Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels has voiced concern over America’s “catastrophic” health crisis, calling on the nation to take action to address the issues behind the chronic illnesses plaguing the country.
Michaels addresses the crisis During “Fox and Friends,” Ultra-processed, chemical-laden food is fuelling alarming rates of obesity and disease across the country, warns the BBC.
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“The statistics are terrifying,” Michaels said Wednesday. “It’s not a question anymore. It’s not nuanced. It’s just right or wrong, good versus evil. And the truth is, I could sit here and tell everybody, ‘Hey, guys … eat less and move more and use common sense in your food choices,’ but the truth is you can be skinny and still have cancer and type 2 diabetes.”
Testifying before Congress this week, Michaels accused food companies of promoting ultra-processed, chemical-laden foods that are often budget-friendly and marketed to children.
Experts have linked these products to rising rates of obesity and a number of long-term diseases.
Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels argued that some processed grains have artificial food colorings added to reduce costs, while other countries use more healthy, natural methods. (iStock)
“For the reasons we’re describing today, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for people to take agency and make change,” he testified Monday. “And ultimately, I’ve found that despite the efforts of me and people like me, Americans need systematic help, and they need it urgently.”
Michaels’ call for urgent action comes at a time when a study recently published in The Lancet Public Health journal found that some types of cancer may be more deadly. more prevalent Between Gen X and Millennials.
According to an ACS press release, the researchers found that the prevalence of small intestine cancer, kidney cancer, and pancreatic cancer was two to three times higher among men and women born in 1990 than among men born in 1955, and the prevalence of liver cancer was also two to three times higher among women.
Rates were also higher in younger groups Breast Cancer The study found that men had a higher incidence of estrogen receptor-positive, uterine cancer, colorectal cancer, non-cardia gastric cancer, gallbladder cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, anal cancer, and Kaposi sarcoma.
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Other cancers that were more prevalent in the younger groups included myeloma, leukemia, cardia gastric cancer, and non-HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer (in women).
Over 23 million patients were diagnosed with 34 different diseases. Types of cancer for more than two decades. Patients ranged in age from 25 to 84, representing multiple generations.
“I think the American people have long been ready for this, because they’ve been directly affected,” Michaels said Wednesday. “Now one in 30 children has autism. Early diagnosis of cancer has increased by 79% in the last 30 years. We all know somebody … I’m not here to upset you or scare you with statistics, because we all know somebody. We’ve all been affected.”
“The big problem, if I may get on a soapbox here, is that you guys are the ones covering this,” she continued. “This is not a partisan issue. I don’t know what’s going on, but all these other media outlets that are politicizing health and making it partisan should be ashamed. It’s disgusting and disgusting, and you do not use the health of Americans to be divisive. It’s reprehensible, and I cannot praise you enough.”
Despite the high cost of living, Michaels reassured Americans that there were ways to buy money for a living. Clean, Healthy Eating By buying locally and going “organic where necessary,” we can provide our families with the supplies and food they need.
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“What we want to do is go back to the old advice,” Michaels said. “First of all, you buy in bulk. Second, try to buy your produce locally by going to local farmers markets. It’s more cost effective, there are fewer chemicals. Go organic where necessary, like dairy, beef and thin-skinned fruits and vegetables. If you can’t afford that, you can buy thick-skinned fruits and vegetables, or what we call the Clean 15, and you can spend those dollars.”
“But the thing is… when we’re talking drugs like Ozempic… It’s $1,200 a month, right? So now we’re looking for the money. That’s what I mean,” he added. “And they want the government to pay for it. Can you give people clean, healthy food with that money.”
He said nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight and/or obese, which is inextricably linked to the health crisis.
Michaels also said that despite the disappointing statistics, she is hopeful that Americans can make a positive change if they continue to demand action from politicians and food companies.
“If we make a big deal, and hit them on all sides, and take aim at them, and talk to politicians, and call them out when they do the wrong thing, then I think we’ll get there,” Michaels said.
“We just have to keep fighting.”
Fox News’ Melissa Ruddy contributed to this report.
