Dr. Luigi Fontana at Washington University School of Medicine said in a recent Newsweek article "According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of heart disease and 40 percent of cancers could be prevented with a healthy diet and lifestyle." That was in the 12-15-2008 issue (page 52). The article is online at Never Say Die.
In 2001, according to my World Almanac, 29% of all deaths in the USA were from heart disease. Another 23% were due to cancer. Crunching the numbers tells us that about one-third of all deaths could then be prevented with a healthy diet and lifestyle. Those were by far the leading causes of death. But the next two are probably related, strokes and chronic lower respitory disease (but those two only combined for about 12% of deaths).
I don't think I have ever heard anyone who promotes government run health care say that they had a way to cut deaths by 33%. This shows how much individuals can do for themselves without help from government.
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