AMERICA’S MAHA MOMENT
Whether you’re energized by the idea of going after ‘rogue bureaucrats’ or exhausted by it, it’s impossible to deny that our health and agricultural agencies are in desperate need of renovation.
The movement to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ (MAHA) spearheaded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) aims to do just that. If confirmed as Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy promises to tackle one of the most urgent yet overlooked crises of our time: millions of lives diminished by preventable and reversible chronic illnesses.
As you know, the statistics are grim. As of 2023, 60% of U.S. adults have one chronic illness, and 40% have multiple. 20% of adults experience symptoms of mental illness. Autoimmune disorders -- once rare -- now affect over 23 million Americans. Ninety percent of our healthcare dollars (a whopping 18% of GDP) go to managing the symptoms of these illnesses.
If this isn’t a conspiracy, what is it?
Many dismiss RFK as a conspiracy theorist, but the systems fueling our chronic illness epidemic are no secret. A quick review of these crusty practices that prioritize profit over people reminds us how we got here:
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Allows universities and corporations to profit from federally funded research, shifting scientific effort toward medication, surgeries, and devices, and away from prevention and nutrition.
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Allows corporations to self-certify new food additives as "safe" without requiring FDA oversight, flooding the market with over 1,000 unregulated chemicals. What could go wrong?
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Shields vaccine manufacturers from liability, coinciding with a rapid expansion of the childhood vaccine schedule recommended to states by the CDC —from three vaccines before age 6 in 1966 to 29 today, raising concerns about the cumulative effect on children’s health. While vaccines save lives, critics question whether current safety oversight is adequate
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Among such practices, adhering to the USDA Dietary Guidelines stands out. Established in 1980, the guidelines have promoted high-carb, low-fat diets, coinciding with the rise in all chronic illnesses. In yesterday’s article for The Hill: We Have a Chronic Disease Epidemic Because Government Has Fattened Us Up, investigative science journalist and author of The Big Fat Surprise, Nina Teicholz, PhD, explains that ‘Americans aren’t growing fatter and sicker in spite of the government’s dietary guidelines but because of them’. Could it be any more plain?
Two Years from Now, We Might Wish We Had Started Today
According to one NPR report, President-elect Trump has given RFK two years to reduce chronic illnesses. Is that even possible to achieve?
Two of MAHA’s most prominent supporters, Dr. Casey Means and Dr. Mark Hyman, are healthcare entrepreneurs who practice Functional Medicine. Focused on identifying root causes and using natural interventions, Functional Medicine typically relies on regular labwork and supplementation, which require some time and money. While Functional Medicine is effective, many have found therapeutic carbohydrate restriction to be a powerful, more direct path to disease reversal.
The Science of Healing is Simple
As, Dr. Georgia Ede has said, ‘when our cells don’t get what they need, anything and everything can go wrong’. Fortunately, the science of healing is simple. Dr. Teicholz’ article points out: ‘…merely fixing the [USDA Dietary] guidelines could reverse our chronic disease epidemic, without the need for any new programs or new spending.’
People who’ve adopted a nutrient-dense, low-carb way of eating— which Dr. Ken Berry defines as The Proper Human Diet—begin to heal in months, if not weeks. While research across specialties bears this out, we can also look to real-life examples.
Please meet the individuals who shared their powerful stories during the Parade of Proof at Metabolic Revolution’s rally in Washington, DC, last month (play video):
A Call to Action
Steve Fields, co-founder of Metabolic Revolution, put systemic lupus into remission within 9 weeks of starting a carb-restricted diet. He describes the chronic illness epidemic as a moral crisis. Will we meet it?
Whether or not RFK is confirmed as the Director of HHS, two things are sure:
1) our health crisis is unsustainable and
2) together, we can make America healthy again.
We must insist on transparency and rigorous scientific evidence to safeguard consumers and uphold public health.
MAHA has invited the public to nominate experts who are able to confront this crisis. Nina Teicholz has been nominated to influence the dietary guidelines. Dr. Teicholz, whose investigative work reshaped our understanding of dietary fat, offers a model of evidence-based expertise. Her advocacy for revising the USDA guidelines is rooted in years of meticulous, independent research.
