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The United States has the world's highest rates of obesity and chronic illness. People are spending more and more of their lives sick.

Health-care spending, which should more accurately be called disease-care spending, now consumes nearly 18 percent of the U.S. GDP, and it keeps rising. Three-quarters of this money is going to treatment of chronic diseases, most of which are preventable and linked to the food we eat.

The good news is that modern research gives us tremendous knowledge about the link between diet and disease, and about the real sources of health. Science knows, unequivocally, what it takes to dramatically increase the likelihood of living a thriving and vibrant life.

While most doctors receive less than 24 hours of nutritional education in 4 years of medical school, some have bucked the status quo and devoted decades of their lives to cultivating the wisdom their peers are so lacking.

We sought out the wisdom of some of the most seasoned experts—people whose programs are rooted in science, and whose results are unassailable. If you want the honest truth about your diet and your health, read on . . .