| In this article today I'd like to give you several | | | | health. Even something as simple as walking for |
| tips, tricks, and tactics to help you get a handle | | | | half an hour can have a profound effect on your |
| on and control the rising costs of health care. | | | | health well into the future. |
| No matter which side of the aisle you fall under | | | | The next thing you can do is eat a balanced |
| when it comes to the President and Congress's | | | | plant-based diet. I am not a vegetarian and I don't |
| recent battle over health care reform, one thing is | | | | necessarily believe in vegetarian diets but what I |
| absolutely for sure... health care costs are spiraling | | | | do believe in is that everybody should base their |
| out of control in this country and many of us can | | | | diet around vegetables. By that I mean that |
| no longer afford to pay for it. In this article today | | | | vegetables should be the primary portion of |
| I'm going to give you several tips that you can | | | | every meal you eat. In America these days the |
| use to keep your health care costs under control | | | | meat becomes the main item of most of our |
| so that you can continue to provide adequate | | | | meals and in some cases that's all that people eat. |
| healthcare for yourself and your family. | | | | The fact of the matter is that meat should be a |
| There are no simple solutions unfortunately. The | | | | minor portion of every meal that you eat. In fact |
| best solution is simply prevention. Anything you | | | | many dietitians suggest that you should eat a |
| can do to make yourself healthier can only lower | | | | portion of meat roughly the size of a deck of |
| your health care costs for today as well as the | | | | cards and no more in every meal. The rest of |
| future. Luckily there are some very simple tried | | | | your meal should consist of vegetables that have |
| and true strategies that can help in the fight for | | | | been cooked as little as possible. For me that |
| prevention. | | | | means steaming them lightly. You should also add |
| The first thing is to not smoke. But besides that | | | | whole grains and fruit to your diet as well. |
| you should also avoid every major form of | | | | And did I mention processed foods? These should |
| tobacco including secondhand smoke and | | | | be removed from your diet completely if at all |
| smokeless tobacco. This one was especially hard | | | | possible in all shapes and forms. |
| for me because I smoked like a chimney when I | | | | It seems like a ridiculous argument to make to |
| was younger, but once I broke the habit I never | | | | lower healthcare costs but that's really all it comes |
| looked back and I'm happy that I did it. | | | | down to. Avoiding smoking, getting moderate |
| The next thing that you should do is exercise | | | | exercise, and eating a balanced diet high in fruits |
| moderately. You don't have to be an exercise | | | | and vegetables and low in processed foods and |
| junkie, but try to get at least 30 minutes of | | | | meat can add years to your life and drastically |
| exercise every day and if you can't manage that | | | | reduce your health care costs forever and maybe |
| then at least get 30 minutes every other day. | | | | at the end of the day this is the only real way to |
| Physical activity is by far the most important | | | | lower our health care costs once and for all. |
| thing anyone can do to help preserve their own | | | | |