The statement above was made in 1979 by John Hamaker. It remains true today, except that our national medical bill is now closer to one tfillion dollars per year. Despite the vast resources of our nation, our health status is deplorable. We rank on a par with Third World nations in this regard due to a virtual plague of degenerative disease. The situation today is that every third person is allergic to something.
Every fifth person is mentally ill.
Every 30 seconds someone dies of a heart attack, and every 55 seconds someone dies of cancer, which has now become our number one childhood killer, baffing accidents. The downward spiral continues, and it is linked to nuttient deficiency. It is an established and. accepted fact that impaired mental functioji results from nutrient deficiency. If impaired mental function results from nutrient deficiency, then improving nutritional intake ought to result in improved mental function. During the four year period in which these food factors were reduced in the diet of the school children, the mean national academic performance of the 803 schools rose from 41 to 51 percentile.