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. Current estimates are that cancer causesd one in every four deaths by 1988, and will cause one in every three deaths by 2008.
American workers lead the world in degenerative diseases.
In 1987, the U.S. Surgeon Gereral warned that of the 2.1 million Americans who died, nearly 1.5 million were killed by diseases associated with a poor diet. 44 million Americans are considered clinically obese. Over half the nation is dieting or has dieted. Diets do not work. I include coronary artery disease, which accounts for nearly half of the deaths in the United States, several of the most important forms of cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, as well as other chronic diseases.