Sorry; but when it comes to health and well being; the U.S. is NOT number one.

[tomhagen]

[watoos]

1. You bet we're not #1.

It will be 3 years in a row now that our life expectancy has gone down. That is unheard of. We pay the most for health care by far and the results don't show it. When someone wants to change our health care system everyone panics.

[Merlot]

2. We pay the most for health insurance, not care

Some people pay for insurance but still can't afford health care due to unexpected bills.

[Honeycombe8]

3. If you read book The Blue Zones, it visits and reports on the Blue Zones of the world...

those few areas where there is a large population that lives exceptionally long. It's an interesting book.

One of the things most, if not all, the areas have in common: the people eat little to no meat. (Most eat no meat; of the few that do, they may eat meat maybe once a year at a holiday village feast or something.)

The Seventh Day Adventists group in California is one of the Blue Zones. They don't eat meat, are exceptionally healthy, and live much longer than the ordinary American.