Posted: 19 Jul 2013 04:07 PM PDT
Dr. Travis Stork stood at Nature’s Sunshine Products’ National Convention and presented his solution to better health. It was based on two messages:
• Inflammation is the biggest health threat today
• Good health comes from making small, simple choices every day.
Those simple messages encompass a lot, and can have far-reaching effects on one’s quality of life.
Inflammation: A Health Care Dilemma
It’s no secret that inflammation is a major health issue for many people. Stork thinks it alone is responsible for the majority of illnesses, and it’s something that can be prevented by taking responsibility to make health a habit.
“One in in two of us have a chronic illness, and seven out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic disease, which means we have chronic inflammation,” Stork said. “A lot of these diseases are preventable.”
Those diseases, he said, start with a poor diet, which leads to inflammation, which leads to a variety of problems. Some include:
• Obesity causes inflammatory processes in the body, that if not addressed, will lead to other illness
• Inflammatory conditions can lead to diabetes, heart disease and cancer, strokes and major depressive disorders
• Kids who eat three or more fast food meals a week have increased risk for asthma and hay fever. More of these kids are diagnosed with Type II diabetes.
“It’s truly become a health care dilemma,” he said.
Not surprisingly, fast food is a main culprit. The cycle of eating fast food, however, can be difficult to break. Here’s what Stork says happens when you eat fast food:
• Dopamine pleasure hits a high
• The body produces insulin
• Fat cells multiply in number, releasing cortisol.
• Blood pressure rises
• Inflammation rises
• The only thing that makes you feel better is the next meal
• All the sugar, fat, and salt is designed to cause addiction
Good Health Comes from Small Choices
Stork really drove home the point that consistent, small choices are what will drive a healthy life.
“We are in control of our health. In so doing, we become role models for others,” he said. “We make these subtle, seemingly inconsequential decisions every day that affect our health.”
Some of those decisions he mentioned are eating a healthy breakfast every day, flossing teeth, putting on sunblock, regular exercise, and of course, making wise decisions on the food we eat.
“Eighty percent of Type II diabetes are thought to come from lifestyle choices,” Stork said.
Healthy Living Starts in Two Places: the Kitchen and Movement
Stork said we currently live in a health care system that is focused on treating diseases instead of preventing them; that we take care of problems after they happen and not before.
"Let food be thy medicine. Hippocrates was onto something,” Stork said. “Healthy living starts in the kitchen and studies show that lifestyle (exercise and diet) can decrease your chance for many cancers and can decrease the recurrence of cancers.”
He told the story of his father who was 60 pounds overweight and on medication for much of his life. The medication he took was to treat his symptoms.
“Not once did he ever have a conversation with anyone about how he could reverse his condition. "Sometimes we overprescribe when the best thing to do would to write a grocery prescription," Stork said.
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