Americans are getting 'astronomically ill' due to unhealthy food: Dr. Casey Means

HE TALKED ABOUT ENDING THE CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIC. ALL OF THE UNHEALTHIEST BIGGEST CHILDREN IN THE WORLD. HEALTHY CHILDREN, DON'T YOU WANT THE CHEMICALS OUT OF OUR FOOD? DO YOU WANT REGULATORY AGENCIES TO BE FREE FROM CORPORATE COLLECTION? >> IS RFK RIGHT? THE STATS ARE PRETTY REAL I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 40% OF CHILDREN ARE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE, 36% HAVE MENTAL EMOTIONAL OR BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS. AUTISM BREAK THE STUNNING. ONE AND 22 IN CERTAIN STATES. CANCER UP TO 79%. WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE ONE IN 12 AMERICAN ADULTS WITH CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME. THESE NUMBERS ARE STUNNING AND GOING UP. 75% OF AMERICAN ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 55 HAVE SOME TYPE OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE YOU SO OUR FOOD IS GETTING US SICK INTENTIONALLY, THE MAIN REASON AND PURE PROFIT IS ANOTHER REASON. BIG PHARMA BEHIND IT. OVERALL, THAT IS THE PROMISE OF THE NUMBER ONE BEST-SELLING BOOK IN AMERICA, GOOD ENERGY, SURPRISING CONNECTION BETWEEN LIMITLESS HEALTH. WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. YOU ARE NODDING WHEN RFK WAS TALKING. YOU BELIEVE HE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PRINCIPLES YOU WROTE ABOUT? >> IT HISTORIC THIS IS TALKED ABOUT AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL. IT IS VERY SIMPLE. AMERICANS ARE GETTING INCREASINGLY AND ASTRONOMICALLY CHRONICALLY ILL LARGELY BECAUSE OF TOXIC CULTURE PROCESSED FOOD SYSTEM. THERE ARE THREE THINGS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TO TURN THE TIDE DESTROYING AMERICAN HEALTH AND RFK IS TALKING ABOUT THEM. WE HAVE TO FIX THE INCENTIVES MAKING UNHEALTHY FOOD TOXIC, CHEAP AND AFFORDABLE FOR AMERICANS. WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE HEALTHY FOODS BEING THE CHEAPEST ON THE SHELF. THE SECOND THING IS IT THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OUT OF THE FOOD SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT CONTROL OUR FOOD GUIDELINES AND THIRD, WE NEED TO IMPROVE MEDICAL EDUCATION SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS RFK IS TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR TURNING THE TIDES. >> SOME SAY GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM. FIX THE INCENTIVES SO I GOT TO GET FARMERS, INCENTIVIZE THEM TO GROW DIFFERENTLY? >> RIGHT NOW, THE FARM BILL IS 500 BILLION-DOLLAR BILL RENEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND CURRENTLY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF SPENDING GOES TOWARD SUPPORTING PROMISE TO GROW CROPS LARGELY TURN INTO CHEAP FOOD. UNHEALTHY FOOD, TAXPAYERS ARE SUBSIDIZING IT SO INCENTIVIZE FARMERS TO BE GROWING THE FOOD THAT MAKES US HEALTHY AND RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ONLY .1% OF THE SUBSIDIES. THE SECOND INCENTIVE IS A LOT OF FARM BILL GOES TO SNAP AND QUICK. RIGHT NOW, SNAP WHICH SUPPORTS 10% OF THE U.S. POPULATION, 10% OF THE IS GOING STRAIGHT TO SODA AND ABOUT 55% TO ALTER PROCESSED FOODS OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS INCENTIVIZED TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF DIABETES ORDERS COMPANIES. WE COULD CHANGE THE INCENTIVES RAPIDLY HIM MAKE EACH DOLLAR MORE EFFECTIVE AND VALUABLE TOWARD REAL FOOD THAT KEEPS US HEALTHY AND THE THIRD INCENTIVE IS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TAX-ADVANTAGED DOLLARS. RIGHT NOW THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT LED US GET USED TAX-ADVANTAGED DOLLARS, THEY ARE MOSTLY GOING TOWARD DRUGS. WE COULD STEER THOSE DOLLARS TOWARD PREVENTATIVE TACTICS LIKE FOOD AND MEDICINE AND NUTRITION. >> IF I GET ELECTED, I'M GOING TO PUT HIM IN CHARGE. YOU BELIEVE HE KNOWS IT SO WELL, RFK DO THIS. TIME MAGAZINE PUSHING BACK. LOOK AT THIS HEADLINE. I KNOW IT'S GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY FOR THE BOOK BECAUSE IT'S SO RIDICULOUS, WHAT IF ALTER PROCESSED FOODS ARE AS BAD AS YOU THINK? WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THAT COLUMN AND PREMISE? >> IS LAUGHABLE. OF COURSE THE ARTICLE CAPS OFF AFTER RFK SAYS HE'S COMMITTING TO MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN THE HELP OF ELIGIBLE. AND OUTRAGE FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GOING TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAYING IT'S RIDICULOUS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE GAS LED BY THE MEDIA ABOUT COMMON SENSE NUTRITION, WE ALL KNOW FOODS FROM FAUCI FILLED WITH TOXIC ITEMS IN EUROPE ARE NOT HEALTHY FOR US, REAL FOOD FROM THE GROUND, SUSTAINABLE SOIL IS WHAT IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH IN THIS ARTICLE TRIED TO CEDE THAT WITH THE PLAYBOOK OF QUESTIONING THE SCIENCE AND INVOKING SOCIAL JUSTICE TALKING POINTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD NEVER RID OF PROCESSED FOODS AND NORMALIZE IT. THE UBIQUITY MAKING AMERICANS ASTRONOMICALLY ILL, THIS POPPED UP IN THE 80s WHEN IT STARTED TO SKYROCKET AND THAT'S WHEN WE GOT SICK SO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC KNOWS AND THE ASTONISHING THING IS AFTER PEOPLE TO THE OUTRAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND RFK POSTED, THEY CHANGED THE TERRIBLE BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS SO ABSURD. >> TELL THEM HOW TO BE BETTER AND MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. YOU'VE DONE THAT AND SOLD A BUNCH OF COPIES. JOE ROGAN TALKED ABOUT

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