The new pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, doesn’t have an active medical license. But she does have ‘impeccable MAHA credentials’

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    I think that last sentence actually does have some value, if one isnt just saying it to hock dietary supplements.

    Its hard to argue against it though if you consider all the issues with highly processed foods, nutrition deficiencies, the fact that we are meant to move far more than we usually do on a daily basis, microplastics, screen time, etc. I mean hell even eating 3 square meals a day is pretty unnatural from your body’s perspective. Kids being put on ADD medication just for normal child behavior instead of any severe issues. Theres a million examples of how our lives are deeply disconnected from the way that our bodies developed over hundreds of thousands of years

    I dont think the point should be used to sell shit so much as it should be used to get people to reconsider their lifestyles. And it especially shouldnt be used to argue that modern medicine is entirely useless or that correcting any of those kinds of things can cure everything that is wrong with anyone. Obviously there are all kinds of heath issues that arent derived from some externality. That said, I think its fair to say we are all round pegs trying to fit the square hole of modern life to some extent; which reframes many health issues people can have as logical results of that situation, instead of just as an isolated problem