Sal DiStefano
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He did a post on X where he posted a picture of the breakfast cereals for kids. And he's like, this is terrible. People feeding their kids this. We got to get in and make sure kids are not eating this crap. He's a government official talking about big company like stuff, talking about sugar and artificial dyes and stuff like that. I think it's amazing.
He did a post on X where he posted a picture of the breakfast cereals for kids. And he's like, this is terrible. People feeding their kids this. We got to get in and make sure kids are not eating this crap. He's a government official talking about big company like stuff, talking about sugar and artificial dyes and stuff like that. I think it's amazing.
But, dude, you got to see the stats that he was quoting. I saved it on like the state of our health. This is going to crap everybody out, but it's pretty bad. So the U.S., 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease. Four in 10 Americans have two or more chronic diseases, which is ridiculous. Autoimmune diseases are some of the highest in the world.
But, dude, you got to see the stats that he was quoting. I saved it on like the state of our health. This is going to crap everybody out, but it's pretty bad. So the U.S., 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease. Four in 10 Americans have two or more chronic diseases, which is ridiculous. Autoimmune diseases are some of the highest in the world.
But, dude, you got to see the stats that he was quoting. I saved it on like the state of our health. This is going to crap everybody out, but it's pretty bad. So the U.S., 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease. Four in 10 Americans have two or more chronic diseases, which is ridiculous. Autoimmune diseases are some of the highest in the world.
Inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis. We're the highest, I believe, of all the Western nation. For children, in 2022, 30 million children, 40%. 40% of our children had at least one health condition, such as allergies, asthma, or autoimmune. That's crazy. Autism is one in 36 children in the US, okay? Which is crazy.
Inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis. We're the highest, I believe, of all the Western nation. For children, in 2022, 30 million children, 40%. 40% of our children had at least one health condition, such as allergies, asthma, or autoimmune. That's crazy. Autism is one in 36 children in the US, okay? Which is crazy.
Inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis. We're the highest, I believe, of all the Western nation. For children, in 2022, 30 million children, 40%. 40% of our children had at least one health condition, such as allergies, asthma, or autoimmune. That's crazy. Autism is one in 36 children in the US, okay? Which is crazy.
In the 1980s, it was, you want to know what the number was in the 1980s? For autism? So right now it's one out of 36 kids. Yeah. You want to guess? One in a thousand. It was one or maybe four out of 10,000. Wow, even crazier. I had a doctor that I trained.
In the 1980s, it was, you want to know what the number was in the 1980s? For autism? So right now it's one out of 36 kids. Yeah. You want to guess? One in a thousand. It was one or maybe four out of 10,000. Wow, even crazier. I had a doctor that I trained.
In the 1980s, it was, you want to know what the number was in the 1980s? For autism? So right now it's one out of 36 kids. Yeah. You want to guess? One in a thousand. It was one or maybe four out of 10,000. Wow, even crazier. I had a doctor that I trained.
I had a doctor that I trained who said autism was so rare when he was doing his, what do they call it when they- Residency? Residency. He said it was so rare that there was a person with autism and that they went to go look at this guy because he couldn't find it anywhere. It was so rare. 18% of late adolescence and young adults have fatty liver disease.
I had a doctor that I trained who said autism was so rare when he was doing his, what do they call it when they- Residency? Residency. He said it was so rare that there was a person with autism and that they went to go look at this guy because he couldn't find it anywhere. It was so rare. 18% of late adolescence and young adults have fatty liver disease.
I had a doctor that I trained who said autism was so rare when he was doing his, what do they call it when they- Residency? Residency. He said it was so rare that there was a person with autism and that they went to go look at this guy because he couldn't find it anywhere. It was so rare. 18% of late adolescence and young adults have fatty liver disease.
30% of adolescents are pre-diabetic, and more than 40% are overweight or obese. And then he talks about ADD, talks about all of this stuff. So they're going to talk about exercise, nutrition. They're going to examine SSRIs. They're going to examine ADH medications for kids. They're going down the list of stuff.
30% of adolescents are pre-diabetic, and more than 40% are overweight or obese. And then he talks about ADD, talks about all of this stuff. So they're going to talk about exercise, nutrition. They're going to examine SSRIs. They're going to examine ADH medications for kids. They're going down the list of stuff.
30% of adolescents are pre-diabetic, and more than 40% are overweight or obese. And then he talks about ADD, talks about all of this stuff. So they're going to talk about exercise, nutrition. They're going to examine SSRIs. They're going to examine ADH medications for kids. They're going down the list of stuff.
Well, what's scary to me is, and I don't think that I'm not a person that's going to say that the pharmaceutical industry is evil. I don't say that. I just think that there's good and bad people in every industry. I think the pharmaceutical industry has some distorted incentives because of the nature of the beast.
Well, what's scary to me is, and I don't think that I'm not a person that's going to say that the pharmaceutical industry is evil. I don't say that. I just think that there's good and bad people in every industry. I think the pharmaceutical industry has some distorted incentives because of the nature of the beast.
Well, what's scary to me is, and I don't think that I'm not a person that's going to say that the pharmaceutical industry is evil. I don't say that. I just think that there's good and bad people in every industry. I think the pharmaceutical industry has some distorted incentives because of the nature of the beast.