Doctors, Physicians and Health Care Professionals - living with some "un-healthy" statistics.

Trends in today's market is preventative health care

More and more people are becoming proactive in their health, and as they do so they are seeking the advice of their health care professional to help them select which products to take. The problem up until this point was that physicians and pharmacists were not confident in the level of science behind any products and the fear of being "sued in court", so they would not recommend any to their patients. This leaves their patient asking a desk clerk at the local nutrition store which product they should take.

Yet, most Physicians, doctors and health care professionals would like to recommend products to their patients, but first the physician, doctors and health care professionals must trust the product(s). To gain their trust there had to be scientific studies and researched data to fulfill their needs.

Here are some interesting statistics:

• There are over 700,000 practicing physicians who see millions of patients every day in the Unites States


• 72% of those patients are currently taking some form of dietary supplement


• Most of these patients say that their health care professional is the most trusted source for information


• Pharmaceutical companies have partnered with physicians to create over $100 billion in sales


• 75% of the prescriptions written by physicians are driven by their drug rep


• 75% of the information physicians receive about these drugs come from their drug rep