I saw this article in the BMJ e mail magazine and it made a question echo in my mind. If we have the right concept and outworking of ‘health care’ then shouldn’t we be seeing less illness? One would think so but why are 1 in 4 people in Europe chronically sick? Maybe its because we don’t have enough pharmaceutical drugs? Maybe we are just living stressful lives or maybe there is something else at play? My own research suggests that it could be something to do with the food we are eating being nutritionally almost empty and we are living in an increasingly polluted environment. If you want to stay free of illness maybe we should turn first to our lifestyles and diets and then seek to combat the effects of the pollutants in the environment. www.sugars4life.com has some answers and more canbe found at www.squidoo.com/plantsugars
Paul barton
BMJ
One quarter of the European Union’s 500 million people are undergoing long term treatment for illnesses ranging from hypertension and arthritis to ulcers and cataracts.
The findings, released last week, are the result of a survey carried out for the European Commission in September and October 2006 into the health of citizens in the 27 EU member states and Croatia.
The commonest long term treatment is for high blood pressure (36% of those being treated), which is particularly prevalent in central and eastern Europe. In Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece it accounts for at least half of people receiving a long term treatment, while the lowest levels of hypertension are to be found in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Long standing problems with muscles, bones, and joints are the second most common type of ailment, accounting for 24% of those receiving treatment. Next are diabetes (15%), depression (10%), asthma (9%),
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