Monday, January 11, 2010

Why We Need A Wellness Revolution

First, lets check out the definition:

rev-o-lu-tion

a: a sudden, radical, or complete change

b: a fundamental change in political organization

c: activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation

d: a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something: a change of paradigm


The seventeenth- century English writer John Milton saw revolution as the right of society to defend against abusive tyrants-creating a new order that reflected the needs of the people. To Milton, revolution was the means of accomplishing freedom.

The eighteenth-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant believed in revolution as a force for the advancement of humankind-a natural step in the realization of a higher ethical foundation for society.

The nineteenth-century German philosopher G.W.F. Hegal saw revolutions as the fulfillment of human destiny, and he saw revolutionary leaders as necessary to instigate and implement reforms.

These insights aptly apply to the wellness revolution.


Entrepreneurs and revolutionaries are really the same kinds of people born into different circumstances. Both see the status quo in need of change, and both are willing to take risks, and reap the rewards, of changing it.


The revolutionary leaders in wellness are the entrepreneurs who grow and procreate wellness, the inventors who instigate wellness services and products, and the practitioners and distributors who carry the wellness message throughout society.


The above content taken from The New Wellness Revolution by Zane Pilzer


FACT: The U.S. Government has spent billions trying to find a cure for heart disease, cancer and other diseases and yet...


41% of all deaths are cardiovascular related - 1 out of 3 women will be affected by heart disease - 1/2 of the people that develop a heart attack will not survive.


70% of children have the beginnings of hardening of the arteries by the time they reach 12 years of age.


23% of all deaths are due to cancer - 1500 people die of cancer everyday


Add to these figures diabetes which is now said to be the third biggest killer


Still think that things are OK in the health care system?


Yes, there is a cost for wellness, but there is a MUCH bigger cost for sickness...are you willing to pay it?





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