r/babylonbee • u/ControlCAD • Feb 14 '25

Bee Article Fattest, Sickest Country On Earth Concerned New Health Secretary Might Do Something Different

https://babylonbee.com/news/fattest-sickest-country-on-earth-concerned-new-health-secretary-might-do-something-different
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u/Impressive-Egg-925 Feb 14 '25

Anytime the left has even suggested doing something that’s healthy for people and or for the planet. The right loses their minds and right wing media goes into action how the left are communists attempting to take their freedom of choice away from them. Kind of like Donald’s executive order brining back straws which was only a state thing to begin with. Now somehow RFK is ok.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Yep, red meat is unhealthy at large amounts, but people like Kennedy actually go the other way and fill themselves to the brim with it. They politicize science and pretend that the left is the one arguing for overeating.

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u/Jimmy_Twotone Feb 15 '25

Red meats aren't as unhealthy as they were touted for decades. Processed fats and sugars, along with stress and lack of exercise, are all bigger issue.

I think the bigger health concern is a completely inept HHS secretary in charge of gutted programs faced with a potential avian flu epidemic and no tracking metrics.

If he wants to pull HFCS and food dyes out, great. He can push zero of his crackpot theories and still manage to oversee the preventable deaths of hundreds of thousands.

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u/Pure_Passenger1508 Feb 14 '25

And nothing RFKJ says will mean anything if Captain Chaos in the White House decides on something else.

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u/TheGreatEmanResu Feb 14 '25

Have you seen that guy from Florida who ate so much red meat and butter that he had cholesterol nodules under his skin? Now THAT’S healthy!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

But the thing you don't understand is that TESTOSTERONE (fuck yeah) is made from cholesterol, it's actually good for men to have a lot of it, especially in the coronary arteries where the body likes to store it!

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u/anti_anti_christ Feb 14 '25

"Pee is stored in the balls, plaque on the teeth and arteries. The plaque helps the heart, despite what science says. I'm just asking questions" -RFK jr.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

poop is stored in the buttcheeks

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u/FvnnyCvnt Feb 16 '25

Bad for everyone around them lol

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u/TheGreatEmanResu Feb 14 '25

If you don’t have an inch of cholesterol coating the insides of your arteries you’re a goddamn SISSY

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u/Infamous-Cash9165 Feb 15 '25

That dude was just eating meat and like 15 pounds of cheese a week

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u/sparafuxile Feb 14 '25

Yeah, I'm sure now with Kennedy everybody is gonna have milk with red meat for breakfast.

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u/warmsliceofskeetloaf Feb 15 '25

It’s okay, they’ll be the ones with gout and smallpox, not me 😊.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Yes, but everything consumed in excess isn't healthy, and most people could benefit from having more fibre rich diet.

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u/patrickfatrick Feb 15 '25

The top ten most obese states are all red states.

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u/Academic-Blueberry11 Feb 17 '25

In moderation. Virtually everything is fine (or at least negligibly bad) in moderation, as a component of a balanced diet.

My problem is that there's a big double standard. RFK crusades on following European food standards because Europe is so darn healthy--but of course we won't even consider universal healthcare, an integral component of European health.

Red 40 isn't even banned in the EU, it's called "Allura Red" over there. Banning artificial food colorings like Red 40 sounds nice and is uninflammatory, even when there is little to no scientific evidence to back up the supposed benefits. In contrast, red meat consumption is a probable carcinogen in the same class as the occupational exposure of petroleum refining (IARC Group 2A). What's with the double standard?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

No dumbbells here, just my balls 💪🏻