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It's actually incredibly easy to live healthy in the US. You just have to make the right choices.
It's. On. You. Not me.
This is mostly true, but it can be more difficult than other countries because of the sheer amount of processed food is floating around. Our grains and produce are spiked with pesticides and plastic, so if you want to eat healthy you really have to put effort into your shopping.
It's scary how almost everything has sugar of some form in the ingredients list. Even things you wouldn't think would have sugar and aren't supposed to be sweet.
True but our "expert" class has people so confused as to what healthy living even is that they themselves have to become experts. In addition to being experts on law, finance, education, IT, etc...
Remember those "heart healthy" chart that was posted here a few months back that had "breakfast cereal" amongst the healthiest foods and ground beef and eggs the least healthy?
It always comes back to the individual yes, but you can set someone up for success or failure; and we definitely set people up for failure.
But choosing stuff is hard! Why can't the government do it for me?
I guess if you're saying that any water which has touched plastic is bad, your options are a well or a municipality that doesn't fluoridate.
Around here I could collect enough rain to drink if I wanted to.
The unintended subtext to this meme is deeply unsettling. The continued integration of the digital with the real, physical items tied more and more to technocratic subscription models, "health optimization", corporate biomonitoring. The potential at some point for something as small as a watch to as large as your own health to stop functioning from a technical error to an intentional press of a button.
Absolutely nightmarish.
It's a new side healthcare system that no one should realize exists until the medical industry starts to go under. Just like TV stations.
I don't believe that was in the USA.
Is it a Huawei watch? Looks like their Health app anyway.
You are right.
'I can't control my urge to eat processed goyslop all day and it's the white man's fault somehow'
"It's actually really easy to go low carb and high fat."
"What? Are you trying to give me a heart attack! I just want the government to pay for my Metformin."
I would argue that if America applied the same food standards as Europe, the country would be much better off. Universal Healthcare is impossible, especially in a country that prioritizes diversity and inclusion. Expecting universal healthcare to work without completely tossing out current food safety standards (i.e. the chemicals companies put in food in America to save a couple of cents) is the most delusional of fantasies.
How is it not? Walking is one of the best things you can do