Where "physician errors" are concerned, these may not be entirely fault of doctors, as they are forced to operate within constraints of their profession or risk losing their license, but doctors have become pawns and spokesmen for drug companies, and best interest of patient has become secondary. In name of profit, physicians are also under great pressure from hospitals to service patients as quickly as possible, like an assembly line, increasing likelihood of error.

In conclusion, increases in healthcare costs are not just result of frivolous law suits, but are primarily result of a profit-oriented industry that encourages practices that lead to unnecessary and harmful procedures being performed, lethal adverse drug reactions, infections, expensive legitimate lawsuits, in-hospital and physician errors, antibiotic resistance due to overprescribing of antibiotics and drugs, and hundreds of thousands of subsequent unnecessary deaths and injuries. Many people do not realize that there are healthier natural options, and anything unnatural or invasive we are exposed to is likely to cause either immediate or cumulative damage over time.

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What is left out of these dietary guidelines is any source of education on timing of food intake. For example, how many of you are late-night eaters? Perhaps you have a bowl of cereal before bed? What do cells do with all extra starch and glucose as you sleep? The answer is they store it in fat cells. If you think of a caveman, or woodland creature, bulking up before hibernation, you get picture.

A better diet doesn't have to be entirely about sacrifice. It's more about better decisions. I'm not saying to stop eating ice cream. Consider some Wheat Germ or Grape Nuts as a toping. Both are excellent sources of dietary fiber and essential nutrients like Vitamin E, folate (folic acid), phosphorous, thiamin, zinc and magnesium. You get to have a tasty snack and sneak some nutrition through teeth. Just don't eat it as a midnight snack!