The article states:"

The paper by Stephen Begg, Dr Theo Vos, Bridget Barker, Lucy Stanley and Professor Alan Lopez, reports that 75 percent of health loss is caused by cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological and sense disorders, chronic respiratory disease and injuries."

They still don't get it.  Except possibly for "injuries"  all the other diseases listed are the tip of the iceberg.  The main iceberg is hyperinsulinemia (which leads to Type II Diabetes).

Predicted?

Epidemics of diabetes (primarily type2), cancer, cardiovascular etc are not new, they did not begin in the last 5,10 or 15 years, they have been in the making for the last 5 decades or so and we can "thank" the powers to be that touted whole nutrituous foods like grass fed meats, eggs and good fats like olives, avocados, coconut oil etc, as BAD for you. Instead they push their low fat cereals high refined carb, vegetable oils, margarine, no good drug base crap on us......

I for one fell prey to their recommendations because i BELIEVED they had my best interest at heart, was i ever wrong and so was countless others.........Will i ever believe them again, plainly NO, and i imagine a whole others here at VV and around the globe will not either.......Bottom line is take care of yourself because i tell you nobody likely will, you got the information right here and it's free, all you gotta do is put them in action......As they say keeping healthy is 90% mental and only 10% physical, make the move now before it's to late....

Healthy New Year

I agree with all especially in the fact that the problem is here now for many diabetics that are not YET diagnosed.  
I have written here before about how I beat diabetes with a change in countries only to come back to the USA and get right back on the diabetes wagon and not by choice.  GM Foods have a lot to do with this.

I am now back to being free of diabetes and will remain so by doing the things I do.
My blood tests are 100% normal and I take no meds now, when I was taking 1000 mg of Medformin in the morning and 1000 mg in the afternoon and 1000 mg at night.
To read my whole story email me:  our.healing.planet@gmail.com

Your life's priorities are the foundation for having diabetes or any chronic dis-ease.  Let me give you and example.  If  you own a car would you run it with no water in the system?  No, the car will not run with no water.  Would you let all of the gas be used up?  No, the car are will not run...well you could push it but that is not the same thing! :) :)
Would you let all the oil run out?  No, the car would not run and be ruined until you had some major work/surgery done.

If are bodies are like any other machine, why is it that we have it in such a low priority place in our lives.  

We deprive it of all the things that are needed to make a good machine run correctly to maintain a good even flowing output.

I believe that when you treat your body as well or better then you treat your car you will not have dis-ease, you will have balance and an occasional detoxing experience.

I choose to put my body number 1!!!  I beat diabetes.

Oh yes, I work in the school systems as a Substitute teacher.  I am around sick bugs all day.
Yet, in 2 years back in the USA I have been sick only once and that was a detox thing.

This post is probably of little surprise to regular Vital Votes readers.

2/3 rds of all meal consumed, 365 days per year, in the USA, are consumed outside the home, and the majority are over portioned and unlabeled.

Additionally, 94 pounds per capita per annum of High Fructose Corn Syrup (directly converted to blood triglycerides or stored body fat, NOT blood glucose) HEAVILY contributes to insulin resistance, hypoglycemia, many forms of cancer, tooth decay, poor nutritional intake or nutrient absorption, diabetes, cardio vascular disease, obesity and premature DEATH.

Corrective and proactive preventative medical and nutrient protocols are REQUIRED, for better and optimum health outcomes.

Uncle Russ

What I found interesting is that most of the diseases are preventable by lifestyle changes.  So this could be reversed in every country, especially the USA, even though the article talked about Australia.

Mary

It is not just knowing what one should do to be healthy, but a willingness to deny yourself of the sweet taste you may have grown accustom to. I have spoken to numerous friends and relatives about diet changes that will improve their health, but they do not want to ‘give up’ their favorite foods. They think they can continue to eat as they wish, and their doctor will give them a pill to fix the problems later.

The right amount of high-quality protein (most people do not get enough, and the cheapest and most readily available are not high-quality), plenty of the right fats and oils (not the ones plentifully displayed on the supermarket shelves), plenty of fresh veggies, and fresh fruits and berries according to what your body can tolerate.

If you think of your comfort foods as being the enjoyment of your life, think of this: How much life will you have to enjoy when you are weak, tired, achy, ill, and dependant on prescription drugs to relieve one discomfort while they cause another…

Enjoy life, YES! But enjoy it with good, HEALTHY food, and you will preserve your health to enjoy the life that you have been granted.

I think its already here.!

I control by sugar with sub and diet,I get a lot of ribbing because i dont go the medical way!

Feel natural is better.

GE sugar beets are wind pollinated, and there is a strong possibility

that pollen from Roundup Ready sugar beets could contaminate non-GE

sugar beets and important food crops such as chard, and red and yellow

beets (or "table beets"). Such biological contamination would also be

devastating to organic farmers, who face debilitating market losses if

their crops are contaminated by a GE variety. Contamination also reduces

the ability of conventional farmers to decide what to grow, and limits

consumer choice of natural foods.

According to Tom Stearns, President of High Mowing Seeds, "the issue of releasing GMO crops without serious research or oversight risks the security of our food supply and the economic viability of our nation's

non-GMO and organic farmers."

In addition to the risk of crop contamination, scientific studies have shown that applications of Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, increase significantly when Roundup Ready crops are grown. Increased use

of this herbicide is instrumental in the creation of Roundup-resistant "super weeds".

"Contrary to the industry's mantra that these plants reduce chemical use, studies have shown that herbicide use actually _increases_ with the planting of Roundup Ready crops," said Kevin Golden, of the Center for

Food Safety. "Just as overuse of antibiotics eventually breeds drug resistant bacteria, overuse of Roundup eventually breeds Roundup-resistant weeds. When that happens, farmers are forced to rely on even more toxic herbicides to control those weeds."

SUGAR BLUES GETTING WORSE

The federal government is allowing genetically modified sugar beets to be used in candy and various other food and "junk" food sources.  And, a law suit is in the works.

I received this and was asked to distribute. Since sugar and diabetes has come up here, consider what happens when the biotech industry manipulates the sugar beets.

Readers are welcome to distribute this through your varies media outlets:

*Contact: *Kevin Golden, Center for Food Safety, 415-826-277

John Bianchi, Goodman Media, 212-576-2700

Brian Smith, Earthjustice, 510-550-6700

Matthew Dillon, Organic Seed Alliance, 360-385-7192

Tom Stearns, High Mowing Seeds, 802-472-6174, ext. 114#

Neil Carman, Sierra Club, 512-288-5772

*FARMERS, CONSUMER ADVOCATES, CONSERVATIONISTS CHALLENGE FEDERAL

APPROVAL OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BEETS*

/Negative Impacts on Crops, Business, Environment, and Consumer Rights

Cited/

*San Francisco, CA, January 22, 2008* - Today, farmers, food safety

advocates, and conservation groups filed suit in federal court

challenging the deregulation of herbicide-tolerant "Roundup Ready" sugar

beets by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Attorneys from the Center for

Food Safety and Earthjustice are representing plaintiffs Organic Seed

Alliance, Sierra Club, High Mowing Seeds, and the Center for Food Safety

in the lawsuit, which seeks a thorough assessment of environmental,

health, and associated economic impacts of the deregulation as required

by federal law.

Alonso-Magdalena, P, S Morimoto, C Ripoll, E Fuentes and A Nadal. 2006. The Estrogenic Effect of Bisphenol-A Disrupts the Pancreatic ß-Cell Function in vivo and Induces Insulin Resistance. Environmental Health Perspectives 114:106-112.  http://tinyurl.com/yva5tt

Heat causes chemical to leach from plastic

"BPA is known as an "environmental estrogen" or "endocrine disruptor" because it can mimic the effect of sex hormones on the body, Belcher says. Belcher didn't test baby bottles or cans of infant formula, products that have generated perhaps the most concern about BPA's safety. Instead, Belcher — an avid climber and mountaineer — focused on plastic bottles that he and other hikers commonly use.

BPA isn't used in all bottles. It's found in polycarbonate plastic with a number 7 recycling code, a category that includes several types of plastics.

Though scientists haven't yet conducted definitive studies in people, animal tests show that BPA affects reproduction and brain development, Belcher says. Government tests have found BPA in 95% of people studied."

More at:  www.usatoday.com/.../2008-01-29-plastic-chemical_N.htm

Type 2 Diabetes is linked in scientific studies to the hormone disrupting chemical, Epoxy of Bisphenol A.

"Thirty-eight of the world's leading scientific experts on bisphenol A [BPA] have warned policymakers of potential adverse health effects of exposure to the widespread plastic...

Scientific studies with laboratory animals over the past 10 years have identified a series of adverse effects that implicate low-level exposure to BPA in a range of h