What is MAHA? Understanding why our American lifestyle is killing us faster than other countries.

Upfront summary:

1. Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of diseases that run together – high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, elevated cholesterol and excess weight. Metabolic syndrome affects 50% of all Americans. That's staggering, expensive, and its crushing the quality and length of life.

2. Drugs do NOT create health. Drugs do NOT reverse disease. Drugs merely reduce symptoms. Americans swallow more drugs than any other country on the planet and we are one of the least healthy populations.

3. Third leading cause of death in the U.S. is the use of prescription drugs.

4. Drugs like GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic) are very popular and expensive. You can eat whole food that has fiber and this will drive your body to generate your own GLP-1 naturally.

5. 95% of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee members had financial ties to food and pharmaceutical companies. That's appalling and in my opinion criminal.

6. The word “Convenient” really translates to “Unhealthy”. Generally speaking, truly healthy things aren’t convenient. Get over it. Doing important things for your health means being inconvenienced a bit.

7. Our kids are sick and on too many drugs largely due to the horrible foods we feed them. That too is criminal. 70% of the food our kids eat is “ultra processed”. You need to learn the definition of ultra processed foods if you want to be a part of the solution.

8. Life expectancy is declining in the U.S. while it gets better in every other country you know. If you want to live long and be healthy you have a much better chance if you avoid living like a typical American. Americans don’t do these things:

a. Avoid processed food

b. Exercise daily

c. Get good sleep