The most irregular and daily habit is that of eating. Thus I would say, look to this avenue for trouble and determine to prevent it. Even if not one year was added to our lives, the rewards of living when eating because of health reasons, instead of merely for the gratification of our unnatural appetites, could be enjoyed a hundredfold more in physical, mental and spiritual attainment. Forty-eight million people in the United States suffer from heart disease. This, together with strokes, accounts for nearly half of the deaths in this country each year.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
Over one-million Americans die each year from these two diseases. Four out of five persons, age 64 and older, have disabilities or chronic disease. In 1945, one out of 15 people died of cancer. In 1971, one in every six deaths was due to cancer. In 1978, after millions of dollars had been spent on conventional methods of therapy, the rate was up to one in every five Americans.