Madeline’s Reviews > How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease > Status Update

“Our diet is the #1 cause of premature death and the #1 cause of disability.”

“There’s a reason you hear about the latest drugs on television - huge corporate budgets drive their promotion. The same reason you’ll probably never see a commercial for sweet potatoes is the same reason breakthroughs on the power of foods to affect your health and longevity May never make it to the public: there’s little profit motive.”

“The U.S. healthcare system runs on a fee for service model in which doctors get paid for the pills and procedures they prescribe, rewarding quantity over quality. We don’t get reimbursed for time spent counseling our patients about the benefits of healthy eating. If doctors were instead paid for performance, there would be a financial incentive to treat the lifestyle causes of disease.”