This presentation will look at one of the many facets of Complementary Alternative Medicine(CAM). It will involve the relationship between lifestyle and the tremendous growth in the rate and level at which degenerative health problems are reacting. Although this is a general problem, special attention will be given to that which is happening to our youth. That which used to be accepted as problems of aging is now growing like prairie fire amongst our youth. What was the lifestyle of the child then and now? What within the changed lifestyle has become so detrimental to everyone's health? It is not limited to children because ouir modern day lifestyle is an equal opportunity killer.