Clueless surgeon general wants to spends millions on sidewalks

Daily Dose with Jack Harrison

Sometimes I wonder why we even bother with having a surgeon general. It seems like each one is wackier than the last, from kooky C. Everett Koop to Joycelyn Elders and her off the wall comments about what we should be teaching kids in schools.

Now we’ve got a guy whose big mission isn’t the stunning rise of obesity that’s fueling the diabetes epidemic. It’s not antibiotic overuse and the killer superbugs the practice is creating. And it’s not ending the multibillion dollar racket of screening and treating completely harmless cancers

No, Dr. Vivek Murthy’s big crusade is getting people to… go for a walk.

He’s spending those precious few moments he has to capture the public’s attention obsessing over people’s walking habits, claiming that a daily 22 minute stroll is just what we need to drastically cut the risk of chronic disease such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Listen, I got no problem with walking. Everyone should be up on his feet every day getting some movement, and a stroll sure beats shelling out money to hang out with the muscle heads and get hurt in a gym.

But let’s also be realistic, an obese diabetic who goes for a 22-minute stroll and then comes home to Hamburger Helper will remain an obese diabetic. Heck, obese or not, ANYONE who’s unhealthy and does nothing to change his bad habits but add a 22-minute walk to his routine will remain every bit as unhealthy.

The one and only way to truly end the triple epidemics of obesity, diabetes and heart disease is through diet — and the ONE change people have to make to slash their risk is also the simplest… stop eating so much junk.

Yet the surgeon general isn’t making diet the “national priority.”

Nope, instead of urging people to eat better — instead of pointing to the REAL problem, processed foods — he wants communities to spend millions on making better sidewalks.

But what would you expect? His job depends on getting approved by the lawmakers who are funded by the food industry… so OF COURSE he’s not going to spend any time talking about the real elephant in the room.

So don’t listen to him. Listen to me: If you have any of these conditions or just want to avoid them, the first and most important “move” you should make is in your kitchen.

Empty the fridge, freezer and pantry of convenience foods and replace them with fresh animal fats — and if you want proof of how quickly and completely these essential proteins protect the heart, read this free report from the Daily Dose archives.

With my own warning for the surgeon general,

Jack Harrison