Want to be Average?

The Average American…

-Watches 4 hours of TV per day (that’s 36.5 full-time work weeks) and sees 30,000 television commercials per year!

-Body contains residues of at least 13 different pesticides and weed killers.

-Gains 7-10 pounds over the holidays! 

-Consumes 2000 Calories per day including 20 teaspoons of sugars!

• 30 pounds of cheese
• 15 pounds of full fat ice cream
• 7 pounds of low fat ice cream
• 135 pounds of white & whole wheat breads, cereals, pancakes, cakes & cookies
• 19 pounds of rice
• 11 pounds of pasta
• 28 pounds of corn flower, starch & grits
• 78 pounds of added fats & oils due to food processing!
• 35 pounds of cooking oils
• 35 pounds of butter & margarine
• 152 pounds of ADDED SUGAR!
• 111 pounds of red meat
• 83 pounds of poultry & seafood
• 276 pounds of fruits & vegetables - up only 10% over 1970!
• 16 gallons of whole & 2% milk - down from 28 gallons in 1970
• 55 gallons of soda! (That’s 587 cans)!!!
• 27 gallons of coffee
• 28 gallons of beer
• 9 gallons of fruit juice
• 60 hot dogs
• 16 pounds of chocolate




-Dies of heart disease (#1 killer), cancer (#2) or the medical system (#3)!

-Is overweight or obese (60% of the population)!

-Takes 4 medications per day by the time they reach 65!

-Males die at 72.5 years old, females at 78.9. (Compared to 75.2 and 81.2 in Canada, and 77.6 and 88.4 in Japan) – hint they take fewer drugs than we do!

The point of this compilation of facts is to teach you that if you want to live a life like everyone else, and die like everyone else, just do what everyone else does!  Medical research and the Bible both agree that we should live to have 80-120 healthy years!  The Average American plan is a recipe for an early demise.  Look at your life compared to the average.  Maybe it is time to make a few changes?  Eat right (try an organic vegetable once in a while), stop watching TV, get adjusted, and think about how God gave the body an ability to heal itself (if we don’t destroy it first) before reaching for a drug.