Why Our Food System is Failing Us

This is a national emergency. Today, 42% of Americans and 20% of kids are obese, with a staggering rise in early onset type 2 diabetes. It was called adult onset diabetes when I went to medical school. And fatty liver disease, where 15 year olds are needing liver transplants from drinking sodas. Because of both government incentives and lack of transparency and accountability, the food and the pharmaceutical industries profit from this crisis. We're allowing multinational corporations to privatize the profits and socialize the costs, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill. We have to move beyond a disease care system to a true health care system. Prioritize real food, metabolic health, lifestyle solutions. If we fail to act now, the burden of chronic disease will bankrupt our healthcare system. It will destroy the well being of future generations.