the three months in
some hospital bed often claimed by the radio talk show host
Dr. Dean Edell.
QUESTION: How much time is required to achieve significant
health results?
ANSWER: Between two and five years is required to achieve
significant health results.
----------
"Subgrouping by length of mean follow up suggests that
virtually all protection from cardiovascular events occurs in
trials of at least two years' duration. ... Sustained change
in dietary behaviour, promoted by long interventions, is
probably necessary to achieve reduction in cardiovascular
events ..."
Lee Hooper, Carolyn D Summerbell, Julian P T Higgins.
Dietary fat intake and prevention of cardiovascular
disease. http://www.bmj.org/cgi/content/full/322/7289-
/757?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESU\LTFORMAT=&search-
id=QID_NOT_SET&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=30&fdate=3/1-
/2001&tdate\=3/31/2001 BMJ 2001;322:757-763.
"We have observed in the Ornish Program that survival is even
more pronounced at the five year mark. It takes months to
remodel the coronaries and to stabilize plaque."
Richard E. Collins, MD. Nice Review, Wrong Conclusion.
http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/322/7289/757#13652 2 Apr
2001
QUESTION: What are the benefits of prevention and healthy
lifestyles?
ANSWER: Maintaining the highest quality of life for as long
as possible.
Healthy people are *not* sick. And, if you are *not* sick you
will be spending less time in the hospital and visiting your
physician. And, if you are spending less time dealing with
your Health Care System you are spending less money on your
health care (or you have a lesser need for health insurance),
----------
So, if your were born with a genetic predisposition towards
Alzheimer's Disease following prevention and healthy
lifestyles in your life will result in your maintaining the
highest quality of life for as long as possible. It does not
guarantee that you wont eventually come down with
Alzheimer's Disease.
----------
COMMENTARY:
The chronic complainer will often state: "I don't accept your
proof!" As if, I really should care?
My response is that your attitude problem is totally
irrelevant to the point being made by me.
The facts are that the above research papers do exist. They
followed all the rules and procedures required by the journal
that published them. They are all publicly available. And,
they are all recent. Proof does not come better than that,
IMHO. Whether or not you personally accept this proof is
entirely YOUR own problem, *not* mine.
:-)
Remember my admonishment from my first lesson: "You must be
true to yourself." If the above proof did not exist, I would
still choose to believe. Why? Because I fundamentally believe
in the concept of prevention!
--
John Gohde, Achieving good Health is an Art, NOT a Science!
http://NaturalHealthPerspective.com/ The ONLY Frauds in Health
are those who couldn't care less about prevention.