Poor Eating

Poor Eating

Need convincing? Scan this list of relationships between diet and disease, established by years of scientific research. It's eye-opner:

Poor Eating Habits contribute to contracting heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes-- four of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States.

Being Overweight increases risk for a bevy of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, and several types of cancer. An alarming one in three Americans is overweight, a jump up from one in four just two decades ago. One in five children and adolescents is overweight as well.

Eating Too Much Fat increases risk for heart disease and cancers of the colon, rectum, prostate, and endometrium.

The Saturated Fat found in meats, dairy products, and coconut and palm oils is the biggest dietary culprit for high blood cholesterol, a major risk factor for heart attack. One in five Americans has high blood cholesterol.

More Than One In Three (35 percent) of all cancer deaths are related to what we eat. Up to 90 percent of colon and rectal cancers are caused by diet. The links to increased risk? Eating too much fat and too little fiber.

Eating Too Much Sodium drives up blood pressure in up to 30 percent of Americans.

Low Calcium Intake can lead to osteoporosis, the crippling, bone-thinning disease that results in 1.5 million bone fractures each year.