{"id":2371110,"date":"2024-11-20T08:03:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-americans-like-me-love-the-idea-of-rfk-leading-hhs\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:09:43","slug":"why-americans-like-me-love-the-idea-of-rfk-leading-hhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-americans-like-me-love-the-idea-of-rfk-leading-hhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Americans Like Me Love The Idea Of RFK Leading HHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-americans-like-me-love-the-idea-of-rfk-leading-hhs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated by President-elect Donald\u2063 Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a decision that has elicited a wide range of responses from the\u200b public. Supporters of Kennedy, \u200bparticularly those involved \u200cin \u2062the \u2062\u201cMake America \u200cHealthy \u2064Again\u201d movement, view this nomination positively, celebrating it \u2063as a step towards reforming\u200c what \u200cthey \u2064see as a dysfunctional healthcare \u200csystem\u200c in the U.S. They argue that the current system prioritizes treatment\u200c over genuine \u2063health and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, however, \u200dlabel Kennedy a &#8220;vaccine denier&#8221; and express concern\u200c over\u2064 his controversial history, particularly\u2063 regarding vaccines\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-report-covid-19-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-u-s-in-2020\/\" title=\"CDC Report: COVID-19 Third Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. In 2020\">public health policies<\/a>. Despite\u200b this criticism, \u2064some \u2062proponents emphasize the \u2064urgency of addressing the\u200c widespread issues of chronic illness and\u200b the overall\u2062 state of public health in America. They point out \u200dalarming statistics,\u2062 such as high rates \u200cof obesity, diabetes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/probiotics-are-becoming-a-new-front-in-fighting-cancer\/\" title=\"Probiotics Are Becoming a New Front in Fighting Cancer\">early-onset cancer<\/a>, suggesting that these issues are \u2063often normalized rather\u2062 than adequately addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative\u2064 shared among Kennedy&#8217;s\u2064 supporters reflects\u200b a\u2064 belief that \u2062the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-health-officials-urge-residents-to-wear-masks-at-home-to-protect-vulnerable-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"L.A. County health officials urge residents to wear masks at home to protect vulnerable | One America News Network\">health care system<\/a> is more focused on symptom management \u200crather than prevention and true health improvement. They propose \u200bthat a shift towards\u2064 acknowledging and\u200d treating the root\u200d causes of disease is necessary, aligning with\u2064 the \u200bidea that the body has the natural ability to heal \u2063under the right circumstances. This \u2064perspective also \u2064extends to a criticism of how modern \u200dmedicine \u2063treats health, emphasizing that there is a growing trend of \u2063seeking \u200dalternative, holistic approaches\u2063 to \u200dwellness, \u2064particularly in light of the failures of conventional medical systems.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">nomination reflects deeper societal debates<\/a> about\u200c health, wellness, and the role of government in regulating\u200d health practices in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Around 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, my phone began lighting up. I was receiving texts from almost everyone I knew &mdash; old friends from my Los Angeles days to new friends in D.C., country bumpkins to city dwellers &mdash; all echoing the same <em>Hallelujah<\/em> at Trump&rsquo;s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Many of those texts were accompanied by the fire and bicep muscle emojis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While many are melting down over the pick, criticizing Kennedy for being nothing more than a &ldquo;vaccine denier,&rdquo; those of us who have been supporting him since the &ldquo;Make America Healthy Again&rdquo; movement knew he was onto something. Through our own health experiences, we understood that America doesn&rsquo;t have a health care system, it has a sick care system &mdash; one that, unfortunately, people have become used to. But as Jiddu Krishnamurti, a renowned Indian philosopher and speaker, once said, &ldquo;It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is now an anomaly not to have at least one, if not several, orange tubes with child-protective white caps on them in the medicine cabinet.&nbsp;And it&rsquo;s difficult to help a society addicted to meds think clearly about their health.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll never forget one day a couple of years ago when a classmate from grad school inadvertently announced she was on antidepressants. Many of us looked at her, a little stunned at the admission. &ldquo;Wait, isn&rsquo;t everyone on SSRIs???&rdquo;&nbsp;she responded.<\/p>\n<p>For decades now, illness and disease have been normalized. Frequent doctor visits, endless side effects from medications requiring more medication, scores of tests and blood draws &mdash; all in a day&rsquo;s work for the average American. Diagnosing illness and treating symptoms has become a big business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cancer and drug research budgets, huge hospital systems, and behemoth insurance conglomerates all operate to the tune of trillions of dollars that we ultimately pay for.&nbsp;The United States has the highest health care expenditures per capita in the world, yet by most metrics, we are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgpf.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/how-does-the-us-healthcare-system-compare-to-other-countries#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20the%20United%20States,per%20capita%20across%20similar%20countries.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most unhealthy<\/a> wealthy nation in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Almost <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/eFXxn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 in 4<\/a> American adults is overweight or obese, with no state having an adult obesity rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data-and-statistics\/adult-obesity-prevalence-maps.html#:~:text=Across%20states%20and%20territories,and%20the%20Northeast%20(28.6%25).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">below 20 percent<\/a>. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8bIEzMBP2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC<\/a>, 38.4 million people in the United States have diabetes (nearly 12 percent), 8.7 million are undiagnosed, and 97.6 million have pre-diabetes. Early-onset cancer diagnoses are up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20241004-the-puzzle-of-rising-early-onset-breast-and-colorectal-cancer-in-younger-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">79 percent<\/a> over the last three decades.<\/p>\n<p>It baffles me that people find these statistics less shocking than the appointment of Kennedy, a man who has the chops to do something about the problem. Some of us know what RFK Jr. knows: Disease, addiction, and depression, while typical, aren&rsquo;t right. The human body is not designed to be in a perpetual state of disease. It is meant to heal itself and thrive, given the proper conditions.<\/p>\n<p>We listen to our bodies when our doctors won&rsquo;t listen to us, or we stay out of doctors&rsquo; offices altogether, preferring to find alternative healing modalities that insurance won&rsquo;t cover. Often, we spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, knowing we&rsquo;ll save money in the long run by not being ensnared in the biomedical-pharmaceutical complex and insurance scams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We demanded more information about a rushed mRNA shot and refused to be injected with it when no one would offer it.&nbsp;Many of us get made fun of for our coffee enemas, castor oil packs, insistence on cooking our own food, declining excessive alcohol, and collection of herbs and essential oils.&nbsp;Even our exercise and fitness routines have been demonized and billed as right-wing extremism. But we don&rsquo;t care because we know there is a better way than what many of us have been duped into believing for too long.<\/p>\n<p>Americans got used to three-letter agencies telling us what was good for us, assuming they knew better than we did. We got used to following bad food advice from the FDA (avoid animal fat), bad advice on disease from the CDC (high cholesterol causes heart attacks), and bad advice on treatment (statins for everyone!) &mdash; all based on bad science (brought to you by the NIH) that was bought and paid for by those who turn a generous profit by keeping Americans sick.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation said in a press release upon Kennedy&rsquo;s nomination, &ldquo;Americans are sick and tired of being sick and tired.&rdquo;&nbsp;Some <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/14\/opinion\/putting-rfk-jr-in-charge-of-health-breaks-the-first-rule-of-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say<\/a> Kennedy will actually do more harm than good. However, like most of the perils our country faces right now, it can&rsquo;t get much worse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, when it comes to our health, it&rsquo;s up to us to take power out of the hands of the bureaucracy and return it to its proper place: back to our land and our families. Trump and Kennedy will help us do that if we are willing to give them a shot to make health, not sickness, the new norm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jennifer Galardi spent decades as a health and wellness expert and writes about health, culture, and policy. She is a health reporter for The Epoch Times and founder and director of <a> Center for Healthy America. <\/a>   Her work has also been published in The New York Sun, The Blaze, and The American Spectator, along with countless health outlets. Follow her on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennGalardi\">@JennGalardi<\/a>   or visit her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennifergalardi.com\/\">website. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 4:50 p.m. Thursday, my phone buzzed with texts celebrating Trump&#8217;s nomination of Robert F. 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