Quote from jzlucas:
Aren't we supposed to be disease free and in perfect health from the "coral calcium" supplements he and the old timer were raving about in that old infomercial??? Why would I need this new book when Im cured from "everything" already.
Please people, see a doctor if something is wrong w/ you. We didn't double our lifespans in little over a century from cider and "natural cures"... we did it thanks to science, technology and doctors. God forbid we give those "evil drug companies" any credit what-so-ever.
Dude thats a bit skewed, life spans have increased markedly, but so have rates of various diseases, many of them crippling/terminal.
I dont know if thats just a "culling" phenomenon, but you have to acknowledge , a BULK of these stats are due to VERY few actual "cures" and effective treatments, penicillin, heart surgery, the marginal success of some cancer drugs and the like.
You said yourself, "technology",
docters play a very limited role.
They can only diagnose someone who is already very ill, and then, only if the patient has the cash.
Its come down to a management aspect, where people who may otherwise have died, are kept alive longer, often with abysmal quality of life.
Rather be alive than dead?Sure, but euthanasia is still illegal, how many of these type cases may be making up numbers in your "living twice as long" approach?