This video, titled "MYHA Challenge" by Deb Ford DCN RDN, discusses the "Make America Healthy Again" (MYHA) movement. The speaker, Deb Ford, shares her personal journey from being a sick child to reversing her conditions through diet and lifestyle changes. She highlights the widespread chronic illness in America, attributing it to ultra-processed foods, environmental toxins, and the impact of sugar on various diseases like diabetes, dementia, and heart disease. The video emphasizes three pillars for improving health: nutrition (whole, unprocessed foods), movement (active lifestyle), and mindset (positive outlook and resilience).
Key Takeaways
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The "Make America Healthy Again" (MYHA) movement focuses on helping individuals take charge of their health, vitality, and longevity.
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The speaker shares her personal story of overcoming chronic illness and organ removals by changing her diet, increasing movement, and shifting her mindset.
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A significant percentage of Americans are metabolically unwell, with issues like chronic diseases in children and increasing rates of autism and ADHD.
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The shift towards ultra-processed foods, often controlled by companies with addictive substance knowledge, and environmental obesogens are blamed for the health decline.
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Many chronic conditions, including dementia, obesity, and heart disease, are reversible through intensive lifestyle interventions, not just medications.
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Sugar is identified as a major culprit behind diabetes, dementia (often called type 3 diabetes), and heart disease, contradicting the past low-fat propaganda.
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Healthy fats are crucial for cell communication, the nervous system, and brain health, with ultra-processed seed oils being inflammatory and disease-causing.
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Mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse, are also significantly impacted by diet and lifestyle, as the brain is not separate from the body.
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The three pillars for well-being are: nutrition (whole, unprocessed foods, healthy fats, and lots of vegetables), movement (active lifestyle throughout the day), and mindset (positive outlook, gratitude, and resilience).
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Starting with small, consistent changes, like swapping soda for water or walking 10 minutes a day, and focusing on constant improvement rather than perfection, are key to a healthier life.
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well good morning and welcome to another
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edition of today's nutrition where we
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look at what is new in research what's
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hot in the news or anything you need to
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know to help you lose weight feel great
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and live longer better well this is oh
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so hot in the news but you've heard it
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from me for years the make America
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healthy again movement Maha it has a
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name now but it's what I've been telling
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you for about as long as I've been doing
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this show so you are on top of all the
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research you are in the know you know I
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love to get all the latest the best
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research and bring it back to you so you
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can use it to stay super fit and healthy
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like today I recorded this earlier so I
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could go to a medical conference on
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longevity bringing you back the latest
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research and information so you can act
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on it as I develop my own Mya program
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making you healthy again
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helping you take charge of your health
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vitality and Longevity because only you
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can do it I can show you the way but you
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do it so let me ask you when was the
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last time you felt truly healthy body
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Mind and Spirit get up in the morning
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before the alarm excited for the day
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ahead all energy vitality and enthusiasm
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going on all
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cylinders let me tell you why
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I do what I do why I am so passionate
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about this
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cause I was a sick kid from the time I
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was three till I was on about 13 I was
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on antibiotics I ate bad lots of bread
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and sugar hardly anything fresh this
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laid led to digestive problems weight
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struggles mood problems probably
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depression and a dose of anxiety acne
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fatigue hormone problems in fact by the
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time I was 17 I'd had five organs
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removed knowing what I do know now none
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were necessary in my early 20s they
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wanted to do a hysterectomy and at that
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point I had decided I couldn't do any
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worse so after some crying and praying
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and listening I changed my diet I
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started moving I changed my mindset and
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within a month maybe six weeks my
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condition had reversed I was normal not
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needing surgery so you see I know the
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innate power our body has to heal if
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given the tools to do it and removing
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the obstacles so now America is where I
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was 50 years ago suffering from chronic
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illness in fact 93% of Americans are
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metabolically
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unwell most kids suffer from at least
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one chronic disease autism has reached
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the level of 1 in 36
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children and in California 1 in 22 that
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was unheard of when I was a kid and
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certainly no ADHD we had 31 kids in one
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room hands folded feet on the floor
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looking straight at Miss bade nobody was
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on medication kids were healthy what has
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changed it isn't jeans that would take
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millions of years to alter so since
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we're not genetically changed what what
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is it well it's
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epigenetic that is the environment our
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genes are exposed to and what is the
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most biggest thing we're exposed to is
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the food we eat all day long 70% of the
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food eaten is ultr processed
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unrecognizable from its original form
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manufactured to be what they call Ultra
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palatable meaning that you love it you
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can't resist it
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food companies are now run by the old
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tobacco industry they brought with them
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all their knowledge of addictive
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substances so that you truly cannot stop
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eating them rates of overweight and
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obesity have reached about 3/4 of all
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Americans 93% being unwell and most of
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us being either diabetic or pre-diabetic
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putting us at risk for heart disease
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cancer infertility liver disease
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gallbladder disease dementia all these
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have reached epidemic proportions but
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the good news is just like me almost
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everything is reversible not curable but
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reversible you know it's gone but if you
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go back to the old ways oh it comes back
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but reversible that's great today I'm
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going to share a few practical tips to
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make you healthy again by addressing the
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foundations of well-being and how it
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impacts you but first let's kind of
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cover a few of the biggies like diabetes
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in 1922 or I'm sorry 20 time goes by so
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fast
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2022 the cost of diagnosed diabetes was
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413 billion dollar in medical costs and
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lost productivity people just not being
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able to go to work because of the
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diabetes this doesn't take into account
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all the undiagnosed or pre-diabetic
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conditions that are associated with
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blood sugar and Insulin
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problem cancer gallbladder disease
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digestive problems
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dementia for decades researchers have
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been calling dementia type 3
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diabetes and whenever anybody tells me
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about a loved one who's been diagnosed I
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always ask do they have a sweet tooth
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and it's almost always answered with a
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little eye rolling and oh yes
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Sugar's the devil sugar and all things
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sweet and starchy need to be eyed with
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caution if not the big red stop and
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another thing about research and this
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should be headlines everywhere is there
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are natural interventions for dementia
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yeah they take work and willingness to
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change and that addictiveness is no
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laughing matter but I know at least 12
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different research projects that have
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been done and I've done whole shows on
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them but these different research
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projects demonstrate between 71 and 89%
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of the people diagnosed with dementia
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get
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better let me repeat that 71 to 89% of
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the people diagnosed with dementia get
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better it's described as intensive
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lifestyle intervention oh yeah you can
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look them up Dr Dean ornish Dr Dale bres
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Dr Cat tupes Dr Heather Sanderson and so
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many more great books brilliant research
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and brave doctors who challenge the
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premise that there's little that can be
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done they are correct there's no pill
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that's going to cure it but diet and
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lifestyle I mean really 71 to 89% of the
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people
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improve matter of fact one of the books
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that's been written by Dr Dale breson is
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the survivors speak look it up it's
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pretty interesting and then we talk
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about
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obesity overweight is the norm 77% of
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adults are either overweight or
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obese and outright obesity affects 20%
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of children 42% of
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adults that increases their risk for all
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those things we've talked about not to
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mention fertility issues fatty liver
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disease all caused from toxic
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sugar us Healthcare System incurs about
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$173
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billion just on Obesity related expenses
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$4.5 trillion is what the US Health Care
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System
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spends and 90% of that is on preventable
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chronic disease primarily associated to
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weight and really it isn't just the
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sugar but it's also the toxins that have
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been found to be actual
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obesogens chemicals in our food in our
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cosmetics and personal items and in our
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household cleaners it's kind of like a
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conspiracy that has taken place to make
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people sick and overweight get them
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addicted to toxic nonfood and expose
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them to chemicals that makes them so
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easy to put on weight and so hard to
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lose now heart disease it's still the
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leading cause of death in the United
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States you know
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22.2
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billion the whole lowfat fad was about
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the most dangerous propaganda that the
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system ever pushed on us it replaced
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wholesome fats with ultr processed seed
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oils that are inflammatory and disease
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causing our cells need healthy natural
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fats things that we've had in our
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human food system for at least thousands
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of
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years we need that our healthy fats for
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cell communication for our nervous
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system for our brain no doubt this has
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played a part in the epidemic of autism
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ADHD and the reduction of IQ since the
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1950s we need healthy fat for our brain
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our heart and our cells the brain is
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80% dry weight fat it's made up of fat
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it needs fat to build and
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repair Fat's not the problem for heart
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disease sugar has much more of an impact
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on heart disease than healthy fat olive
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oil nuts seeds butter coconut oil yeah
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even beef lard beef Tallow and pork lard
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I remember my
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grandparents at almost 90 having bacon
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and eggs fried and lard every morning
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for breakfast they laughed at the
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propaganda on lard
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and they thrived on a wholesome farmrich
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diet and lifestyle Grandpa always had an
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abundant Garden chickens sometimes cows
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raising many of their kids during the
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Depression these kids lived on almost to
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90 and some well beyond unfortunately
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research is saying that each generation
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in America is not going to live as long
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as the past generation unless we change
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and mental health has suffered too among
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adults
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23% of us adults experien mental illness
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in the past year some serious among the
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youth
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16.5 between 6 and 17 experience a
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mental health disorder this is preco and
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you know it's worse now and suicide oh
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my gosh that's increased by 8% % 8.2%
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annually and notable rise among young
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girls and the impact of covid that made
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everything so much worse more anxiety
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more
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depression and substance abuse
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disorders and I
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honestly personally know how diet and
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lifestyle affects mood and Outlook when
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I was metabolically sick ate junk slept
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all the time time was probably depressed
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and anxious teen years don't have to be
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bad but at a time when growth and
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development is rapid you got to have the
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best nutrition not drive up junk food
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not process chips microwave meals energy
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drinks we're not just we're not just
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building their body they're building the
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body for the future Generations depends
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on them the future generation has the
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Genesis in the health of our young
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people you know we we all know the
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biochemistry and you know some of the
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observational data but I love Dr Daniel
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Aon a brilliant
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psychiatrist head of the many Aman
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clinics and he underscores that the
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brain is not separate from the body and
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if the body isn't well the brain won't
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be either fix the body fix the brain and
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it's not done with counseling it's done
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with food and all this goes back to
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feeding the Mind movement to increase
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circulation build Nur neurotransmitters
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and Aid detoxification and also learning
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how to handle stress and developing a
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resilient mind mindset so we've got a
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few pillars you know my number one is
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always nutrition fuel for the body fuel
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for the cells there is no replacement
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for whole unprocessed food no barcodes
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no processed food just real food healthy
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clean protein no impossible meat
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whatever the heck that is healthy fats
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not seed oils like sunflower safflower
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or Canola but olive oil nut seeds
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coconut oil Tallow lard and lots and
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lots of vegetables colorful vegetables
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matter of fact the plate should be
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mostly vegetables raw cooked saute
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pureed any way you can get them
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in second thing
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movement really emphasize the movement
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throughout the day not just the gym
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twice a week but an active lifestyle
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can't expect an hour on the treadmill in
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the morning to offset a sedentary day
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move a little bit every hour if you're
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at your desk move a minute or two at the
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top of every hour do some deep knee
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bends do some air squats get go get a
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drink of water walk downstairs upstairs
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hop on the treadmill on the Walking pad
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it all adds up and you will feel so much
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better think faster and sharper all the
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way around and by doing this will reduce
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your all cause mortality by
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years third thing and probably the most
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important aspect is
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mindset that that's like the foundation
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of the whole renewal it truly renews
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your spirit and keep keeps you going and
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able to make healthier choices
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developing a positive outlook that not
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only is linked to a healthier longer
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life but one full of more happiness joy
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and contentment learning to look at the
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silver lining in every cloudy day is not
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just a silly poana attitude but rather a
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powerful useful tool to better problem
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solving and more resilient Behavior
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personally I every day I start with the
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six-phase meditation incorporating love
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and gratitude and forgiveness visioning
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my perfect day and asking God's guidance
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and blessing I find it a perfect way to
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start my day can't go wrong and it can
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be as easy as you know little things
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like swapping out soda for water adding
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a vegetable at every meal having an
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apple instead of a cookie walking 10
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minutes a day these are the beginnings
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of the little hinges that swing the big
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door another thing never never expect
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Perfection it's the killer of all action
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but constant Improvement is
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doable always having a plan for the day
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I know it's an old worn out saying but I
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really believe if you fail to plan you
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plan to
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fail okay so anyway this is Sunday
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morning so let me remind you there are
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so many spiritual principles for
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strength and perseverance for all things
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things good and wholesome and I always
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like to remind people that self-care
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honors the body as a temple the
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healthier you are the more you can serve
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your family your community and for a lot
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longer you know I've always joked that
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if I were the devil and I couldn't
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outright kill people I would get them
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addicted to Sugar it weakens them it
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shortens their life and it makes them
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much less of a Force for good so the
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journey to make you healthy again Mya
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starts today with your next choice stay
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the same or start making better choices
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no better time than right now to commit
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to something healthier so I challenge
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you to commit to positive change today
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don't wait till New Year's you can be so
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much farther ahead if you start today
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challenge you to put Health as a tiptop
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priority guarantee you it will be the
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best most fulfilling hobby you ever take
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up it will pay you back in decades of
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Better Health Vitality probably
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longevity too you can go it on your own
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or you can work with me I will support
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and guide you all the way along offering
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testing accountability support and the
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latest in research along with a big dose
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of common sense so thanks for listening
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to another edition of today's nutrition
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I hope it helped you or someone you love
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you can listen again on my website Deb
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for.com on YouTube under Dr Deb for or
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any place you listen to podcast have a
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great day and I hope you commit to a
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healthier day
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MYHA Challenge
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Dec 15, 2024
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The Make America Healthy Again movement- MAHA! Has a name now. It is what I have been telling you about for as long as I have been doing this show. So you are on top of all the research! You are in the know. I love going to get all the latest, best research and bring it back to you so that you can use it to get and stay super healthy and fit. Bringing you back the latest research and information that you can act on as I develop my own MYHA program for you. Making YOU healthy again. Helping you to take charge of your health, vitality, and longevity. Because only YOU can do it. I can show you the way, but YOU can do it.