Current statistics show that our chance of going through life without suffering greatly or in fact, dying early from degenerative disease isn’t good. More then one out of two – therefore “almost two out of two 2″ people now die early or are prematurely stricken with degenerative illnesses like: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s/dementia, diabetes, and/or severe arthritis.

Additionally, as we share with you each week, those aren’t even the top killers. Research shows it’s even more likely you’ll be hurt or caused to become room temperature (dead) by prescription or over the counter medications.

America is fairing poorer and poorer when compared to other nations. In recent weeks, the health of U.S. citizens was compared to that of England’s. Those in England were found to be far healthier in every single category of health despite the fact that the U.S. spends twice as much per person on “health” care. Lifestyle in England including; smoking, drinking alcohol, and diet are worse than in the U.S. and they have our same genes. So the question remains, why are we sicker. Evidence has revealed that it is the “health” care that people in the U.S. receive that causes us to be overwhelmingly sicker than the other industrialized nations. The truth is our health care system clearly doesn’t actually provide any “health,” but rather sickness.

So here’s your question: Do you want to be part of the U.S. “health” care system? If your answer is no, we can help. If it’s yes, let us know where we can send the flowers.

Instead of a U.S. “health” care person (USHCP) you can be a Maximized Living person (MLP). MLPs have far, far greater levels of wellbeing in every category over USHCPs, England people (EPs), or any other country’s Ps for that matter.

Proactive:                                             Reactive:

Align with God’s intentions                           Work against God

(Natural lifestyle)                         (Medications, chemicals, surgery)

Healthy spine and nerves               Spinal degeneration and  poor posture

(chiropractic maintenance)             (Need for spinal correction, ignorance)

Godly priorities                    Material accumulation is at the center

(God, spouse, family, business)               (Busyness with business)

Food by God                                          Food by man

(Alkaline, anti-inflammatory diet)   (Commercial -acidic, inflammatory diet)

Exercise/regular activity                                Sedentary lifestyle

(Resistance and aerobic)                (Exercise is more of an annual thing)

THE PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMIZED LIVING:

Through Maximized Living, we understand that there is more to life than physical law . It really is a “Body by God.” When healing from a godly perspective, the modifications that are encouraged are ones that allow the healing process to take place naturally by respecting the normal way God created the body to function. When adjustments are made to the body or nutrition and lifestyle changes are utilized, it’s not for the purpose of treating symptoms, but for restoring balance and establishing or maintaining health. In this way, when health and wellness prevail over sickness and despair, we glorify the power of God and the power of no one and nothing else.

SOME ESSENTIALS TO KNOW ABOUT ESTABLISHING HEALTH THROUGH MAXIMIZED LIVING:

• Commit to a relationship with God. There’s no such thing as a healthy miserable person. This connection helps you prioritize your, time, your other relationships, and build on a key area of wellness – peace. He also has the power to heal!
• Cooperate with the design of your body. Healthy posture, structural integrity of the spine and nervous system, the right quality and quantity of nutrients, stress management, and cardio-vascular and muscle function obtained through regular physical activity.
• Nurture a non-toxic internal environment for your cells. Key toxins that interfere with normal function: medications, refined foods, sugar, additives, colorings, preservatives, alcohol, and smoke.

All of which is the inherent consequence of a natural lifestyle that respects your body and falls into alignment with the ultimate intent God has for your life.

We get into specifics each week and through our books, tapes, and videos. However, you’ll find, if you can get the BIG IDEA about life and health. . . all else follows.

You don’t see it a whole lot in real life, but in the movies we’ve all seen Russian Roulette -where someone sticks a bullet in one of the 6 chambers, points it at their head or someone else’s, spins the chamber, and then pulls the trigger. No matter how many times I see this, the emotion is overwhelming and I flinch just like the person on film when you here the “click” -happy it’s not the “BAM!”

The truth is, in real life, you and many you love play Russian Roulette every day. The difference is how many bullets are in their gun. You can put in none, one, three, four, or all six.

If you or your child is overweight or obese research shows there are two bullets in the gun!

“Being obese triples the risk of heart disease, as well as produces a tenfold increase in the chance of developing diabetes.” -ABC News, December 22, 2004

“A prospective study of 527,265 American men and women, who were 50 to 71 years old when the study started, found that being overweight at midlife (age 50) increased the risk of death by up to 30%.” -New England Journal of Med, 8/24/06

If you are taking medications there are two bullets in the gun!

“The conventional medical system is the LEADING cause of death in this country.” “2 people die every minute living in the medical model” -www.lef.org

“Medication mistakes injure well over 1.5 million Americans every year in hospitals alone. A hospitalized patient is subject to at least one medication error per day.

-7/21/06 Associated Press -CNN, NY Times Report

If you are subluxated research shows (but it’s probably much higher) there are two bullets in the gun! Subluxations are misalignments, losses, and increases in the curves of the spine that damage the spinal cord and nervous system.

Research shows that a loss of the cervical curve, and increase in the thoracic curve, or scoliosis all increase mortality (speed up death) and takes up to 14 years off your life. -1″Spine” Volume 30(21), November 1, 2005 pp. 2388-2392 revealed work done by Shimizu, Kentaro MD; Nakamura, Masaya MD; Nishikawa, Yuji MD; Hijikata, Sadahisa MD; Chiba, Kazuhiro MD; Toyama, Yoshiaki MD. 2 J Bone Joint Surg Am-1981 Une 63 (5): 702-12 Weinstein SL, <<Zavala>, <DC>>, Ponseti IV

This is real life. It’s not a dress rehearsal. In real life, I don’t want to put a gun to my head or the head of anyone I love with 2 bullets in a 6 chamber pistol (1 out of 3) and pull the trigger. That’s not a Russian game of chance, that’s suicide or murder. Sadly, most people have at least 4, if not all 6 in the chamber!

Truth is more dangerous then fiction. Adjustments, our classes on nutrition, exercise, and doing the best you can to lower or eliminate medications is just like taking bullets out of the chamber and/or a (loaded) gun out of your hand.