Nine out of ten deaths in America are caused by people killing

themselves. The other cause of death is suicide.

Yes, I m exaggeratingEbut only a little. Fact is, many people in

the United States do kill themselves. They don t use six-guns, they

use six-packs. They don t drown in rivers, they drown in fat. They

don t take a sleeping pill, they take a puff. Here s how the scientists

put it:

"Nine of the ten leading causes of [early death[ in the United

States are linked to one or more of six behaviors: cigarette smoking,

misuse of alcohol, lack of exercise, not wearing seat belts, overeat-

ing, and failure to control high blood pressure."

That quote is from a report in the New York State Journal of Med-

icine. It s one of the many medical reports we used in writing Life-

Span-PlusEreports that started appearing a few years back and gave

us the idea for this book. They show--remarkably--that you have

the power to extend your life. All you have to do is emphasize spe-

cific healthy actions and reduce or eliminate unhealthy ones.

And LifeSpan-Plus is perhaps the best tool ever produced to help

you do just that.