-Prevent up to 91% of cases of obesity and type 2 diabetes (obesity and diabetes cost 519 MILLION DOLLARS per DAY in the U.S.)
-Prevent up to 50% of all cases of heart disease (heart disease kills 950,000 people per year, accounts for 41% of all deaths and costs 501 MILLION DOLLARS per DAY in the U.S.)
-Reduce risk of stroke by 25-30%
-Prevent up to 50% of all stroke deaths
-Reduce congestive heart disease deaths by 63%
-Reduce hospital readmission for heart failure patients by 71%
-Normalize blood pressure
-Reduce risk of developing high blood pressure
-Restore/maintain heart and blood vessel health
-Restore/maintain normal cholesterol and triglyceride levels
-Reduce risk of breast cancer by up to 60%
-Reduce pancreatic cancer in overweight people by up to 50%
-Reduce lung cancer in smokers by up to 72%
-Prevent up to 50% of colon cancer
-Reduce risk of and improve rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
-Reduce melanoma cases by up to 72%
-Prevent osteoporosis (just the fractures from osteoporosis costs $38 million per DAY in U.S.)
-Increase strenght, flexibility, balance
-decrease gall bladder removal by 20%
-decrease gallstone formation
-improve digestion and decrease indigestion
-improve bowel function and elimination
-increase immune system function
-increase macrophage (anti-tumor) activity and antioxidant levels
How much does it cost? Free
WHAT DRUG CAN COMPETE WITH THESE STATS?
All DEATH – decrease all cause mortality by 67% in general population
-decrease all cause mortality by 50% in 61-81 year olds
-prevent up to 47% of cognitive impairment
-prevent up to 62% Alzheimer’s and 52% of dementia
-better physical function in older adults
-decrease chance of ever being in a nursing home
movement of your spine produces pleasure nutrients for your brain and if you can’t move your spine your body can’t give your brain those pleasure nutrients
-decrease rate of aging
-enhance learning capacity by up to 12 TIMES!
-increase serotonin levels (“feel good” hormone)
-decrease depression by 20% (including relapses)
-decrease stress and body breakdown hormones
-increase Growth and Healing Hormones
-decrease risk of weight gain/obesity
Booth et al. Waging war on physical inactivity: using modern molecular ammunition against an ancient enemy J Appl Physiol 93: 3-30
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