A Pound of Cure from Cinergy Health and Daniel Touizer

In the case of the overburdened health care system which is now being scrutinized for ways to be improved, an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure, quite literally.

While it is certainly a good sign that the number of smokers in the United States has gone down by 18.5% since 1995, the number of people considered obese has risen by close to 85% in the same time span. Obesity has surpassed smoking as the country’s number one preventative health concern.

But there is no reason to be discouraged. The CEO of Cinergy Health, Daniel Touizer believes people will take their health into their own hands when they realize the dangers of obesity and that they can effect change with just a bit of extra effort.

Dr. Margaret Lewin, the medical director at Cinergy Health, has developed 5 easily doable tips to help you get into shape and stay healthy and save money, too.

a.    Alcohol is quite caloric. Lay off the liquor, including wine and beer. Even just a 50% reduction in consumption will save you a lot of calories, and keep you healthier, too.
b.    Activate your walking muscles. Get going! Just walking for 20 minutes a day will make a difference in your overall health. Try and avoid elevators and remember to park a few minutes away from your final destination just to achieve a few extra minutes of muscles in motion.
c.    Water, water everywhere, and all of it to drink! You only think you’re hungry. Miss read body alerts make you reach for that chocolate bar instead of wonderful, cool, clear cup of water. When you are on a weight reduction program you need extra water to wash away toxins and impurities from your body. On average a person needs between 8-10 cups of water each day.
d.    You are what you eat. Stay away from foods which have lots of calories and very little nutritional value. Instead eat wholesome foods which taste good and are good for you, such as meat, dairy, fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. Yum!
e.    Get to bed earlier. Sleep is a crucial, yet forgotten, part of good health and fitness. Your body needs to rest to stay strong and in good working order.

Keep the weight off and help keep the country’s medical bill down.

Daniel Touizer Voices Opinion on New Health Reform Legislation

Generally pleased by the recent legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives addressing many of the concerns of Americans regarding healthcare, Daniel Touizer, CEO of Cinergy Health wishes the legislation went further and concerned itself with what Mr. Touizer believes are crucial issues.

Explaining that “the house healthcare bill is far from perfect,” Daniel Touizer commented that, “at least it is a step towards expanding access to affordable health coverage for all Americans.”

“Unfortunately,” according to Mr. Touizer, “the House healthcare bill is radically off the mark from what meaningful health reform needs to address. While it contains elements of an effective healthcare reform bill such as emphasis on prevention and healthcare affordability, it fails to tackle the roots of rising healthcare costs.”

Daniel Touizer would like to see legislation with more of an emphasis on promoting healthier life styles and habits, as well as a reduction in the cost of medicines and drugs and hospital-based care. Also allowing consumers access to health care coverage over state lines could help increase competition and decrease prices to consumers of healthcare coverage.

New Health Care Legislation of Concern to Daniel Touizer

Encouraged by the pro-active stance the United States government is taking towards changing the way health care is distributed in the country, Daniel Touizer, CEO of Cinergy Health, an alternative health care insurance provider, would like to see more innovative and common sense ideas  injected into the health care coverage Americans have access to.

Mr. Touizer, who is an entrepreneur and small business expert at the helm of Cinergy Health, is leading the way in finding solutions to some of the most perplexing health care issues now being debated in the turbulent health care discussion in the U.S.

Daniel Touizer would like to see U.S. legislation which has a stronger focus on reducing rising costs of healthcare and improving the health of Americans through better, healthier living and lifestyles.

“Just Say No” to Salty Snacks and Save Your Heart

Daniel Touizer, CEO of Cinergy Health, along with Dr. Margaret Lewin, medical director both believe that many health care dollars, as much as one trillion, could be saved each year by simply changing some of the ways Americans eat, drink and take care of their environment.

Among our bad eating habits is our obsession with salty foods. Calling these high salt content snacks “food” is really a stretch, yet we as a nation gobble them up like mad. And when times are tough, as they are now during the present economic turn down, we eat even more of them. It is estimated that potato chips and their food-stuff relatives found in the same supermarket aisle have been consumed as much as 20% more in recent economic crisis.

So what’s wrong with chips, pretzels, and other such crunchy treats? For one thing, a surfeit of sodium leads to hypertension, high blood pressure and other diseases affecting the cardiovascular system.

“Heart disease and strokes are the first and third leading causes of death in the United States,”

said Margaret Lewin of Cinergy Health.

“We estimate that the total cost to health care to treat both these diseases is as high as $475 billion a year,”

she said.

Daniel Touizer, CEO of Cinergy concurs with the Institute of Medicine that adults consume a maximum of 2,300 mg or just one teaspoon of salt each day. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) the average American eats 50% more salt than the recommended amount, about 3,436 mg daily.

The Rand Corporation research group said in a September report on this issue that if our nation reduced sodium intake to the recommended levels, we would save about $18 billion each year in health care costs.

Daniel Touizer says: Get Healthy and Save Money, Too

What America spends on health care is one of the hottest topics now being discussed on the national level. As health care spending seems to be spiraling out of control, politicians, analysts, concerned citizens and policy makers are all scrambling to discover the best way to take care of our health without going broke to do it.

According to Dr. Margaret Lewin, medical director of Cinergy Health,

“Prevention is the key.”

However she also explains that,

“There’s no way that we are going to halt the upward spiral of health care costs until we attack the causes rather than apply the fixes.”

Cinergy Health’s CEO, Daniel Touizer agrees. According to many experts there are five major culprits causing upwards of $1 trillion in costs to the health care system, which could be saved if these bad habits and practices were eliminated.

These five “original sins” include:

• Americans eat too much salt.

• We are eating too much sugar.

• Drinking too much alcohol is causing health problems.

• Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease.

• Pollution is a large cause of health-related problems.