I often say on the show: YOU get a Do-Over and YOU can achieve 5 normals. And if you did you'd live 30% longer and with 30% less disability than the usual North American. And if 70% of us did it, we could pay you a 2000 rebate each year and we'd not have a budget deficit or a problem competing for jobs.
Let me tell you the background, our healthcare costs are twice developed Europe's and four times those of Mexico, China, India and Japan only because we have twice the chronic disease of Europe and four times that of MCIJ. Your choices, not your genes cause that. Almost our entire deficit (actually it is our entire deficit but that seems outrageous, but is actual) is caused by our lifestyle choices and their effect on Medicare, Caid, Federal and State direct healthcare costs (for employees, retirees etc).
Bad news, no!! In fact, great news, cause that means we can control the USA's health costs and deficit if we want to. If 65% of American's hit 5 normals on health--BP, waist for height, glucose, lipids, no cotenine in urine (tobacco) or have doc certify patient was doing all she could to get those numbers-- we could retake our manufacturing jobs and save over 600 billion in fed budget per year (only 4% of Medicare, Caid, State and Fed insureds now do have 5 normals but it is relatively easy to get there –70+% of Cleveland Clinic employees now do, compared to less than 20% 5 years ago.. they get a rebate of up to 20% or $2000 on health insurance now for doing so)... and save more than what the Senate and Congress are trying to do with Sequestration.
The USA needs to be more competitive for jobs and we can--it is up to each of us... Yes, the healthy live longer but the savings in health and disability payments dramatically outweigh the costs in extra social security and retirement payments.
Now, a quick tip --My Roizen's Rule for a Younger You from YOU The Owner's Manual Show on RadioMD.com in the YOUBeauty.com segment: Blind People Sense Love in Unique Ways. Eyesight plays a huge role on the road to love, just ask anyone who has ever fallen in love at first sight or gazed into their lover's eyes for hours.
But how about those who can't see?
Well research shows that blind people rely even more on their senses in romantic experiences than other people do—just as they do in day-to-day life. They touch their partner's complete body, take in heightened smells and even find voice to be a major erotic stimulator. Interestingly, blind people also find chubby people more attractive because they have more texture to their body.
The lesson here is that maybe love really is blind after all, so next time you want to be erotic, blindfold yourself and your partner and have fun.