Inside Congress’s Mission to Combat Chronic Disease | Rep. Vern Buchanan
Mark Hyman
Sep 4, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Maximize nutrition while minimizing calories for better health
A simple equation for health is to maximize the nutritional value of food while minimizing the calories consumed.
Choose fresh salmon to enhance quality and taste
Most salmon sold in stores is double-frozen, a process that lowers the quality, taste, and texture of the fish.
Prioritize prevention spending to combat obesity crisis
Despite 40% of adults and 20% of children being obese, the U.S. only spends 3% of its healthcare budget on prevention.
Reduce diabetes costs by preventing the disease
Diabetes costs Medicare approximately one billion dollars per day, and this is an almost completely preventable expense.
Implement medically tailored meals for seniors post-hospitalization
A new bipartisan Medicare pilot program will test providing medically tailored meals to seniors with chronic diseases after they leave the hospital.
Utilize all seven types of magnesium for comprehensive health benefits
BioOptimizers' Magnesium Breakthrough is the only product on the market containing all seven types of magnesium to reach every tissue in the body.
Revise medical curriculum to include nutrition education
Doctors receive almost no nutrition education because the curriculum is designed to pass licensing exams, which do not include nutrition questions.
Address obesity crisis to enhance military readiness
70% of military recruits are rejected because they are unfit to serve, largely due to obesity, which is now considered a national security threat.
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