Take 1 Cup of Spinach and Call Me in the Morning

More than 2 out of 3 doctor visits result in generating a prescription for one or more drugs. Think about that. A recent study completed by Tufts University suggests that you might be better off with a prescription for a better diet. The projected benefits of "food prescriptions" were, to say the least, startling.

Over the lifetime of the study participants, the food prescription plan (with some percentage of the cost covered by Medicare and insurance) was estimated to reduce cardiovascular deaths by 620,000 vs the standard drug therapies. Along with a $100 BILLION reduction in health care costs.

Study co-author Yujin Lee says that healthy food prescriptions could be "as or more cost effective for reducing hypertension and cholesterol as many other common interventions such as preventive drug programs."

Instead of worrying about who is going to pick up the bill for our sick-care after our diet and lifestyle make us ill, maybe there should be some discussion of not getting ill in the first place. Just a thought Bernie.