Gordon Clay here. June is Men's Health Month.

With that in mind, I'm here to announce your untimely death.

Untimely death, you say? That's right, because if you are an average man, you don't have a primary physician and haven't had a checkup in more than a year.

You get sick one to three times a year. You think about the healthiness of what you eat but indulge anyway. And, you eat fast-food one to three times a week.

If you're in your 40s, you've never had your cholesterol tested nor had a prostate examine.

It is estimated that over 1.1 million American men will die this year. And half of these deaths are preventable. This is because more than half the causes of early death and disease are related to your lifestyle choices—what you do or don't do. The good news is that if you choose to, you have the ability to make healthy habits a part of your daily life. Making the wrong choice is either a decision to die or a decision to not do what you could do to live - therefore making a decision to commit unintentional suicide.

I know, I know: "Getting a physical" is the last thing on most men's "To Do" lists. But appropriate health screens can result in earlier detection of disease, which in turn can raise survival rates. Treatments also tend to be less invasive, less expensive and less troublesome when illness is found early.

It's time to start planning for wellness that'll last a lifetime. Check out a couple of web site: menatrisk.com and Healthstuff.us

Remember: The rapid pace of life is nothing to worry about - the abrupt stop at the end is.