Exposing lines in the sand

"If you sow you will reap."   That's a really straight forward line.  Which side of that line do you choose to be on?  Choice!  We are autonomous!  We are the only species gifted with logic, reasoning, personal philosophy, and ultimately making choices based on our personal philosophy.

When someone says reaping is reserved for those who sow not for those who ONLY need they are not drawing a new line in the sand.  They are exposing one that already exists in the universe.  Some people may not be very happy with it and may even take offense but that's there right.  It's also there right to ignore simple universal laws (that we did not set up) and continue living a life far short of there dreams.  We didn't create these lines or the "set up" of the universe.  As long as we are guests here on this planet the only thing we can do, if we want to achieve something, is work with the set up.  Most of us fight the set up instead of learning to cooperate with it and most of us are broke and unhappy in our lives.  If you want to achieve more then get involved with the set up, learn to cooperate with the positive side of things to help it along and you can literally begin to shape your life the way you want it.  Let the mysteries be mysteries and focus on the variables you CAN control or at least have some influence on.  Don't be dismayed at negative things that happen that you have no control over you'll burn yourself out!  There are plenty of opportunities out there to help you create the life you want.

I'm exposing a line in the sand with the Team Beachbody opportunity that I'm inviting YOU to join me in.  I already know the general statistic is that only 5% of you have the guts and desire to step up and own your life.  I'm not trying to please everyone and I know this opportunity isn't for everyone which is the way it should be.  Anyone can do it, but most people will not.  It's one of those mysteries of the universe that I have no control over so there is absolutely no benefit in trying to figure that out.  If YOU are in that 5% willing to exercise just a couple of new daily disciplines so the next years of your life can be totally different than the last few years then you're the person I'd be honored to meet and talk to about the business of serving people while being kind to yourself.  It's not about being in the 5% or the 95% financially.  It's about living a good life that will be defined respectively by the individual.  But let's get real here.  It's much easier to live a good life if you are financially free NOT because of the money, but because the money is the mechanism that buys you your time so you can spend your time with your family, taking care of someone you love, to go back to school, to give back more to your community which is the most noblest, whatever it is that gives your life purpose according to your terms.  If you're broke you can't do that. 

Here is what the Team Beachbody opportunity is called...  It's called an elightened - intelligent self interest.  To give or to serve starts the receiving process.  People who are not enlightened will skip over the giving part and try to recieve first.  That's a selfish self interest instead of an elightened intelligent self interest.  If you get that and want to serve many while being kind to yourself please write or call me.  I NEED more people like yourself to eventually end the obesity crisis in our country.  2/3rds of over 300 MILLION people are over weight and our kids are sadly included in this now.  I have no time for the selfish self interested people.  If you have a deep desire to help people while being kind to yourself call / write me Today.  For most it starts part time because of a job situation and other responsibilities but this is something you can start today and work part time around your schedule til you build it up enough to have the FREEDOM to fire your boss and do this full time if you want to.  It's a pathway that gets you your time and freedom and if you don't get on that path however slow it may have to be at first then you'll get your time and freedom.  It's the best thing I've ever done and the most gratifying to know I had some part in drastically improving peoples lives.

There are two kinds of people for the purpose of this example...  There are those who view lack of time and money as reason NOT to get started in a Team Beachbody opportunity and then there are those who view lack of time and  as all the more reason To actually GET STARTED in a Team Beachbody opportunity.  I was the latter!  Thank god that I was or I'd still be broke and citing the same time and money constraints.  Which one of those two kinds of people do you think pertains to the 5%?  95% of people do not choose the latter they view there money and time constraints as reason not to get started in a Team Beachbody opportunity or ANY opportunity  for that matter.  95% of people are broke!  95% of people have no time!  95% of people have no money!  95% of people arent spending there time doing what they want to be doing!  But 5% are!  I'm not saying Team Beachbody is the ONLY vehicle out there that can get you to where you want to go but I have very well founded strong beliefs that it is the BEST because I did it and I know people from all walks of life with all types of personalities who have done it also!  Your personality, your past, your circumstances do not matter!  All it takes is some guts and desire and you can begin to shape your life any which way you like starting now. 

If you need to make some changes and you're still waiting for your ship to arrive it's not coming.  It's already here docked and waiting for you to get started with setting a better sale.  But the longer you let your ship sit there in that dock, waiting for someday, the more rust your ship will accumulate making it more difficult to actually get started.

If you need to make some changes and have a desire to help other people write me / give me a call and lets get started.  If another coach invited you to read this then get in touch with the coach who invited you and say, "I'm ready to get started SHOW ME what to do".

Tom
Be a Coach with me: http://beachbodycoach.com/metalpalace

Shakeology Comments

Coach and Customer Testimonies
Multi-Benefit Stories
I honestly could not believe the difference in my energy level. I also could not believe that my sweet cravings were gone. I really noticed it over the holidays when the sweets were all around me the temptation really was not there—I lost 3 lbs over the Holiday. I actually crave healthy food. It helped so much on regularity, which I have always had a problem with. I actually feel the difference if I miss a shake one day; my body craves it. It is delicious and satisfying, I feel full after I drink it, and because I feel so full I tend to forget to snack in between meals. —Paula, NV

Wow, I would have to say the energy! And I love my 'clear' head feeling. I used to feel like I was walking around in a fog! And my hair and nails! Just crazy. I used to get a haircut every eight week;, now it's every four or five! Even my hair dresser asked what I was using to make my hair grow! Now of course he's a Shakeology customer! —Deb, CA

My focus and productivity at work has increased so well that my boss is now drinking it with me at work for lunch, and he's seen the same improvement. It's amazing to also see the changes in other people that I have turned on to Shakeology. My cholesterol was cut in half on my last doctor's visit this month, and the blood pressure medicine that the doctor tried to put me on was thrown away under the direction of my doctor! My body fat, coupled with working out daily, has dropped from 26 percent to 11 percent in 10 months. The amazing thing about it also is that my food cravings have changed. I don't crave fast food anymore, chips, candy bars, or anything like that. It satisfies my cravings for chocolate, which I have a real bad one. Lastly, I am surprised at how inexpensive it is. It's simply amazing. —David, OK

Quick Results
I just started drinking the shake three days ago, but already I feel my energy level up and cravings down. —Maria, CA

It really lives up to its claims! I've read advertisements for products before that make substantial promises, but never quite follow through. Within ONE WEEK of Shakeology, I felt more energetic, focused, and healthy. —Cristy, NC

Energy 
I notice now I have more energy and drink less coffee. I find it amazing that I don't want coffee if I have my Shakeology in the morning. It really does give me the energy to get through my day! —Heather, MD

I was surprised at how much better I was sleeping and how much more energy I had. —Vicky, NH

Energy level—I use to be addicted to Red Bull but stopped once I was using Shakeology. I feel healthier and I no longer crash and burn. I made a commitment to never go back to Red Bull or those energy drinks. —Joanne, CA

After just five days of Shakeology, I’ve got more energy than I’ve had in the past year. I feel GREAT. – Matt, MS

The energy that I receive by drinking Shakeology actually allowed me to feel good enough to get on a regular exercise regimen. Now, I am working out at least five days a week and loving every moment of it. —Lois , KY

The first time I drank it for dinner and I was surprised at how well I slept. In the morning, I felt so good, my energy was up, and my body was really wanting it again. – Janice, MS

Satisfying/Stopping Cravings
I lost the urge to snack throughout the day since my body was no longer trying to get the nutrients that were missing in my diet. —David, TX

I think the most surprising thing for me was when it occurred to me one day that my severe carbohydrates and sugar cravings that hit me in the afternoon were gone. I could actually go days and not even think about Dr. Pepper and a bag of chips. Not only that, but I started craving good things. —Anne, NE

I love how it makes me feel and ESPECIALLY how it controls my cravings. When I drink Shakeology, I find that I'm not as hungry throughout the day and my sugar cravings are almost nonexistent! —Melanie, IL

I was surprised that my afternoon cravings for 'junk' disappeared, and I stopped having that overwhelming urge to take a nap after lunch each day. —Anne

When I use Shakeology for breakfast, I can do without coffee and I'm a big time, long time coffee drinker! I'm not promising, I always do, but I don't get the headache when I do miss my morning coffee. I rarely have afternoon coffee at all any more. Another thing I notice is, I don't get hungry. I'm still not hungry when lunch rolls around most days. That's a very good thing. Since I've managed to lose the 15 pounds already, it encourages me to keep on keeping on.

You ask about sweets, I don't really crave sweets. Sometimes I'd love to dive into a bowl of pasta :+) Since I am diabetic and working to get off the meds, I only have sugar free cookies sometimes at night with 8 oz of skim milk as a snack. I can have 60 total grams of carbs for snack twice and for breakfast. Since Shakeology has virtually no carbs, I get off to a great start. I believe it has 17 so I have saved 43 carbs on my breakfast. – Cynthia, MS

Weight Loss
I've been struggling to lose weight for several months, and I can't believe how it's coming off, and I truly believe it's the Shakeology! I've stayed with it because it tastes good and I've lost 10 lbs since using it! —Eileen,CA

I know I needed to lose weight but was struggling trying to quit drinking diet soda. I replaced the diet soda with Shakeology as my treat for the day. I haven't had a diet soda since the day I started drinking Shakeology! I have lost 18 lbs so far. —Susan, WA

Regularity/Digestive Health
I love what it's done for my regularity. It's not something I ever thought I had a problem with, but just 3 days into drinking my Shakeology I noticed less bloating, less gas, and just more comfortable in general. —Jamie, IL

My body is regular for the first time in years! —Lawrence, GA

Cholesterol/Heart Health
My husband was already drinking Shakeology, losing weight, lowering his cholestrol by 90 points, and feeling great. —Lois, KY

The positive improvement it has made on my life. In January 2009 I was told by my cardiologist that I would need a heart valve replacement at the age of 40. 2009 has been the most stressful year for my family and I. The only consistent change I made was weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight with Shakeology. In December 2009 my cardiologist was blown away with his findings of my heart starting to "repair" itself. I was told that if I keep doing what I am doing, then the replacement will be delayed until I am 50. Keep in mind that the medication that was prescribed to me, I never took. This is all weight loss from P90X and maintaining a healthy weight with Shakeology. If that isn't surprising for me and my family, nothing is. THANK YOU! —Chad, NE

Hair/Skin/Nail Health
One of the things I have notice also is my finger nails grow like crazy and my hair is growing like a weed! Love it! —Tami F., ME

My nails are stronger and my hair is not falling out. It has improved my regularity and increased my energy. —Tracy, MO

Migranes/Headaches/Mental Clarity/Focus
My mental alertness and the ability to wean myself off of coffee. I no longer crave it like I used to before Shakeology. The energy levels are off the charts! —Larry, IL

The increase in energy levels, and the decrease in hunger cravings . . . and . . . wow! . . . I have not had a migraine! I have also noticed my skin and hair in better condition. —Shannon, NC

I used to feel sluggish and run down most of the time, but after only one month of drinking Shakeology I feel more energetic and focused than I ever have. —Shannon, NC

Taste
The taste! I had tried 'green drinks' before, and YUCK! When I heard that Shakeology included phytonutrients like those green drinks, I wasn't expecting it to taste very good, but it's delicious! —Judy, PA

Try Shakeology - http://Shakeology.com/metalpalace 

"Health Care Crisis" Letter to the whitehouse

A young physician by the name of Dr. Roger Starner Jones. His short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis" instead of a "Health Care Crisis"..

It's worth a quick read:


Dear Mr. President:
During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone.


While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more than one pack of cigarettes every day, eats only at fast-food take-outs, and somehow still has money to buy pretzels and beer. And, you and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care? I contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture" a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. It is a culture based in the irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me". Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear.

Respectfully,
ROGER STARNER JONES, MD
If you agree...pass it on.

Kidney stone issues continue to diminish while drinking Shakeology

Remember my friend Kim whos 14 year old daughter had to visit her Dr. 6 times a month for kidney stone issues and polytheistic kidney disease? Now she is down to only one visit a month! She started drinking Shakeology about 5 or 6 months ago. She is feeding her body the nutrients her body needs to do it's thing and fight off those health issues.


Here is her first report since drinking shakeology going back to April 26th when Dr visits dropped from 6 times a month to 3 times a month:
http://tombirkenmeyer.blogspot.com/2010/04/mother-and-daughter-share-with-me-how.html

And here is the update from today in her words:
"update for ya my daughter now only goes to see her dr once a month instead of 3xs a month for check ups its great my mom is also on top of it" - Kimberly S. Kenosha, WI

Yes Folks this is my calling nothing emotionally gratifies me more than these amazing life changing stories I receive from my users.  I don't think there is any such thing as depression for anyone who finds a way to serve people in a profoundly meaningful way.  Come coach with me if you have a deep desire to serve many people.  The more there are of us, the more lives will be positively impacted!  Now that is something to get excited about when getting out of bed in the morning!

Tom
Keep drinking Shakeology friends!  If you're not, try it:  http://shakeology.com/metalpalace 

Vanilla Shakeology? Fair Trade? Kosher? Wholefood to powder food?

Co-creator/ingredient hunter Darin Olien answered a few of the most frequently asked questions MANY shakeology drinkers have about Shakeology.  I am so unbelievably thankful we have this guy with his level of intelligence, creativity, integrity, and his strong desire to put only good things into a body developing the formulas for shakeology...


1. How is the integrity and quality of the nutrients maintained when converting whole foods to Shakeology powder? Wholefood to powder

2. When is Vanilla Shakeology coming?  Vanilla Shakeology

3. Is Shakeology Kosher? Kosher or Not

4. Shakeology and Fair Trade

Here are some things you can do immediately that will help you daily to create your masterpiece:

Too many of you are waiting for "someday" to actually get started on your dreams. It's costing you more than you realize or appreciate. Waiting til someday til you have just a little bit more money, a little bit more time, a little bit more skill etc... GUTS, ambition, passion, a willingness to actually get started NOW is enough :-) Here is a hard fact.. Dreams do NOT move closer toward you until you actually get started and move toward your dreams. It's logistically not even possible for your dreams to move toward you till you move toward them. If you stop, your dreams stop. If you move away, they move away. If you move toward them they will move toward you. So what are you waiting for? Someday? Your dreams are waiting for "someday" to. It's not the obstacles you cite that are keeping you from your dreams. It's YOU who is keeping you from your dreams. Since YOU are in control of what YOU do this presents the FINEST OPPORTUNITY for total and complete control for YOU to do something DIFFERENT than before and make some changes for a different outcome. There are enough obstacles in your path without you being the most difficult of them. Stop being the most difficult of those obstacles or you'll never clear those other obstacles from your path.

I found this tiny plan of action on the web. I think it's so brilliant and easy that ANYONE can do. I hope that you all do this. Here is the link I got it from: http://self-help.smartads.info/business-motivational/article.php?art=4533

Here are some things you can do immediately that will help you daily to create your masterpiece:

1. At the beginning of each day (or the night before), ask yourself this question: What is the single most important thing that I can do today to make my life a masterpiece? Whatever your answer, make sure your focus throughout the day remains on that one thing.

2. At the end of the day, ask yourself the following questions: Did I do my best today? What worked? What didn’t work? Exploring the answer to these questions (1) provides a formula for discovering and appreciating the things in your life that are going well, and (2) clarifies where you might have fallen short.

3. Keep a record of the results you are noticing. A journal is a tool that many people use for this purpose. By recording answers to the questions above, you will begin to see patterns. Some activities produce desired results, and some don’t. As you create your masterpiece, you will want to duplicate your successes, and eliminate those learning experiences that didn’t produce the desired results.

Embrace life as it happens. Focus on this day--the only one you can control. And remember…Make each day your masterpiece!

Tom
http://passionforfitness.info/

A wonderful new book I'm reading I highly recommend...

New to me anyway it was published in 1984.  "You and Your Network" by Fred Smith.  I'm only a couple chapters into it but already this is one of the best books I've read.  I highly recommend it.  Here are a couple of excerpts from the book about having Joy for the Journey...

"Give yourself into forgetfulness -
Many people are literally sick of themselves. They become hypochondriacs of the spirit, thinking only of themselves without knowing that self absorption is their disease. They are consumed with their thoughts about themselves and with what others are thinking about them; surfeited with self image.

Unable to change their internal conversation with themselves, they go round and round, talking to themselves about themselves. Until this stops they have no opportunity for joy, and yet they want joy, but it won't come to those who are obsessed with themselves. It never has; it never will. The first essence of joy is giving oneself into forgetfulness."


Here is another excerpt from the same book...



"Joy and Health -
Joy can live in a handicapped or sick body because it is a matter of the spirit. However, it can live more comfortably in a healthy body; one that is respected and kept from the abuse of excesses, including excessive adulation, pampering, or even excessive care.


Those of us who would have joy for the journey must protect our bodies from the diseases they can catch from an unhealthy MIND. Whether we call them neuroses, psychosomatic illnesses, allergies, or by some other classification, they have their beginning as sickness in the mind and spirit rather than in the body."

Eudaimonia, Aristotle, Virtues And Happiness

I love this article because I would bet money that Zig Ziglar developed his great talking points about putting balance in your life from reading Aristotle writings.  It's brilliant!   Read on...

by Rob McPhillips

Aristotle believed virtues led to happiness

The happiness that Aristotle spoke of was not necessarily the same that we would think of today. Today our view of happiness tends to be hedonic. We want to feel good immediately and tend not to think too far ahead. So we see a night out or a pleasant activity as a route to happiness.

The ancient Greeks had a very different perspective on happiness. Aristotle spoke about achieving eudaimonia, which is roughly translated into happiness.

Eudaimonia is not an emotional state; it is more about being all that you can, fulfilling your potential. The idea is that by living in a way that reaches your full potential you bloom or flourish and so display the best version of you that you can be.

Aristotle thought that the practice of virtues would equate to happiness, in the sense of being all you could be. By virtues, Aristotle meant the act of achieving balance and moderation.

For example, courage would be the balance and moderation between excessive amounts, rashness and insufficient amounts, cowardice. Generosity would be the mid-ground between being a wasteful spendthrift and being a miser.

He strongly disagreed with Socrates who knowledge would automatically lead to the right action. Aristotle argued that the greatest misdeed was to know the right course, but fail to do it.

So for him it was the act of living in balance and moderation that brought the highest pleasure. Not in the action itself, but in the way of life. It is this way of life that would lead to the greatest long-term value rather than just a passing amusement. A modern illustration would be the difference between earning a high income, but spending it all and living in more moderation and having great wealth that will last you and provide security.

It was Aristotle’s belief that by achieving these virtues, happiness would result. So for him contemplation was the highest activity humans could do. Contemplation is the activity that refines and discovers virtues. Carried out continuously it allows you to reach your potential.

In a 3 year time span you can turn ANYTHING around

August 12th 2010 marks my three year anniversary that I signed up for the Team Beachbody Coaching and fitness opportunity.  August 16th marks day one of my first round of P90X.  Here is a small but potent before and after comparison between then and now...

Before Team Beachbody:
I was badly out of shape / easily winded / beginning to develop ugly skinny fat around my gut
I was poor / ZERO income / no benefits / no job because it was off shored to India
I was attending college full time and a half so I had no time
I owned nothing except a car and some musical stuff I purchased before my job was off shored
My personal freedom was VERY limited because of my lack of time, money, and health

After 3 years of Team Beachbody:
I'm in the best shape of my life.  (I managed to accomplish this in only the FIRST 90 days from using P90X)
I'm making more money than I've ever made at a JOB (JOB = Just over broke)
I'm no longer poor if I see something I want I can generally buy it without trying to squeeze blood from a turnip
At age 32 I retired from day job life (the on going fruitless job search) and bought a home in CASH NO MORTAGE!!!  (A feat most people never accomplish in there entire lives and I accomplish it in less than three years from having nothing to where I'm at now)
My range of personal freedom has HUGELY increased because I have more time, money, and health and that is why I continue doing this.  It's for the freedom NOT the money.

None of this is meant to impress you.  It's meant to impress upon you what's possible if you're willing to do just a few simple things every day that most people are not willing to do (unless you're doing alright and wish to change nothing then you're already fine).  If you're not willing to do what most people aren't willing to do then you'll always have what most people have.  And if you wait til tomorrow then you have a logistical nightmare because tomorrow never comes it's always a day away.  You're ship is already here, docked and waiting for YOU.  I didn't accomplish because I waited. I accomplished because I signed up, got in the game, and stayed in the game consistently.   Any of you, if you want to, can take any two or three year time span and change EVERYTHING in your life if you are willing to pay a price of good ol' fashion hard work and discipline.

Do the right actions every day long enough to give it a chance to work and time will be working for you instead of against you.  I promise!  It's a universal law it happens every time.  OWN YOUR LIFE even the parts that are painful or seem totally unfair.  That's how you gain real power over your life.  It's not the government, your friends, family, it's certainly not your job, it's YOU; the same person who can turn it all around :-)  But if it's not you then you have no power to change anything.  Own it!  :-)

A couple philosophical articles that I've used to propel me out of financial and physical devastation to a MUCH better place.  I hope that you can be enlightened by them.  Especially the one by Jim Rohn...

The cost of waiting for tomorrow  - Me
Action VS. Self Delusion - Jim Rohn

Tom - Passion For Fitness 

War against ourselves - A self imposed tyranny

A year ago we stood to see, experience, and FEEL the costs of health care quadruple over the course of the next ten years if the rate of obesity growth didn't shift in reverse.  One year later, instead of shifting in reverse or even slowing down, our rate of obesity growth has increased.   Sadly we are inadvertently waging a war against ourselves, our resources, our economic health, our job markets, our nation as a whole, and our over all happiness.  The spill over affect from this one area will make the spill over from the crashing housing market look like a barely noticeable blip on the radar screen.

People bitch all the time about how the economy sucks, how there are only minimum wage paying jobs, how the cost of everything is too expensive, how unhappy in general we are, but yet we keep gaining weight and largely dismissing our nations obesity epidemic as "fuzzy math".  Collectively we deserve the sand box we have made for ourselves.  Let's change a few things so that we can deserve a BETTER sandbox for tomorrow.  But first we seriously need to find our guts and see the mess we are in for what it is.  Only the truth can set us free, no matter how painful it is, to make the changes we need to make to change everything for tomorrow.

The apathy and the selfishness that plagues all that is devastating our country has got to be overcome and outright CRUSHED with people willing to step up and help their fellow people lead healthy, happier, more fulfilling lives.  It can't be just a "take care of myself and let the next do the same" philosophy anymore because that isn't working.  Show others how they can take care to while being kind to yourself.  Consequently you to will be a happier more fulfilled human being if you're helping to make a positive impact in other peoples lives.  Put yourself FIRST but do it in a selfless way so that you are more capable of helping others take care to.

I am absolutely calling out to people to join my team and I in the Team Beachbody coaching opportunity.  WE NEED MORE PEOPLE WHO DESIRE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.  If more people don't step up to help their fellow people then our economy as well as our health and happiness will feel more like a self imposed tyranny.

I practice what I'm preaching.  I focus my actions where my mouth is.  I'm personally positively impacting peoples lives one by one.  Over time the number of people I'm positively impacting is adding up into big numbers.  My team collectively has already positively impacted thousands of lives and that number continues to grow.  Sadly in a country of 300 million plus people it's just not enough.  We need YOU to pitch in and help.

What are YOU personally doing to contribute?

It doesn't matter in terms of our nations health and well being if you do this with or without financial compensation.  If you have the extra time and resources and don't want extra money step up and help your fellow people get healthy.  If you're like me and want to be financially compensated so you can give back even more than you could have otherwise then step up and help your fellow people get healthy via the Team Beachbody coaching opportunity: http://PassionFitness.info Click the Coach link and Call me so that I can help you get started the right way.

With or without financial compensation lets all of us step up and get started.   A GREAT future lays ahead if we have the guts to claim it for ourselves as a TEAM effort!

Tom

"Heart disease doesn't just kill the elderly -- it is the leading cause of death for ALL Americans age 35 and older. Heart disease accounts for over one million deaths each year; in 160,000 of those deaths the individuals were 35 to 64 years old" - healingwithnutrition.com

"In the United States, more than 300,000 deaths a year are attributable to obesity" - faqs.org

"Obesity contributes to the number-one cause of death in our nation: heart disease" - surgeongeneral.gov

"Unhealthy eating and physical inactivity are leading causes of death in the U.S. People are dying. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, unhealthy eating and inactivity cause 310,000-580,000 deaths every year—similar to the number of deaths caused by tobacco and 13 times more than are caused by guns" - cspinet.org

"By the age of five most children have early signs of atherosclerosis and letting our children choose their own diets is like letting someone without a driver's license drive in a NASCAR race. Somebody needs to teach children how and why to eat and the schools aren't going to do it. In fact many schools have sold out to the soft drink and fast food companies and even have candy sales to raise money" - hiltonheadmedctr.com