It seems like a reasonable thing to ask. The surgeon general of Florida is raising this issue, and is eloquent in how he presents it. Well worth a listen in the first few minutes of a longer video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYUKR7-NgTQ
A channel called Plant Chompers has valuable information in an enjoyable context. Here we are talking about the primary cause of the obesity epidemic in the US.
https://youtu.be/GU7u-wuvOB8?si=DNd6Mjvs-SShreET
And I particularly enjoyed this comment below the video:
"It's pretty obvious fats are not hyper-palatable without the addition of salt or sugar or both. Single fats on their own are relatively tasteless. But they are hyper-caloric, and that allows eating smaller portions of food in a meal, another reason to call these meals "fast", gulping down 1000 cals in minutes. How long does it take to eat 1000 cals of whole fruits and veggies? Convenience is killing us! As "The Pleasure Trap" (book) points out our basic instincts are to avoid pain, seek pleasure, and conserve energy. Without responsible governance we are very easy to take advantage of. It's all about the GDP baby!"For many It will be a cognitive dissonance too far off the scale to fully process. In the developed west we've come to trust our governments. But it isn't too hard to understand how this happened. Well I shouldn't use the past tense, it's still happening.
It's basically a follow the money situation, but one outsized relative to the common forms of corruption we think of as business as usual.
It's also a situation where the self-reinforcing biases that form in centers of power become all encompassing so gradually over years and decades we don't really notice them fully until the ceiling collapses.
It is my feeling this will go down as the biggest scandal in US history.
It is reassuring however to know there will always be humans whose moral compass is strong enough they will not remain silent when ethics and morality are off the rails.
Such as Dr John Campbell, who two days ago asked: "what are these" ??
https://youtu.be/z06xBRCwGp0?si=XxkHBktu1psC_Y8x
BigP seems to have has shot itself in the foot. No, wait, they seem to have blown it clean off. Quick, get those guys on some drugs right now.
A taste of their own medicine?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhC0BCYQwo
BTW I'm not a republican, but came across this and it hits the nail on the head, a former pharma guy talking about the negatives of ozempic for weight loss.
It's almost as if they come out with drugs deliberately designed to make you sick, so then they can put you on another drug.
Let's remember, the body heals itself with whole food nutrition, sleep, physical activity, and meaningful social connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRjkNYT-U8
Professor Angus Dalgleish, physician, oncologist, pathologist, medical researcher and author, has a few things to say about the booster program you may want to hear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFUE1VchVaE
