by Matt Weik, BS, CSCS, CPT, CSN
I’m simply going to forewarn you… this text goes to set off some folks. And for the sake of public well being, it must be mentioned.
For those who comply with my content material, I’m an open ebook, and I converse my thoughts primarily based on what I see in entrance of me. In terms of the general public well being catastrophe we’ve seen unfold during the last decade (or extra), main change is required.
And after I say main change, I imply we have to completely intestine these within the authorities who refuse to take motion and help public well being enchancment.
Want an instance?
Go searching. Do folks look more healthy than they did 20 years in the past? Nope. If something, issues have gotten worse. Weight problems charges are by way of the roof. Persistent illnesses are at an all-time excessive. And what’s being executed about it? Not a lot — except you rely handing out extra pharmaceuticals as an answer (spoiler: it’s not).
Public well being officers (those calling the photographs) have executed little to enhance our nation’s well-being. As a substitute of pushing for higher vitamin and train, they’re busy retaining the pharmaceutical trade booming. It’s time to wash home and eliminate the people who find themselves failing us.
On this article, I’m going to mild the fuse and assist everybody perceive that public well being is about to blow up. If change doesn’t occur, we’re going to see extra deaths from poor life and well being decisions than ever earlier than. And with a purpose to repair this epidemic within the US, we have to hearth the folks in cost.
Disclaimer: This text is for informational functions solely and isn’t meant to deal with or diagnose any situation. It is strongly recommended that you just converse along with your physician earlier than beginning any train program, making adjustments to your vitamin plan, or including any new dietary supplements into your present routine.
Public Well being Ought to Be About Well being — Not Drugs
Let’s be actual. The American healthcare system isn’t actually about well being. It’s about treating signs, not stopping illness. Large Pharma loves this method. You get sick, they promote you a drug. You develop unwanted side effects, they promote you one other drug for that. Rinse and repeat.
You perceive this, proper?
In the meantime, public well being officers barely point out the stuff that might truly stop illness — like consuming actual meals and shifting your physique. Why? As a result of there’s no cash in wholesome folks. A nation hooked on prescriptions is way extra worthwhile than one which doesn’t want them.
What We Must Do to Make America Wholesome Once more
First off, bringing in RFK Jr. goes to utterly shake up the system. In actual fact, he’s already firing folks, which is wonderful. We have to hearth each single particular person within the authorities who has a task within the well being of the American folks and is failing at their position.
If we truly care about public well being, we have to shift the main target. Right here’s how:
1. Repair Our Meals Provide
Ever learn the ingredient record on packaged meals? Half of it appears like a science experiment (and that’s as a result of it’s). Have you ever ever puzzled why elements and meals within the UK are banned attributable to well being considerations, but right here within the US, we push them as a lot as these lethal vaccines?
There’s a motive!
Synthetic components, seed oils, and sugar in all the pieces. It’s mind-blowing the variety of chemical substances that different nations have banned, however America nonetheless permits in our meals. It ought to be sufficient to have you ever hate and mistrust the federal government.
We’d like stricter rules on what’s allowed in our meals and drinks. No extra slicing corners for revenue whereas folks get sicker. If it’s banned in Europe, it shouldn’t be in our grocery shops. Interval.
2. Make Vitamin a Precedence
The meals pyramid? What a joke. I uncovered this horrid “information” a number of years in the past in a couple of articles I printed. The federal government’s vitamin recommendation? A multitude. And take a look at most people in our authorities. Would you’re taking well being recommendation from them?
Hell no!
We’ve been instructed to concern fats, load up on grains, and belief processed “wholesome” meals. And the place has that gotten us? Extra weight problems, extra diabetes, and extra well being issues throughout the board.
Almost 50% of American adults are thought of overweight as of late, with round 75% of adults within the US being obese. You’ll be able to’t inform me these are good statistics.
The federal government is failing us!
It’s time to rewrite the playbook. We have to educate folks on consuming actual, complete meals — protein, wholesome fat, fruits, and greens. No extra meals trade affect on what will get labeled as “wholesome.”
3. Make Train Non-Negotiable
If there’s one factor that may dramatically enhance public well being, it’s train. But, most Individuals barely transfer. The advice? No less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity train every week. That’s half-hour, 5 days every week. Completely doable.
However as an alternative of encouraging folks to train, we’ve created a tradition of comfort. Escalators as an alternative of stairs. Vehicles as an alternative of strolling. Screens as an alternative of out of doors play. It’s time to make motion a part of each day life once more.
And cease making the excuse that you just don’t have or can’t afford a gymnasium membership. You may get wholesome proper within the privateness of your individual house by way of body weight workouts and cardio exercises so simple as strolling round your neighborhood or up and down your stairs.
4. Hearth the Folks Who Are Failing Us
If public well being officers had been operating a enterprise, they’d be fired for incompetence. The well being of Individuals has been declining for many years, but they preserve pushing the identical failed insurance policies and nonetheless get a paycheck.
That should finish and finish proper now!
We’d like leaders who truly prioritize well being over income (enter RFK Jr.). Individuals who advocate for clear meals, actual vitamin, and train — not simply extra prescriptions.
If present officers can’t do this, they should go. Easy as that.
The Public Well being Catastrophe Is at a Tipping Level
America is getting sicker yearly, and the folks in control of public well being are doing little to cease it. As a substitute of specializing in prevention, they push extra medicine.
As a substitute of cleansing up our meals provide, they let firms pump out low-cost, unhealthy merchandise.
The answer? Hearth those who’re failing us and herald individuals who truly care about making America wholesome once more. We’d like a public well being system that prioritizes actual meals, each day motion, and prevention — not simply symptom administration. It’s time for a change.