What you don't know

As a mid-life male who shuns visits to the doctor like cow tongue on a snack tray, I found this column refreshingly reassuring. In convincing style, the author warns that America has a "epidemic of diagnoses" that is making everyone into a patient. Why is it, he asks, are Americans living longer than ever when at the same time we are diagnosed with more maladies than we can shake a stick at? He notes the sliding scale of hypertension and obesity standards and says doctors "need to remember the value of reassuring people that they are not sick." If I could only be sure that's what the doctor would tell me....
All we need to know is...Fruits and veggies: More matters!