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A New Prescription for the Health Care Industry? Fresh Food

8/16/2015

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PictureThe cost of treating cardiovascular disease could drop dramatically if people adopted healthier eating habits.
In an Op-Ed in USNews by Richard Schenkel on 14 Aug 2015 it was noted ... "In 1902, Thomas Edison predicted: "The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."

That future is now. But rather than focus on preventing diseases, modern medicine has evolved to treat symptoms.


Over the last century, the health care industry transformed by dramatic advances in science and technology. During that journey, the American diet has swung like a pendulum from the simple, un-processed nutrition of our pre-industrial days to highly processed, high-fat, sugar-infused dependencies. As the fast food generations grew up, health care costs rose and treatments were developed to address diet-related illnesses. Today, the pendulum is swinging back. Fresh food is trendy and the appetite for eating well is growing.


It's an ideal time for hospitals and health centers to leverage healthy dining trends to bring health care costs down. In fact, a 2013 Union of Concerned Scientists report found that the cost of treating cardiovascular disease could fall by $17 billion a year if Americans ate the USDA recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables.

As we find ourselves confronting the role of hospitals in our future, we should once again consider Edison's wisdom and be grateful that in 2015 more and more hospitals are finding that fresh food is good medicine and good business."

Our Farmacy line of Micro Farms along with countertop growing units can provide you with a first line of protection with fresh live food grown right in your home. We believe in isolating the crops with the most benefit for restoring health and wellness in spite of modern diets.

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