By Dr. Paul Mach, DN

 Each year the average American consumes:

• 100 pounds of refined sugar
• 55 pounds of fats and oils
• 300 cans of soda pop
• 200 sticks of chewing gum
• 5 pounds of potato chips
• 7 pounds of corn chips, pretzels and popcorn
• 18 pounds of candy
• 20 gallons of ice cream
• 50 pounds of cakes and cookies
• 63 dozen donuts

~Odds of dying in a car crash: 6200:1
Odds of dying from smoking: 3:1

~The U.S. spends $14 million per minute on “healthcare”, more per capita than any nation on earth.

~The U. S. consists of 5% of the world population.  The U.S. utilizes 55% of the world’s pharmaceuticals.

~Between 1981-1987, 3 million people died as a direct result of medical treatment, 39,000 died of AIDS.

~Every year 100,000 people die from infections acquired while in the hospital, and as a direct result of antibiotic use.

~From 1962-1988 there was a 300% increase in drug addiction as a direct result of the use of medical prescriptions.  In the same period, drugs from Columbia accounted for only a 30% increase.

~The average American will live to be 76….the average M.D. to age 68.

~In 1900 the risk of cancer was one person in 30.
In 1980 the risk of cancer was one person in 5.
In 1990 the risk of cancer was one person in 4.
In 1995 the risk of cancer was one person in 3.
In 2000 the risk of cancer was one person in 2.