Take Care of Yourself

1. Get health care for all via Improved Medicare for All.
   
2. Get good health for all via our own efforts as individuals, families, groups … and the health care that all of us will have.
   
3. Keep #1 and #2.

• Have a healthy diet and regular physical activity.
• We can
  • feel better
  • have more energy
  • dramatically increase our chances of
    • preventing disease
    • living our lives pain-free.
      

Chapter 17 in the 2007 edition of Health Care Meltdown by Robert H. LeBow, MD has a list of 10 suggestions in “Action Steps to Put ‘Prevention in America’ ” on pages 237-239 for actions our society can take for our good health. Dr. LeBow wrote: “We must strive to make physical activity “mainstream” in America.”

Weight Control and Nine Other Recommendations

• A report summarizing the results of 7,000 studies!
  • The #1 of ten recommendations in a report announced world-wide in November 2007:
    “Be as lean as possible within the normal range of body weight.”
    (That is skinny compared to where the average American was in 2007!)
    The report was sponsored by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research. The report and much more, such as files of presentation slides, can be accessed here.
  • More about the report.
    • 517-page report
    • evidence came from 7,000 studies
    • work done by 9 teams of researchers: over 100 scientists from 30 countries
    • work overseen by panel of 21 world renowned scientists and 82 peer reviewers
    • the panel worked for 5 years to assess the research and conclusions

Additional Information

Ask Health Care Questions when you are meeting with a medical professional about your health and health care

Encourage Others by Your Example.