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Ian Cheney and his colleagues made two excellent documentary movies about the business of growing corn in America. You will be astonished to learn how corn has become so pervasive in our diet and in our economy. The two movies are filled with commentaries from leading nutritional researchers, environmental scientists, and the farmers who grow corn. Poverty affects millions (billions?) of people worldwide, including people living in “developed” countries. There are numerous social consequences of poverty that impact all of us, even if we aren’t poor. In this episode of Fitness Rocks I briefly discuss a paper from the Journal of the American Medical Association about why we should care about people living in poverty who suffer poor health. The bottom line is that their poor health becomes a risk for your health – listen to the podcast to hear how that works. I am not inviting a debate about healthcare reform here on Fitness Rocks, but I think this video, sent to me by a filmmaker friend, is at least entertaining.
I will say a few things about healthcare reform. First, we need it. Second, I’ve had the experience of working as a doctor in two different healthcare systems: the US Army and American private practice. The US Army is a government program. There is no comparison between the quality of medical care I observed firsthand in the government military system and private, for-profit, medical practice. The government run program is better, period. All three of my children were born in Army hospitals. The care was excellent and it cost me – nothing (except a trip to a war zone). There were no lines for service. A 19-year old private was seen and cared for just as fast and just as well as a General. |
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