{"id":1936,"date":"2013-04-29T19:13:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getswitchedonblog.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-09-27T12:48:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T12:48:55","slug":"hello-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/29\/hello-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a 3%’er? It could save your life!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leading cause of death in America is not heart disease, cancer, stroke or diabetes. It is the unhealthy lifestyle that most Americans are addicted to which is the true cause<\/span>. <\/span>A study<\/a> by Mathew Reeves, a Michigan State University epidemiologist finds that <\/span>only 3% of Americans maintain a healthy lifestyle<\/span><\/strong>. It is a situation that is causing <\/span>dire consequences for millions of Americans<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“I was really quite surprised at how low that number was,\u201d said Reeves, an assistant professor of epidemiology.” The research published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, found that <\/span>only 3 percent undertook four basic steps <\/span><\/span><\/strong>that define a healthy lifestyle:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u25cf not smoking<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25cf healthy weight<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25cf eating right including a minimum of 5 fruits\/vegetables a day<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25cf exercising at least 5 times a week for 30 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those are not exactly Olympic caliber qualifications. That is the good news. These 4 criteria are something you can choose to take ownership of now. You can <\/span>become a 3%’er<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. <\/span>All you need to do is put on the hat of responsibility and <\/span>own this choice<\/span><\/strong>. Brutal Fact: if you are fat or your kids are fat, it is your fault. Until you own that nothing will change.
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You have made some bad choices in the past – take responsibility now. You need to step up and make some new choices, maybe extremely different choices<\/span> right now!<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent research from the National Cancer Institute wants men to increase their consumption of fruits and veggies to nine servings a day and women increase to seven. A serving is considered a medium orange, eight carrot sticks or \u00bc cup of raisins \u2013 French fries don\u2019t count!<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Is that possible to get those 7 or 9 servings? Of course it is if you make the decision to do so. You have to choose to do that. A couple simple ways is to have one meal a day that is entirely fruits and vegetables. When you are snacking (have a cooler in your car\/office to make it easy) \u2013 instead of a candy bar or chips, grab and apple, banana, orange, carrot sticks, celery with peanut butter, cherry tomatoes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember it is an apple a day, not a Krispy Kreme!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My favorite way is to make sure I regularly eat a BIG salad<\/strong> and a small entr\u00e9e<\/span>. That is of course the opposite choice that most Americans make. Only use dark green lettuce and spinach \u2013 never Iceberg lettuce \u2013 add a variety of vegetables, fresh berries, raisins, sunflower seeds or nuts, a little chicken or lean meat or fish. The trick is to consistently make it interesting. The same salad will get boring. There are also plenty of low calorie natural dressings you can make too.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also make and drink the Get Switched On Smoothie<\/strong> daily. You can get your 7-9 fruit\/veggie servings in one shot. Here is the link to the recipe<\/a> and the video<\/a> on how to make it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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