I'm reading through Superfoods Rx. In my copy it's page 81, but your copy may be different. At any rate, the section I'm in is the chapter on oats, under the heading "Whole Grains and Your Health". There is a line that says,
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When you consider that in the United States, strokes are a leading cause of mobidity and death, with an estimated 700,000 strokes annually causing roughtly forty billion deaths a year, you can see that convincing Americans to add the Superfood oats and other whole grains to their diet is well worth the effort.
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Given that the total population of the earth right now is at 6.5 billion (roughly)...how can the above statement be right? What am I misunderstanding? Somebody help!