The Solution to Poor Health
There's an expensive belief that the solution to poor health is more health care. Ironically, well-researched studies and the CDC argue against this belief – as costs and utilization of healthcare services have risen, so too has the prevalence of chronic disease.
Our health care system does an excellent job treating acute illness. However, our record reversing or curing chronic disease is much less impressive.
Leaving the Death Spiral
![By Alain R [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://ehop-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/article/picture/022934db-4b37-4039-8bc2-b56422031ace/black-hole-ab141047_large.png)
According to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini:
Obamacare is in a "death spiral" and more insurers will flee in 2018. There isn't enough money in the ACA today as it is structured – even with its fees and taxes – to support the population that needs to be served.
Hearing that there's "not enough money" in the Affordable Care Act may come as a surprise to individuals and businesses that have watched their premiums increase over the past few years. Is there another option?
A Welcome Dose of Common Sense
This weekend's New York Times featured an editorial pushing back against the medical industry's most recent device for obesity and diabetes treatment, called the Aspire Assist. The Aspire Assist is essentially a tube surgically implanted into your stomach so you can drain a portion of your stomach contents after each meal, in an effort to avoid absorbing all the calories you consumed.
How is it that we've come to the point of believing that human physiology requires this degree of intervention to achieve a healthy weight, and healthy metabolism?
The authors of this article add their voices to the growing chorus that thinks our health is suffering because we're eating the wrong types of foods, not just too many calories.
Movement Goes Mainstream
Over the past decade, therapists and trainers across multiple disciplines have been quietly rewriting the rulebook for fitness expectations. Slowly but inexorably, stale philosophies like "no pain, no gain" and prioritization of appearance over function...
It's Never Too Late
What does a 78-year old grandmother have to teach us about the value of resistance training? Meet Shirley Webb, a recent internet celebrity after her trainer posted a YouTube video of her deadlifting 225 pounds with impeccable form.
Even more inspiring...