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Newsletter Mission Statement
Quest for better health is a monthly newsletter designed to be your personal guide to a life of wellness. Our desire is to provide you with the latest cutting edge information in the field of healthcare. The content will include summaries of research articles from all disciplines of healthcare and how the information applies to your health, interesting facts about the human body, lifestyle tips, inspirational words and special offers to help you achieve your personal health goals.
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Did You Know?…
The average American eats 158 pounds of sugar per year. If you do the math, that is approximately a 3 pound bag of sugar per week.
Sugar suppresses the immune System. Studies have shown that eating or drinking 100 grams of sugar (McDonalds Snack Size Fruit & Walnut Salad with dressing and a Large Coca-Cola equal 121 grams) can reduce the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by 60 percent. The immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for six hours.
I find it interesting that cold and Flu season starts around October and goes thru the first of the year. I cannot think of any other time in the year that people eat more sugar than during the holiday season. Let’s think about it, Halloween is the kickoff, then less than a month later it is Thanksgiving, then Christmas and New Years. Millions of people increase their sugar intake during this time of the year.
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Food for Thought
Do you know what you are ordering for your kids at the drive thru? A happy meal from McDonalds with a Cheeseburger, Apple Dippers with Low Fat Caramel Dip and 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug (8 fl oz) contains 46 grams of sugar. That is the equivalent of a packet of Skittles (47 grams).
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Facts About Cold and Flu
• Despite years of research, modern medicine still has not found a “cure for the common cold,” the most prevalent infectious disease
• Adults catch an average of two to four colds each year.
• Children catch six to eight colds annually; those in day care may get as many as 12.
• There is a total of 66 million cold cases each year in the U.S.
• Colds account for 40% of all employee sick leave and 30% of school absenteeism.
• More than $1 billion is spent on over-the-counter cold remedies per year in the U.S.
• Influenza is associated with about 20,000 deaths each year in the U.S. and many more hospitalizations.
• Because the common cold and flu are caused by viral infections, antibiotics have no effect unless you are treating a secondary bacterial infection.
• Prescribing antibiotics creates antibiotic-resistant organisms, which are now a serious worldwide problem.
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