Thank you so much for watching; I invested many hours of work into writing the script and crafting the video, and I hope that you found it valuable, and please share with people in your life who you think would benefit from the film. I tried to make it as real and as frank as possible, and create a video that reflected my own honest thoughts and philosophies about American healthcare after a great deal of contemplation, though my perspective may differ quite a lot from the mainstream allopathic medical approach that I was formally trained in.
-Dr. Jon Chu
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0:00 Identifying The Problems
5:59 Nutrition
17:11 Exercise
20:26 Sleep
24:05 Mental Health
28:15 Learning From The Healthiest Cultures On Earth
31:59 Health Is The Foundation Of A Nation
Disclaimer: This video for educational purposes only and is NOT medical advice. Please consult your physician for any medical concerns.
The First Part of the Script:
From my years working in medicine, I noticed a disheartening trend among not only the patients I’ve seen, but also, the larger population in the United states.
And that trend is this… Over the years…in general…the American people seem to be getting sicker.
Americans just seem to be declining in vitality and energy, even when compared to just one or two decades prior.
Obesity has been steadily increasing, especially in just the past two decades. And this trend isn’t stopping. A 2019 study conducted by the Harvard School of Public health projected that 50% of Americans will suffer from obesity by the year 2030.
Furthermore, over the past few decades, cardiac disease and high blood pressure have both been rising. Depression and anxiety diagnoses have been increasing, along with prescriptions for anti-depressant medications such as SSRIs. Substance abuse has been rising.
In fact, the cdc estimates that 51.8 percent of all American adults live with some type of chronic disease. Yes, more than half!
But why is this happening?
Is it because our healthcare system is broken?
This is one factor, of course.
In fact, depending on the source and what metrics are evaluated, the quality of US healthcare ranks anywhere between a paltry 30th and 37th in the world.
And yes, having worked in healthcare for more than the past decade, I can say that our system is almost hopelessly broken in so many ways.
But our healthcare system and its complex problems are not the focus of this film.
In fact, I would even argue that our healthcare system should not even be the focus of our efforts.
Furthermore, I think that the actual role of our healthcare system is much misunderstood by our entire society at large.
Health does not begin with the doctors and nurses of our healthcare system.
It does not begin with surgeries and prescription medicines.
Our healthcare system in actuality is much like a last line of defense
Instead, prevention should be the focus.
It is an aspect of health that has been thoroughly neglected by politicians and our society as a whole.
Yet, every wise physician knows that prevention is infinitely more valuable than treatments, since even our modern treatments for most chronic diseases are not only incredibly costly, but also are designed to be predominantly management tools, and are not curative.
And what exactly constitutes good prevention?
It is a nation that embraces a healthful lifestyle and culture.
Yes, the health of a nation begins with the culture and the society itself.
It is the absolute foundation upon which the health of the American people rests.
And unfortunately, to say that the foundation of American health is crumbling would be very much an understatement.
In the simplest terms:
Modern American life has an absolute excess of factors detrimental to health, and is increasingly becoming devoid of the things that promote health.
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