[Encore] Restoring Health For America’s Future: Make America Healthy Again

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Phil discusses a chronic illness epidemic sweeping the U.S. with Calley Means, of Truemed; Dr. Cate Shanahan, nutritionist; and Jillian Michaels, fitness expert.

The health of American children is under attack- and its biggest threat is a basic need, food. Research is showing that ultra-processed foods are linked to the chronic illness epidemic that is sweeping our nation. More than 40% of school-aged children and adolescents have at least one chronic health condition, such as asthma, obesity, and behavior/learning problems. Less than 1% of children eat ideal meals. Ultra-processed foods currently make up nearly 60% of what a typical adult eats- and nearly 70% of what children eat. Dr. Phil speaks to Calley Means, co-founder of Truemed; Dr. Cate Shanahan, board-certified MD and nutritionist; and Jillian Michaels, a fitness expert and trainer to weigh-in on this uniquely American crisis.
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0:00.0	One of the most dangerous, even deadly things your children encounter every day, what we call food.
0:06.0	Unfortunately, these industries profit from when we're sick. We're being poison.
0:11.0	You have a loaded gun pointed at your kids that you're paying for with your tax dollars.
0:17.0	We are funding addictive food to our society and it's criminal. These people are saying, I know this is making kids sick,
0:23.6	but we're talking about profits here.
0:25.6	That is absolutely disgusting. Forever, politicians have been screaming about a healthy economy.
0:41.3	But when did anyone ever talk about being healthy, period?
0:45.3	The U.S. spends the most on health care, yet has the worst outcomes among developed nations.
0:51.3	What good is a healthy economy if we're all overweight, chronically
0:55.7	ill, or God forbid dead? There is one person who has been relentlessly talking about
1:01.2	America's health, and now he's in a position to do something about it.
1:05.2	During COVID, we had the highest death rate of any country in the world. We had 16% of the COVID does.
1:12.4	We only have 4.2% of the world's population.
1:15.8	No country did as poorly as us.
1:18.6	And you ask CDC, why is that?
1:20.6	They say because we are the sickest people on earth.
1:23.9	The average person who died from COVID had 3.8 chronic diseases.
1:28.3	Earlier this month, Congress confirmed RFK Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
1:34.3	Mahamams from every state, many of him whom have traveled to be here yesterday and today.
1:42.3	Senators, this is one of the most powerful and transcendent movements I've ever
1:46.6	seen. The nation is ready for change and recognizes that this is a unique inflection moment.
1:53.3	Over the past week, mainstream media has written extensively about RFK Jr's agenda. In reality,
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