True Preventive Care

I think one gaping hole in the current debate is that both sides are ignoring a major cause of rising healthcare costs. While the conservatives claim preventive care is more expensive by pointing to private-industry screening tests (that's not true preventive care), the government continues to recommend high-carb diets and not address the sources of carbs, proteins, & fats (natural or processed food).

While I may not agree w/ Dean Ornish's vegan recommendation (I think some essential proteins are most easily found in meat), I like his emphasis on diet-based preventive care. I probably favor Sear's Zone diet more in terms of the carb-protein-fat ratio.

I think the following article (citing mostly former Mr. Universe Lance Dreher) also helps analyze demographic trends contributing to obesity and explaining why we Americans are not eating as well nowadays.
http://www.evliving.com/drfittalks.php?action=fullnews&id=3256
Hopefully more restaurants will try to present more options favorable to a healthy diet for people with long workdays.