We do a LOUSY job of maintaining wellness; it isn't even how US Drs. have thought of selves since the first.. though some new awareness is today slowly creeping into this dinosaur that is the AMA and its Bible, the PDR. We Love farm-chem because it's so instantly gratifying - at suppressing the symptoms of something (Else?) and we don't have to think or change any habits. Perfect! for Muricans.. no?Everything we (as a nation) do is instant gratification and short-term thinking.
There's money in selling burgers.
There's money in selling cigarettes.
There's money in selling bypass surgery.
There's not much money to be made in selling a healthy life.
Cancer might not have been the best example above. I should have used a car wreck, instead.