Last week, one of my professors mentioned something about America that I’d like to elaborate on. As wealthy and prosperous as we are, the United States is one of the worst countries in the world at adhering to the “three pillars” of health — nutrition, exercise, and sleep. I believe it was Mike Huckabee (Disclaimer: I don’t support him for the presidency) who recently said that we have not a health care crisis, but a health crisis. For an interesting read specifically about obesity, look at this 2003 testimony by Surgeon General Richard Carmona.

You can say all you want about what the government should do to improve the situation, where our money should be spent, yadda, yadda, yadda — but we all know that when it comes to the government, nothing happens quickly (unless it’s related to anti-terrorism). That’s why, here at Don’tASQ, we believe in the power of the people to fix — or much better, to prevent — their own bloody health problems.
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