It's common knowledge that most drugs without prescription cause new diseases called side-effects. Why this happens was discussed in a previous Article (The Downward Spiral of Prescription Drugs). I am here to encourage you, my dear readers, that those side-effects can be avoided, but the only way to avoid them is to avoid prescription drugs.

And just how does one avoid prescription drugs? By eating healthy food, avoiding unhealthy food, taking a lot of nutritional supplements under the direction of a nutritionally-oriented medical doctor, and by doing regular moderate exercise.

Six years ago, I didn't know how to find a nutritionally-oriented licensed medical doctor, but I had been gradually changing my lifestyle for several years, from a Standard American Diet to a healthy one. I was doing this on the basis of the nutritional education I was receiving from books, magazines, and health brochures mentioned in previous Articles. I was also doing regular moderate exercise, primarily walking, with some moderate weight-lifting.

I was 57 and had a regular checkup, including several chemical tests. When I visited my doctor for his consultation about the results, he looked over his notes and the results of the chemical tests. He looked up at me and asked a question for which he already knew the answer, because it was right there on my records: "How old are you?" I responded, wondering why he asked: "I'm 57".

He answered: "If all my patients were as healthy as you, I'd be out of business!"

A year later, at age 58, I had another checkup and tests. This time he said: "You're probably the healthiest patient I have."

In the Fall of 2000, I had a semi-annual dental checkup and cleaning at age 61. I asked my dentist how everything was looking, and he said: "If all my patients were as healthy as you, I'd be out of business."

Last month, at age 63, I had another checkup and cleaning with the same dentist. He said: "If all my patients were as healthy as you, I'd be out of business."

The point I want to make here is that a person in their 50s and 60s CAN be healthy, and I greatly desire to communicate this to multiple millions of persons through the Internet, books, videos, and conferences. My past and future Articles are all intended to show you from different perspectives that your health and mine depend on what we eat and the exercise we do.

The only way to avoid the diseases caused by prescription drugs is to avoid prescription drugs. And the way to do this is to take responsibility for your own health. I am here to help you with this. It is working marvelously for me at age 63, and can also work marvelously for you. Read the books and magazines I recommend, and you will gradually acquire the revelations of health and the ability to incorporate them into your own life. It's well worth the effort. There is HOPE for your future, a future of health.