Guest guest Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/170402/amazingfacts.htm AMAZING FACTS! Guess what? The funders for The American Academy of Pediatrics 1995 nutrition video for children were The Sugar Association and the Meat Board! Read on for more amazing facts! WIDELY HELD BELIEF AMONG AMERICANS The U.S. has the best healthcare system in the world Some data otherwise. Annual per capita income in Shanghai - $350 (1) Annual per capital income in New York City - $20,500 (1) Money spent on medical care in Shanghai annually - $38 per person (1) Money spent on medical care in New York City annually - $3,000 per person (1) Number of infants born in Shanghai who die before their first birthday - 10.9 per 1,000 births (1) Number of infants born in New York City who die before their first birthday - 13.3 per 1,000 births (1) Life expectancy at birth in Shanghai - 75.5 years (1) Life expectancy at birth in New York City for people of color - 70 years (1) Life expectancy at birth in New York City for whites - 73 years (1) Average amount of time U.S. patients are allowed to speak before being interrupted by their doctors - 18 seconds (2) Percentage of U.S. patients who, once interrupted, go on to finish their statement or question - 2% (2) Widely held belief among Americans - Birth practices in the U.S. have improved greatly since the 1960s Some data otherwise. U.S. rank among world nations in infant mortality - 25th (3) Percentage of nations in Western Europe whose infant mortality rates are superior to US - 100% (3) Percentage of births attended by midwives in Western Europe - 75% (4) Percentage of births attended by midwives in U.S. - 4% (4) Average cost of midwife-attended birth in the U.S. - $1,200 (5) Average cost of physician-attended birth in the U.S. - $4,200 (6) Healthcare savings obtainable annually by utilizing midwifery care for 75% of pregnancies in the U.S. - $8.5 billion a year (7) U.S. caesarean rate in early 1960s - 3% (8) U.S. caesarean rate in 1996 - 22.9% (9) Average cost of a caesarean birth in a U.S. hospital - $8,000 (10) U.S. caesarean rate in for-profit hospitals compared to non-profit hospitals - nearly double (11) Year the AMA elected its first woman board member - 1989 Number of women presidents in AMA's 148 year history - 0 (12) Percentage of medical school deans in U.S. today who are women - 3% (12) Percentage of today's gynecologists and obstetricians who are male - 80% (13) Percentage of their patients who are male - 0% Percentage of American women who will have a hysterectomy in their lifetimes - 50% (14) Most common reason for hysterectomy in the U.S. - fibroids (15) Number of women with fibroids who are relieved of the pain and heavy bleeding within three months of adopting a low-fat high-fiber vegetarian diet - the vast majority (16) Second most common reason for hysterectomy in the U.S. - endometriosis (15) Number of women with endometriosis whose symptoms disappear or lessen dramatically on a low-fat high-fiber vegetarian diet - the vast majority (17) Percentage of American physicians who recommend dietary changes for fibroids and endometriosis - less than 1% (18) Menopause, Naturally Most widely prescribed drug in U.S. - Premarin (Estrogen Replacement Therapy) (19) Primary reasons prescribed - Hot flashes, osteoporosis, and heart disease Percentage of menopausal women who obtained complete relief from hot flashes by taking 200 mg of vitamin C and 200 mg of bioflavonoids 6 times a day - 67% (20) Percentage of menopausal women who obtained relief from hot flashes by taking two herbal capsules three times a day (licorice root, burdock root, wild yam root, dong quai root, and motherwort) for three months in a double-blind placebo-controlled study - 100% (21) Percentage of women in same study who obtained relief from placebo - 6% (21) Percentage of U.S. physicians who discuss natural approaches with their menopausal patients - 2% (22) Percentage of U.S. physicians who routinely prescribe estrogen - 84% (22) Years a woman must take estrogen to obtain benefits for osteoporosis - 20 or more (23) Health drawbacks to estrogen - substantially increased breast cancer risk, increased risk for liver and gallbladder disease, prolonged incidence of fibroids and endometriosis, greatly increased uterine cancer risk (if taken without progestins), increased side effects (if taken with progestins) (24) Years a woman must take natural progesterone to obtain benefits for osteoporosis - 1 (25) Health drawbacks to natural progesterone - rare (25) Percentage of post-menopausal women who showed substantial new bone formation on natural progesterone cream - 97% (25) Percentage of U.S. physicians familiar with natural progesterone - less than 1% (18) Evidence that heart disease can be prevented and reversed with low-fat vegetarian diets - conclusive (26) Average bone loss of 65-year-old meat-eating American woman - 35% (27) Average bone loss of 65-year-old vegetarian American woman - 18% (27) Percentage of U.S. physicians who recommend low-fat vegetarian diets to prevent heart disease and osteoporosis - less than 1% (18) Kids, Drugs, and Nutrition Primary treatment for U.S. schoolchildren diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Ritalin Percentage of U.S. schoolchildren on Ritalin - 5% (28) Potential side effects from Ritalin - Anxiety, hair loss, convulsions, nausea, insomnia, headaches, weight loss, slowing of growth, compulsive nervous behaviors (29) Number of well-designed studies in which Ritalin has been shown to enhance long-term learning - 0 (30) Percentage of hyperactive children who improved when artificial colorings, flavorings and sugar were eliminated from their diet - 79% (31) Change in problem behavior (theft, insubordination, hyperactivity, suicide attempts, etc.) in juvenile delinquents when artificial colorings, flavorings and sugar were eliminated from their diet - Dropped 47% (32) Years when New York City public schools gradually eliminated all artificial colors and flavors and reduced sugar in school cafeterias serving more than 1 million schoolchildren- 1979-1983 (33) American Academy of Pediatrics position on medication and drug treatment for children with ADHD - endorsement (34) Number of words in American Academy of Pediatrics position paper on ADHD about nutrition - 0 (34) Funders for American Academy of Pediatrics 1995 nutrition video for children - The Sugar Association and the Meat Board (35) Title of fact sheet promoted by the American Dietetic Association that focuses on ADHD - " Questions Most Frequently Asked About Hyperactivity " (36) Answer given to questions, " Is there a dietary relationship to hyperactivity? Should I restrict certain foods from my child's diet? " - " No. " (37) Statement given regarding sugar - " Sugar has a mildly quieting effect on some children. " (40) Source of fact sheet promoted by American Dietetic Association - The Sugar Association (36) Number of accredited medical schools in the United States - 127 (41) Number with no required courses in nutrition - 95 (41) Average U.S. physician's course work in nutrition during four years of medical school - 2.5 hours (42) Percentage of first year medical school students who consider nutrition to be important to their future careers - 74% (43) Percentage who, after two years of medical school, still consider nutrition important - 13% (43) Percentage of U.S. physicians who are overweight - 55% (44) Percentage of U.S. physicians who eat the recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables - 20% (44) Antibiotics Tomorrow Staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960 - 13% (45) Staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1987 - 91% (45) What's happening to all our antibiotics today - becoming increasingly ineffective due to microbes developing resistance (46) Primary cause - overuse of antibiotics (46) Effect of antibiotics on viruses - none Number of antibiotic prescriptions written by U.S. doctors for cold viruses annually - 4 million (47) Total purchases of antibiotics by U.S. hospitals in 1962 - $94 million (47) Total purchases of antibiotics by U.S. hospitals in 1995 - $8.7 billion (47) Breeding ground of many antibiotic resistant bacteria today - U.S. hospitals (48) Number of Americans who die each year from infections they pick up in a hospital - more than four times the number who die in automobile accidents (47) Alternative Medicine and the AMA AMA's historical relationship to midwifery - vehement opposition AMA's historical relationship to virtually all alternative forms of medicine - vehement opposition Characterization of holistic medicine found in Alternative Health Methods - " A melange of banalities, truisms, exaggerations, falsehoods, overlaid with disparagement. . . of logical reasoning itself. " (49) Tobacco and the AMA Number of Americans killed by cigarettes annually - 434,000 (more than are killed by automobile accidents, fires, alcohol-related deaths, murder, suicide, AIDS, cocaine and heroin combined) (50) Number of American deaths caused by second-hand smoke annually - 50,000 (more than are killed by AIDS, illegal drugs and teenage drinking combined) (51) Percentage of U.S. smokers who have never been advised by their doctors to quit, despite averaging over four doctors' visits a year - 56% (52) Year it was learned that 96.5% of patients with lung cancer had been smokers - 1950 (53) Year the U.S. Surgeon General announced that smoking not only caused lung cancer, but also heart disease and emphysema, and was costing the country tens of billions of dollars a year in healthcare costs - 1964 Public statement by AMA president Edward R. Annis in 1964 regarding Surgeon General's report - " The AMA is not opposed to smoking and tobacco. " (54) Title of the AMA's primary study of the health consequences of tobacco (1964-1978) - the AMA-ERF study Amount of funding for AMA-ERF study provided by AMA - $500,000 (55) Amount of funding for AMA-ERF study provided by tobacco industry - $16,000,000 (55) Position of AMA when the American Cancer Society, the Public Health Service and the Federal Trade Commission supported health warnings on cigarette packages - opposition (56) Year that AMA's Member Retirement Fund was discovered to have millions invested in tobacco securities - 1981 (57) Year the AMA wrote a special supplement published by Newsweek on personal health to " help readers avoid self-induced illnesses " - 1983 (58) Consequence of U.S. tobacco export promotion - Tremendous rise in tobacco use in many countries, particularly among young people. Smoking among teenage girls in Korea rose more than 300%. (59) Average tax per pack of cigarettes in England - $3.09 (60) Average tax per pack of cigarettes in Canada - $3.25 (60) Average tax per pack of cigarettes in Norway - $3.93 (60) Average tax per pack of cigarettes in U.S. - $0.51 (60) What happened in New Zealand between 1980 and 1991 due to a tax increase of $1.97 per pack - Cigarette consumption dropped more than 60% (60) Number of nations who have raised cigarette taxes substantially who have not experienced dramatic reductions in cigarette consumption - None (60) Healthcare savings obtainable annually in U.S. with a 60% drop in cigarette consumption - $60 billion (18) Do You Trust These People To Make Your Healthcare Decisions For You? World's largest private cancer treatment and research center - Memorial Sloan-Kettering , Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Board of Overseers and Managers - John S. Reed John S. Reed's other job - Director, Philip Morris Health insurance companies heavily invested in tobacco stocks - Travelers, Prudential, Cigna, MetLife, Aetna (61) Prudential Insurance Company's 1995 investment in tobacco stocks - $248 million (61) How much health insurance companies typically pay for a heart patient's bypass surgery - $30,000 (62) How much for a heart patient's balloon angioplasty - $7,500 (62) How much for a heart patient's nutrition and stress management education - $150 (62) How much health insurance companies typically pay for teaching a well person how to eat well, stay healthy, and prevent heart disease - $0 (62) The Cancer Industry Percentage of cancer patients whose lives are reliably saved by chemotherapy - 3% (63) Evidence for the majority of cancers that chemotherapy exerts a significant positive influence on survival or quality of life - none (63) Percentage of oncologists who said that if they developed cancer they would not participate in chemotherapy trials due to " the ineffectiveness of chemotherapy and its unacceptable degree of toxicity " - 75% (64) Percentage of people with cancer in the United States who receive chemotherapy - 75% (65) Company that accounts for nearly half of the chemotherapy sales in the world - Bristol-Meyers Squibb Chairman of the Board, Bristol-Meyers Squibb - Richard L. Gelb Richard L. Gelb's other job - Vice-Chairman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , Bristol-Meyers Squibb - James D. Robinson III James D. Robinson III's other job - Chairman of the Board, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , Ivax, Inc. (a prominent chemotherapy company) - Samuel Broder Samuel Broder's other job (until 1995) - Executive Director, the National Cancer Institute Reclaiming Our Health Medical costs attributable to smoking and meat consumption combined- greater than the costs of providing health coverage for all currently uninsured Americans (66) Annual costs, according to the World Health Organization, required to provide every human being on Earth with access to primary education, healthcare, family planning services, safe drinking water, and adequate nutrition - $20 billion (67) Annual healthcare savings obtainable in the U.S. alone by providing universal prenatal care, utilizing midwifery, encouraging breastfeeding, raising tobacco taxes to Canadian level, and eliminating government subsidies for tobacco and meat production - $120 billion (18) As provocative as these facts are, their significance can best be grasped in context. In Reclaiming Our Health, John Robbins brings these and many other stunning realities into a perspective that shows a way to true healing for us as individuals, for our society, and for the whole earth community. Endnotes (1) Analysis released April 26, 1996 by the American College of Physicians (2) H.B. Beckman, et al., " The Effect of Physician Behavior on the Collection of Data, " Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov. 1984, pp. 692-96 (3) The State of the World's Children, 1996, UNICEF (4) The Alan Guttmacher Institute, " Facts in Brief, " March 1993 .. (5) Midwives Alliance of North America survey, Feb 1993, reported in " Perinatal Healthcare Statistics, " Mothering , Fall 1993 (6) Health Insurance Associates of America, 1993, reported in " Perinatal... " as per note 5 (7) - " Perinatal... " as per note 5 (8) Esther Zorn, " Profile of the Cesarean Epidemic. " Francis C. Notzen, " International Differences in the Use of Obstetric Interventions, " Journal of the American Medical Association, June 27, 1990, vol 263, no. 25, pg 3286-91. Richard Johnson, " Cesarean Section Rates An American Disgrace " , International Journal of Issues in Medicine, April, 1996 (9) R. Johnson, as per Esther Zorn, " Profile of the Cesarean Epidemic " . Francis C. Notzen, " International Differences in the Use of Obstetric Interventions, " Journal of the American Medical Association, June 27, 1990, vol 263, no. 25, pg 3286-91. Richard Johnson, " Cesarean Section Rates An American Disgrace, " International Journal of Issues in Medicine, April, 1996 (10) M. G. Rosen and J. C. Dickinson, " Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: A Meta-Analysis of Indicators for Success, " Obstetrics and Gynecology vol 76, 1990, pp. 865-69 (11) Marsden Wagner, " An Epidemic of Unnecessary Cesareans " , Mothering, Fall 1993, p. 72. Lynn Silver and Sidney Wolfe, " Unnecessary Sections - How To Cure a National Epidemic " Public Citizen Health Research Group, Washington, DC. (12) Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse, Outrageous Practices (New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1994), p. 42 (13) John M. Smith, Women and Doctors (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992), p. 2 (14) Celso-Ramon Garcia, et al., " Preservation of the Ovary: A Re-evaluation " , Fertility and Sterility, 42(4), Oct, 1984, pg 510-14. J. Smith, as per John M. Smith, Women and Doctors (New York: Atlantic Monthly, Press, 1992), p. 2. Christiane Northrup, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (New York: Bantam, 1994), p. 152 (15) Stanley West, The Hysterectomy Hoax (New York: Doubleday, 1994), p. 1, 23 (16) - C. Northrup, as per note 14, p. 172 (17) - Ibid, p. 166 (18) - Figure based on author's research and calculations (19) L. L. Piana Simonsen, " Top 200 Drugs of 1992: What Are Pharmacists Dispensing Most Often? " Pharmacy Times, April 1993, pp. 29-44 (20) Carolyn DeMarco, Take Charge Of Your Body (Winlaw, B.C. Well Women Press, 1994), p. 220 (21) Tori Hudson, et al -- " A Pilot Study Using Botanical Medicines in the Treatment of Menopause Symptoms, " Townsend Letter for Doctors, Dec. 1994, pg 1372 (22) " Women's Information About Menopause is Limited " , North American Menopause Society, Sept 4, 1993. Results of a Gallup survey of 833 menopausal women (23) Editorial, New England Journal of Medicine; Aug 27, 1992 (24) Sadja Greenwood, Menopause, Naturally (Volcano, Calif.: Volcano Press, 1992), pp. 111-15. (25) John Lee, " Osteoporosis Reversal with Transdermal Progesterone, " Lancet, 336, 1990, p. 1327. John Lee, " Osteoporosis Reversal: The Role of Progesterone, " Clinical Nutritional Review, 10, 1990, pp. 384-91. John Lee, " Is Natural Progesterone the Missing Link in Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment? " Medical Hypotheses, 35, 1991, pp. 316-8. (26) Dean Ornish, " Can Lifestyle Changes Reverse Coronary Heart Disease? " Lifestyle Heart Trial, Lancet, vol 336, July 21, 1990, pp. 129-33. Dean Ornish, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease (New York: Random House, 1990). Caldwell Esselstyn, Journal of Family Practice 1995; 41(6), pp. 560-68. (27) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 1983. (28) Associated Press, " Ritalin Maker Opens Drive to EndAbuse, " New York Times, Mar. 28, 1966, p. A-13. " U.C. Professor Critical of Ritalin Dependency, " San Jose Mercury News, Mar. 3, 1996, p. 5-B. (29) - Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) (30) Alfie Kohn, " Suffer The Restless Children, " Atlantic Monthly, Nov 1989, pg 98 (31) J Egger, et al., " Controlled Trial of Oligoantigenic Treatment in the Hyperkinetic Syndrome, " Lancet, 1985, pg 540 (32) Stephen Schoenthaler, " Institutional Nutritional Policies and Criminal Behavior, " Nutrition Today, 20(3), 1985, pg 16. See also: Stephen Schoenthaler, " Diet and Crime: An Empirical Examination of the Value of Nutrition in the Control and Treatment of Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders, " International Journal of Biosocial Research, 4(1), 1983, pg 25-39. Stephen Schoenthaler, " Types of Offenses Which can be Reduced in an Institutional Setting Using Nutritional Intervention: A Preliminary Empirical Evaluation, " International Journal of Biosocial Research, 4(2), 1983, pg 74-84. Stephen Schoenthaler, " The Los Angeles Probation Department Diet Behavior Program: An Empirical Evaluation of Six Institutions, " International Journal of Biosocial Research, 5(2), 1983, 88-98 (33) Stephen Schoenthaler, et al., " The Impact of a Low Food Additive and Sucrose Diet on Academic Performance in 803 New York City Public Schools, " International Journal of Biosocial Research, 8 (2), 1986, pg 185-195 (34) " Medication For Children With An Attenton Deficit Disorder (RE 7103), " American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Children With Disabilities, Committee on Drugs; Pediatrics, 80(5), Nov 1987 (35) Amy O'Connor, " In The News, " Vegetarian Times, Oct 1995, pg 20 (36)Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Sept 1994, pg 975 (37) " Questions Most Frequently Asked About Hyperactivity, " Produced by the Sugar Association, Inc., Washington, D.C. (40) " Consumer Fact Sheet: Diet and Behavior, " The Sugar Association, Washington, D.C. (41) Association of American Medical Colleges. Cited in Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, " Physician, Know Thy Nutrition, " Vegetarian Times, Feb 1993, p. 48 (42) U.S. Senate Investigation, cited in John McDougall, The McDougall Plan (Clinton, NJ: New Win, 1983), p. 7 (43) According to a study by Roland Weinsier, Chairman of the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1988 (44) Wall Street Journal, " Odds and Ends, " June 9, 1993, p. B-1 (45) Irvin Molotsky, " Animal Antibiotics Tied to Illnesses in Humans, " New York Times, Feb 22, 1987 (46) Stuart B. Levy, The Antibiotic Paradox: How Miracle Drugs are Destroying the Miracle (New York: Plenum Press, 1992) (47) Jeffrey Fisher, The Plague Makers (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), p. 31 (48) Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague (New York: Penguin, 1994), p. 437 (49) " Holistic Medicine, " in Alternative Health Methods (Chicago: American Medical Association, 1993), p. 81 (50) Introduction, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General; U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health, 1994. U.S. Dept of Commerce, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1993; Tables 126, 131, 135; U.S. Govt Printing Office, Washington, 1993 (51) Geoffrey Cowley, " Poisons at Home and Work, " Newsweek; June 29, 1992. Michael Jacobson and Laurie Ann Mazur, Marketing Madness (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995), p. 149. C. Northrup, as per note 36, p. 612 (52) R. F. Anda, et al., " Are Physicians Advising Smokers to Quit? The Patient's Perspective, " Journal of the American Medical Association, April 10, 1987, pp. 1916-19 (53) Ernest Wynder, et al., " Tobacco Smoking as a Possible Etiologic Factor in Bronchogenic Carcinoma, " Journal of the American Medical Association, May, 1950, pg 329-38 (54) Richard Harris, A Sacred Trust (New York: New American Library, 1966), p. 159 (55) " Smoking Study Funds Donated, " and " Research Group Named, " AMA News, Feb 17, 1964, pg 1. Howard Wolinsky and Tom Brune, The Serpent on the Staff (New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1994), p. 152 (56) H. Wolinsky, as per note 76, p. 153 (57) " Doctor's Dilemma, " Wall Street Journal, March 12, 1981, Sec 2, p. 29 (58) M. Jacobson, as per note 72, pg 159 (59) " Philip Morris: Death, Disease, and Duplicity, " Multi-National Monitor, Dec. 1994, pg 14 (60) Hal Kane, " Putting Out Cigarettes, " WorldWatch, Sept-Oct 1992, p. 9 (61) " The Tobacco-Health Insurance Connection, " Lancet, July 8, 1995. " Health Care Giants Invest Their Juicy Profits in Tobacco Stock, " Public Citizen Health Letter, Aug. 1995, pg 12 (62) Dean Ornish, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease (New York: Random House, 1990), p. 28 (63) John Cairns, " The Treatment of Diseases and the War Against Cancer, " Scientific American, 253(5), Nov. 1985, pp. 51-59. John Bailar and Elaine Smith, " Progress Against Cancer?, " New England Journal of Medicine, 314, May 8, 1986, pp. 1226-33. Ulrich Abel, Chemotherapy of Advanced Epithelial Cancer (Stuttgart: Hippokrates Verlag, 1990) (64)Ralph Moss, Questioning Chemotherapy (Brooklyn: Equinox, 1995), p. 40 Ibid, pp. 73-4 Neal Barnard, et al., " The Medical Costs Attributable to Meat Consumption, " Preventive Medicine (24), 1995, pp. 646-55 " Citings, " World Watch, May/June 1993, p. 8 Abridged from http://www.foodrevolution.org/roh_facts_print.htm Gettingwell- / Vitamins, Herbs, Aminos, etc. To , e-mail to: Gettingwell- Or, go to our group site: Gettingwell Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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