By the time you are done reading this sentence, at least one American will have died from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. It doesn't have to be that way. And it doesn't have to eat away at your thoughts. There are simple ways to avoid being part of these disease statistics. It's not what's eating you, it's what you are eating. Over 550,000 Americans die of cancer each year.Over 610,000 Americans die of heart disease each year.Every year, about 730,000 Americans experience a heart attack. Heart disease kills about one American every minute. While heart disease is the leading cause of death, cancer is the second. Every year about 795,000 Americans experience a stroke. About 125,000 die from it. That's one every four minutes. Every year, about 70,000 Americans die of diabetes, and it plays a role in an additional 240,000 deaths. Question: What is the thing playing a chief role in cancer, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and common degenerative and chronic illnesses? Answer: Food choices. In this book, John McCabe delves into what is leading so many people to experience such devastating health problems. Using a variety of sources, the book looks into the causes of and simple ways to avoid common health problems. One common factor in these disease processes is what people choose to eat. It should be no surprise to anyone paying attention that the more meat, dairy, eggs, clarified sugars, transfats, and processed food a person eats, the higher their risk of experiencing not only cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, but also diseases like Alzheimer's, MS, arthritis, eczema, asthma, osteoporosis, obesity, kidney disorder, and conditions like high blood pressure, acne, and varicose veins, and, in men, erectile dysfunction. Whether you are seeking to turn your health around, or to avoid the most common degenerative and chronic diseases, this book provides information and guidelines you can use.