Oddbean new post about login | logout 90% of Americans have at least one marker for metabolic syndrome. NINETY PERCENT. 50% of Americans are obese or overweight. More than 10% of the total population has full blown type 2 diabetes. The CDC estimates > 26% of Americans have a disability. The root cause of almost all of this is this hyper processed toxic pseudo-food. Most countries are seeing similar trends to the US. There has never been a time in human history where the health of an average person has been so poor. And from something completely preventable and reversible (diet). Absolute insanity.
Absolute insanity indeed. Makes me sad
I never fail to see an extremely unwell person at the grocery store with a cart full of trash food. I always want to evangelize them on a proper diet 😂
I should definitely make a series about my Instacart experiences - it would be both funny and eye-opening. I notice the same thing when I’m out shopping or walking around. The food choices people make are all over the place. One minute, they’re buying health foods, and the next it’s ice cream, sodas, and chips. The combinations are sometimes so conflicting, it’s no wonder we have so many health issues. It’d be interesting to highlight these strange shopping habits in a way that’s both amusing and thought-provoking.
In the sixties, birth control was becoming widely available and drug companies were able for the first time ever quantify how much a person on a monthly medication was worth. A sick person is a valuable commodity. An obese child is worth literal millions over the course of their lifetime. Perverse incentives get perverse outcomes. 🍻🧡👊🏻🥩
And if pharmaceuticals can’t treat them they just get the government agencies to move the goal posts… https://www.uab.edu/news/health/item/9281-103-million-people-classified-as-having-high-blood-pressure-under-new-guideline