the bonfire program

IGNITE YOUR HEALTH

2 Questions

1. Are you as healthy as you want to be?2. What do you need to start doing to get there?

What is health?

• What is sickness?

Look GoodFeel Great

Function Better

“Look good naked.”

THREE APPROACHES TOHEALTH CARE

1. The TREATMENTTREATMENT of disease

2. The PREVENTIONPREVENTION of disease

3. The PROMOTIONPROMOTION of health

Wellness Paradigm

• Objective?• Lens / Perspective• Allopathic paradigm• Reductionistic• Debt and Sickness

“Sickness is not the OPPOSITE of Health…”

“Sickness is the ABSENCE of Health.”

Health is our default.

• Express Health• Interference• Toxicity and Deficiency

The Health Equation

geneticsgenetics

lifestylelifestyle environmentenvironment

TIME

“The new science of Epigeneticsreveals how the choices that you make can change your genes – and those of your kids.”

“You don’t GET sick,You DO sick.”

Paradigm shapes BeliefsBeliefs organize Behaviors

Behaviors predict Outcomes

Quality of Life Trajectory

Quality of Life Trajectory

Quality of Life Trajectory

Quality of Life Trajectory

Optimism

Quality of Life Trajectory

“The Current Model is Failing…”

• OBESITY• HEART DISEASE• STROKES• CANCER• ALLERGIES• ASTHMA• ADD / ADHD• AUTISM• INFERTILITY• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS• DIABETES• DEPRESSION• AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS• ARTHRITIS

1998

Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990, 1998, 2006

(*BMI 30, or about 30 lbs. overweight for 5’4” person)

2006

1990

No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30%

“The Current Model is Failing…”

• OBESITY• HEART DISEASE• STROKES• CANCER• ALLERGIES• ASTHMA• ADD / ADHD• AUTISM• INFERTILITY• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS• DIABETES• DEPRESSION• AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS• ARTHRITIS

IGNITE YOUR HEALTH

“The United States is experiencing an unsustainable disease burden – 130 million people today suffer from chronic illnesses. We spend over $2 trillion a year – about 16 percent of our gross domestic product – on health care. The vast majority of our health care dollars are spent treating chronic disease.”

Dr. Richard H. Carmona, MD17th Surgeon General of the United StatesAlmanac of Chronic Disease, 2008 Edition

The Brutal Facts:

What People are Currently Doing is

NOT WORKING.

The present obesity epidemic is both troubling and informative: Because adiposity is largely caused by poor diet (excess calories) and inadequate physical activity, emphases on more downstream risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes address neither the root causes of obesity nor its full cardiovascular consequences.”

Mozaffarian D, Wilson PWF, Kannel WB. Beyond Established and Novel Risk Factors. Circulation 2008; 117:3031-3038

“The prevalence of overweight U.S. adults has increased dramatically during the past 30 years,

with type 2 diabetes representing what is perhaps the

most serious obesity-related consequence.

“Nearly 90% of individuals with type 2 diabetes are

overweight.”Boucher JL, et al. Current Trends in Weight Management: What Advice Do We Give Patients? Clinical Diabetes 2008; 26(3):115-120.

DIABETES

“An abundance of evidence suggests that lifestyle factors, including exposure to chemical carcinogens, physical inactivity, and diet play major roles in the development of common cancers.

“The current human diet contains a variety of mutagens

and carcinogens that lead to the initiation of cancer and other chronic diseases.”

Roberts CK, Barnard RJ Effects of exercise and diet on chronic disease. J Appl Physiol 200598:3-30

CANCER

OBESITYDown Stream Conditions

• Heart Disease• Diabetes• Cancer

Fat = Sick

Food Water Air Nerve

Lifestyle

To LiveTo Live[Essentials]

Food Water Air Nerve

Eat Move Think

Lifestyle

To ThriveTo Thrive[Choices]

To LiveTo Live[Essentials]

Compounding Wellness

Essential Elements

• Nutrients• Lifestyle Choices• Strategies, BP and VB

smoothies

Food Water Air Nerve

Eat Move Think

Lifestyle

To ThriveTo Thrive[Choices]

To LiveTo Live[Essentials]

PurposePurposeFulfillmentFulfillment

IGNITE YOUR HEALTH

IGNITE YOUR HEALTH