170. Can Anything Make America Healthy Again?


Episode Artwork
1.0x
0% played 00:00 00:00
Nov 18 2024 29 mins   17
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com

After a brief discussion of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight, Nancy and Sarah talk about health, weight, and other confusions. The inspiration is a recent New York Times story that three-quarters of Americans are overweight or obese, a report that coincides with the rise of new gurus like Dr. Casey Means, who recently appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher to talk about how little doctors understand nutrition and why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could be a disruptor in the Department of Health. (Debatable.) Sarah, who has struggled with weight most of her life, expresses frustration at the mixed messages around eating. Nancy, who carried 20 extra pounds as a young woman, wonders how much people let weight keep them in a holding pattern.

Also discussed:

* JerryWorld!

* Was the fight fixed?

* “You gotta let people take their shot.”

* One word: Plastics

* Glucose monitors?

* The U.S. state with the most obese women is …

* To Ozempic, or not to Ozempic?

* Bill Maher is never backing down from January 6

Plus, Sarah gets a walking desk, a new Taylor Sheridan show drops, Nancy’s daughter has a doppelganger, and more!