pharmacy benefit managers.” Having survived her own har-
rowing experience, Hills is now urging every health consumer in America to wake up to the way their own healthcare is being gamed against them. “They are going to do more things that are going to cost us pa- tients more and more and more,” she warns. “I want people to be aware of what’s going on so that they can be in control of their own destiny rather than having some PBMs, and the insurance com- pany that owns them, controlling their destiny.” But those healthcare icono- clasts who hope to use the MAHA movement to change things cau- tion that making America healthy again will take much more than providing better medicines at a better price. The real key, they say, is keeping Americans from getting sick in the first place by shifting the focus of U.S. medicine to enhance preventive health. And they say that can only
happen by changing the food that people put in their mouths.
CHEMICALS, COMPOUNDS,
AND DYES U.S. allows food additives banned in most countries.
one sign the growing maha move- ment could transcend this year’s election cycle: the raucous crowd of over 1,000 cereal lovers who descend- ed in October on Kellogg’s office in Michigan to protest the additives injected into children’s cereals like Froot Loops and Apple Jacks. Vani Hari, the
FoodBabe.com consultant who resurrected her own health by going all-natural while also spurning processed foods and sugar, decided it was time to seize a unique opportunity to shake up the food industry by delivering a petition bearing over 400,000 signa- tures, demanding an end to “harm- ful additives.”
Among those: the potentially
dangerous food dyes Red 40, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1, and the contro- versial lab-made chemical butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, which is used as a preservative. Not only did Kellogg execs refuse to meet with Hari and her Food Babe army, but a sign was posted in a company window that read: “Get Off My Lawn!” Hari’s high-profile protest was just one example of consumers’ growing awareness that U.S. food producers have two sets of rules: one standard for foods sold to overseas customers who live in nations that carefully monitor and control which
THE ENVIRONMENT Toxic Threat Grows Daily W
hat’s causing the explosion in chronic
disease? Researchers increasingly point to environmental toxins. Just one example: hair
and cosmetic products. The Environmental Working Group found the average American female exposes herself to 168 different chemicals just from daily personal care products, including benzyl acetate, linalool, and methylene chloride. The average male isn’t far behind, with 85 chemicals. A recent study by the NYU
Grossman School of Medicine, part of NYU Langone Health, linked environmental “forever chemicals” to a dozen different diseases including cancer, thyroid disease, childhood obesity, and other chronic health problems. The annual estimated health cost, researchers estimate: up to $63 billion. The toxins are pretty much
everywhere you look. Most mattresses sold in the United States contain polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a flame retardant that has been banned in Canada. Activists
say it’s been associated with lower sperm quality, thyroid problems, and even neurological damage. Household disinfectants,
bathroom cleaners, and air fresheners all harbor potential dangers. Food heated in plastic containers absorbs phthalates that can interfere with normal hormone levels. Shower curtains, plastic
water bottles with BPAs, the aluminum in antiperspirants, the PFAS chemicals found in nonstick cookware, bug spray, recently dry-cleaned clothes — the roster of daily toxic threats
to your health goes on and on. Dr. Daniel Amen of Amen Clinics tells Newsmax environmental toxins play a significant role in America’s stunning health decline. “The rise in chronic
diseases is primarily driven by environmental toxins, poor diet, negative news, device addictions, and lifestyle choices that damage both brain and body health,” Amen tells Newsmax. “To combat this, we must shift our focus to optimizing brain health and addressing the root causes, rather than just managing the symptoms of illness.” — D.A.P.
DECEMBER 2024 | NEWSMAX 67
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100
