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- Conventional wisdom holds that a person can
last about three weeks without food and about three days
without water, but only three minutes without air.
- Smokers are five times more likely than
non-smokers to have a heart attack between the ages of 35 and 39
(RD-11/04).
- Most credit information disappears after 7
years (RD-03/05)
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| - On a 3-day business trip, a traveler loses 8
hours of sleep and drinks 30% more alcohol than usual (Source:
Hilton Personal Performance Study - (RD-11/04.)
- A 10-minute brisk walk can elevate mood for up
to two hours (RD-11/04).
- 17% of tattooed Americans regret their
decision to get inked. (Source: Harris Interactive, (RD- 3/05, p. 21)
- More than 50% of all children (U.S.)
have at least one risk factor for heart disease. (Nutritional Factors
for Syndrome X, 2003, p.113 www.wellnesspublishing.com )
- 85% of the population in Western communities
may not have aconsistent,
optimal intake of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids or fiber.
(Nutritional Factors for Syndrome X, 2003, p.109 www.wellnesspublishing.com)
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| - "When you hear about a 78-year-old widow living on $800 a month in social Security, and the credit card company
lets her rack up $70,000 in debt, there's a lot of corporate immorality there." Dave Ramsey (RD-3/05, p. 124)
- "... depending on the source, there are
189, 191, 192, 193 or 194 independent countries in the world today." Worldatlas.com
- 110 mg/dl - an optimal fasting blood glucose level.
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| - The average college student owes almost $2,800 on plastic, and that doesn't include student loans. If she pays $50 a month,
assuming an 18% interest rate, it will take her more than ten years to pay off the credit card - at a total cost of $6,154.(RD-3/05, p124)
- $7,100+ Total consumer debt per person (does not include mortgages). (RD-3/05, p124)
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tens of thousands 10,000-99,000 | - There are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants in the United States,
more than the number of McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King combined.
(Source: Chinese Restaurant News, (RD-11/04.)
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hundreds of thousands 100,000 -999,999 | - 733,834 - Number of deaths in 1996 caused by heart disease (U.S.) (Nutritional Factors for Syndrome X, 2003, p.118 www.wellnesspublishing.com)
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1,000,000 -
9,999,999 | - On Feb. 28 the Pew
Center on the States released
a report detailing that 1 in 99.1 adults in the U.S.
is locked up. That comes to 2,319,258 prisoners for a population of 230,000,000. Mar 9, 2008
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tens of millions 10,000,000 -99,999,999 |
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hundreds of millions 100,000,000 - 999.999.999
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| - "According to Robert Manning, a noted
industry expert, late (credit card) fees rose from $1,7 billion in 1996 to $7.7 billion in 2003. (RD-3/05, p.124).In 2003, banks mailed out 5.2 billion offers for credit cards. (RD-3/05, p.123).
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tens of billions 10,000,000,000 | - Medical costs attributed to diabetes include $27 billion for care to directly treat
diabetes, $58 billion to treat the portion of diabetes-related chronic complications that are attributed to diabetes, and $31 billon in excess general medical costs. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/3/596
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1,000,000,000,000 | - $2 trillion + Cost of stuff Americans bought
on credit last year. (RD-3/05, p.122). Source: UBIQUITY Volume 7, Issue 1 (January 11 - January 17, 2006
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