What is the Life Portfolio for Health?
The medical and scientific research suggests that if you do a good job with nutrition, exercise and stress management, you can add five to seven years to your life and reduce the odds of contracting expensive medical conditions by about 50 percent. That’s a great bet—wouldn’t you take those odds? On the other hand, if you do a poor job in these areas, you can subtract five to seven years from your expected lifespan. There’s actually a ten- to thirteen-year spread between getting it right and getting it wrong, so it’s well worth your time and energy to get it right. If every American did a good job on nutrition, exercise and stress management, the research suggests we could cut our nation’s medical bills in half. In the current era of skyrocketing medical bills and increasingly poor health of our citizens, each and every one of us can no longer afford to ignore these findings.
