TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) retrieved September 3, 2007 from http://health.msn.com/healthnews/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100168613>1=10316
Excerpts: "Today's announcement on the increase in the number of uninsured Americans is a forceful reminder that action is desperately needed. Currently, 47 million Americans, including nearly nine million children, don't have health insurance coverage," AMA board member Dr. Joseph Heyman said in a prepared statement.
After reading this article on MSN this morning, it became even clearer to me that although health insurance policies are important, insuring our own HEALTH is equally as important. Taking a vitamin and mineral supplement is essential in this day and age. Dr. Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel Prizes stated: “You can trace every sickness, every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.” The foods we eat now do not have the vitamin and mineral content of those we ate 20-30 years ago. Our bodies are exposed to free radicals from automobile exhaust, sun exposure, cigarette smoke (whether we smoke or not), alcohol, and other compounds found in the foods we eat, the air we breath and the water we drink. It is no wonder that
Health insurance is a necessity and the lack of is a huge social problem in this country. It is apparent to me that wellness insurance is equally as important. Taking good care of me today limits the diseases I may deal with tomorrow.
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