The Trillion Dollar Wellness Industry Impacts ALL (non-specific to USANA)

This is a good general knowledge that I'd like to share among us. It is not specific to USANA -- it's for everyone. Whether you are with other MLM companies, or even if you hate MLM companies. It is applicable to anyone who concerns about your own personal health. This is going to be something for you to put your thought on.

What I am trying to highlight in this posting is more towards the alarming health symptom of the Wellness Industry than its impact to the economy.

For a start, watch an interview with Mr Paul Zane Pilzer, an economist and also the industry expert, about the emerging of trillion dollar wellness industry. He is also the author to the bestselling book, The Wellness Revolution, How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry [1].

Watch the video now -- click the rectangular play button.

Mr Paul Zane Pilzer research mostly revolves around the Wellness Revolution that is currently taking place in the United States of America. As for our country, Malaysia, we are unfortunately not left far behind -- probably we are at worst.

The reason is, Malaysians currently are 'imitating' the eating habit of American as most of our fast food chain, such as KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Burger King and several others, that we 'enjoy' in Malaysia, originate from the Unites States itself.

Another threat to our health is processed food. Some example of processed food are Ayam Brand Tuna, 2-Minutes Maggi Noodle, Kimball Chili Sauce, Coco Crunch Cereal, Dutchlady Full Cream Milk (my goodness! these are all my favorite food!) -- and these are only a very tiny chunk of all other processed foods that we can find in Giant, Tesco, Carrefour and thousands of other grocery stores in Malaysia. God knows what the manufacturer put inside those processed foods.

Then what put us in worst situation than the Unites States is that most of us are already having stressful enough lifestyle. This is something that our local newspaper has been reporting since the last two years. For example, in April 24th 2007, News Straits Times reported that the stroke cases in Malaysia have increased 300% [2] (from 17,909 cases in 2005 to 52,000 in 2006) in just 1 YEAR! And 30% of Malaysian adult population suffer from hypertension.


We may not have enough 'babyboomers effect' [3] to really drive our local wellness industry, but the needs for the emerging of wellness industry in Malaysia is no less that what the United States needs.

We need to open our eyes wide. Put the goal to achieve good health as one of our priority in life. We can start with an exercise. Eat less fast food or processed food -- the latter is almost impossible to be done. Start taking nutritions to protect your body as well. Learn about how to be healthy. And always put a smile on our face -- always!

As for me, I've already started reducing the frequency to going to any fast food restaurant once every 4 months. I am also doing some gardening activities during the weekends. And I've started protecting my body by consuming my ESSENTIALS™. Smile? Yes, even on my Monday morning!

References:
[1] The Wellness Revolution: "In 2002, The Wellness Revolution was the 'shot heard round the world' for the wellness industry. It defined wellness as an industry—linking tens of thousands of disparate service and product suppliers with a single cause. It showed scientists, fitness providers, businesspeople, food manufacturers, doctors, and others focused on disease prevention and anti-aging that they were part of a worldwide revolution—rather than merely lone iconoclasts inside their chosen professions or industries." Also, click here to visit www.amazon.com to read the review on the The Wellness Revolution book.

[2] News Archive (1991 - 2007) Search Results List: "Nation's No. 4 killer disease By Annie Freeda Cruez (536 wds) (Main Section) PETALING JAYA: At least six Malaysians are hospitalised with stroke every hour. But the news gets grimmer. There was a 300 per cent increase in the number of people with stroke between 2005 and last year."

[3] Baby boomer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A baby boomer is anyone born between 1946 and 1964 in a country that experienced an unusual spike in birth rates following World War II, a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom. In the United States, the term is iconic and more properly capitalized as Baby Boomers. The terms 'baby boomer' and 'baby boom' along with others (i.e., 'boomies' or 'boomers'), are also used in countries with demographics that did not mirror the sustained growth in American families over the same interval."