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Compelling Facts

The following list is the unfortunate evidence that we have a disease-management system – one that depends on expensive drugs and surgeries that treat health conditions after they manifest rather than a health-management system built on prevention through diet and lifestyle.

Evidence that our dietary guidelines and “disease” management system are failing us.

It’s estimated that a minimum of 80% of all healthcare dollars are spent on treatment of conditions that are preventable.
73% of Americans are overweight or obese.
Nearly one-half of the American population will be obese by 2030, according to a 2012 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years: One out of three American children is overweight or obese.
Approximately 20% of U.S. children have cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension or lipid abnormalities
48% of Americans have hypertension, with elevated risk for stroke and heart attack.
The War on Cancer, waged by President Nixon, began over 40 years ago, yet, if trends continue, it will surpass heart disease as the #1 killer.
100M Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes, with increased risk of amputation, heart disease, blindness, and limb loss.

Current trends suggest that 1 in 3 children born after 2000 will become diabetic (1 in 2 for African American and Hispanic children).
Many experts project type 2 diabetes as the future global epidemic, with diagnosis projections as high as one in three individuals from industrialized nations that have adopted the Standard American Diet.
The share of the economy devoted to health care has increased from 7.2% in 1970 to 17.9% in 2010, now at 18% of GDP.
In 2023, total health expenditure in the U.S. exceeded 4.8 trillion dollars, or $14,423 per person.
90% of the U.S. senior population consumes prescription drugs; with costs doubling in the last 30 years; complications associated with prescription drugs are the #4 cause of death.
The United States has a lower life expectancy than many high-income countries, ranking at approximately 76.1 years despite leading the world in healthcare spending per capita.

Why is the Standard American Diet So Toxic?

63% of the diet consists of refined and processed foods: empty calories with no health benefit.
25% of the diet consists of animal based products: meat, dairy and eggs; all of which are disease building blocks laden with fat and dietary cholesterol.
12% is comprised of plant-based foods, with 6% of this being from French fries, leaving a paltry 6% of daily caloric intake coming from plant-based foods (this number also includes things like fruit juice and ketchup).
We’re consuming an average of 185 pounds of added sugar and sweeteners each year.
We’re consuming an average of 3,400 milligrams of salt a day, more than double the recommended amount (triple the amount recommended by many experts), with the majority derived from processed food.

Eating Whole Plant Foods is the Key

Experts Agree

"It's going to take doctors becoming informed, rising up, banding together, and, in the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath, demanding change of the current system. Physicians are trained to treat symptoms and diseases, rather than addressing the underlying imbalances that perpetuate illness. As physicians begin to change, the system will begin to change, ushering in real healthcare reform and a sustainable system. This will require a grassroots effort on the part of physicians."

Scott Stoll, MD

Co-Founder and Board Chairman, The Plantrician Project

“What’s good for you is also good for our planet. Although heart disease and diabetes kill more people each year worldwide than all other diseases combined, these are completely preventable and even reversible for at least 95% of people today by changing our diet and lifestyle.”

Dean Ornish, MD

Author & Founder, Preventive Medicine Research Institute

When I began my experimental research program on the effects of nutrition on cancer and other diseases, I assumed it was healthy to eat plenty of meat, milk and eggs. But eventually, our evidence raised questions about some of my most-cherished beliefs and practices. Our findings, published in top peer-reviewed journals, pointed away from meat and milk as the building blocks of a healthy diet, and toward whole, plant-based foods with little or no added oil, sugar or salt."