Health, Happiness & Destiny Come from Wise Choices - Follow M... by Richard Ruhling

Researchers periodically interview participants, ask them to fill out questionnaires, and collect information about their physical health. After starting with 724 participants-boys from disadvantaged and troubled families in Boston, and Harvard undergraduates-the study incorporated the spouses of the original men and, more recently, more than 1,300 descendants of the initial group. Since 1938, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been investigating what makes people flourish. Of course, this is assuming a lot of good fortune, and the real number is almost certainly going to be lower. At two days a year for 29 years, that’s 58 days that we have left to spend together in our lifetimes. Let’s be (very) generous and say we will both be around to celebrate Bob’s 100th birthday. How does this add up for the coming years? Bob is 71 years old. This can empower us to be the captain of our own ship in important dimension of health.This article is adapted from Waldinger and Schulz’s new book.įor us, Bob and Marc, though we work closely together and meet every week by phone or video call, we see each other in person for only a total of about two days (48 hours) every year. This book shows how food can be your best medicine and most diseases are reversible. The game of life is similar-if we depend on drugs to relieve symptoms, we may die sooner or end in a nursing home where the average number of prescriptions are 9-13 and people are so spaced out they can stand in the hallway, filling they diaper and think everything is ok. Health is a by-product of obedience to laws of the body.īall games are often won or lost in the last plays of the game. Breslow that 7 health habits give a 30-year advantage over people who break all the rules. Adverse Drug Reactions make medical care the leading cause of death, but the media doesn't report it, preferring to do ad$ for drug companies. Medical care is not healthcare it's the diagnosis and treatment of disease. This was an awakening to real healthcare. It's about eating habits, which is an important aspect of this book.Īt a cardiology convention, Ruhling heard Pritikin report how his diet helped reversed most diseases and 85% of patients got off drugs for blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. While there, National Institutes of Health was funding his school $40 million to learn why the community lived 7-11 years longer than other non-smoking groups. After a Master's Degree in Public Health, he got Internal Medicine and was board-certified, also getting Cardiology training before teaching Health Science at Loma Linda. Richard Ruhling, MD graduated from Loma Linda University, a community featured in National Geographic (11/05) as the only 'Blue Zone' for health in N America.

Health, Happiness & Destiny Come from Wise Choices - Follow M... by Richard Ruhling