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Friday Foursight from The Daily Dap (Birthday Thoughts, Pharma, and Health Facts About America)
No. 41 — 8.23.24
Anthony D'Apolito III
August 25, 2024
Friday Foursight includes four sections - read them all or jump to your favorite:
Growth Notes
Quotes + More Quotes
A Few Favorite Links
Question For You
Growth Notes
This was a very significant weekend.
For two reasons:
(1) it was my birthday on August 24th
(2) and the desire to take back the health of Americans has now reached a peak and is at the surface — things that I have been talking about for years!
(Friday Foursight is the name of this newsletter for a reason)
But, before I go further, you may ask yourself: “what do you mean ‘the mass desire to take back the health of Americans has now reached a peak and is at the surface’”?
When RFK Jr. publicly announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race this past Friday, his 45+ min speech included 15 mins of him talking about the toxicity of seed oils and the terrible state of the American food system — all of which are causing record-high illness and deaths in the U.S.
Also, a major interview was dropped by Tucker Carlson, in which he interviewed Calley & Casey Means — two, highly knowledgeable siblings in the medical, pharma, and the food industry.
Here are some facts they dropped during the interview:
“50% of American children are dealing with chronic health issues…. this was less than 1% 50 years ago”
“40% of teens have mental health issues today”
“Stanford Medical School is 50% funded by Pharma, and doctor’s don’t have one nutrition course throughout their medical curriculum.”
“In the 1990s, the two largest cigarette companies in the world were R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris. In the late 1980s, the Surgeon General said cigarettes were problematic. So, these two companies, with huge cash piles, bought up food companies. Then, they did two things: (1) shifted their internal experts on making food as addictive as cigarettes (2) shifted their lobbying on the cigarette industry to food (created the food pyramid and paid off the FDA, USDA, Harvard, to create reports that sugar doesn’t cause obesity.”
“The food industry pays 11x more for foundational nutrition research than the NIH.”
“74% of American adults today are overweight or obese”
“50% of American children today are overweight or obese”
“77% of young adults are unfit to serve in the military.”
“50% of American adults have pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes.”
“33% of young adults now have pre-diabetes.”
“30% of teens now have pre-diabetes.”
“18% of teens have fatty-liver disease, a disease that used to be in late-stage alcoholics.”
“Young adult cancers are up 79%.”
“The first year in American history in which we are reported to have 2M cases of cancer.”
“25% of American women are on antidepressant medication.”
“40% of 18 year olds have a mental health diagnosis.”
“Highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the entire developed world, despite spending 2x on infant and maternal care than any other country”
“Autism rates in kids are 1 in 36 nationally…. this was 1 in 1500 in the year 2000. The screening has not changed for this, thus the definition has not changed.”
“1 in 22 kids have autism rates in CA.”
“Infertility is at peak rates and is going up 1% / yr and sperm counts are going down 1% / yr since the 1970s.”
“26% of women have polycystic ovarian syndrome.”
“80% of NIH grants have a conflict-of-interest.”
“9 of 10 killers of Americans are preventable lifestyle conditions. When 95% of medical costs in America go towards reversible chronic conditions.”
“Breast cancer is 1 in 8 women.”
“6 billion lbs of pesticides/pest control per year are being sprayed on all of our food and poisoning it.”
“20% of all suicides globally are performed by drinking pesticides.”
“70 million lbs of atrazine, an acid receptor, which is a pesticide that people spray in their garden and lawns, is produced for the U.S per year. IT’S NOT LEGAL IN EUROPE.”
For six year olds, the obesity rate in Japan is 3%. In America, 50% of teens are overweight or obese.”
Other than that laundry list of EYE-OPENING facts, I wanted to give you 26 critical things I’ve learned through my 26 years of life.
Call it a gift from me to you.
26 Learnings Through 26 Years of Life:
God is #1 — always and forever. Also, His Love will never, ever stop.
Family is important. Don’t ever take family for granted.
Get sun, daily.
Where you live, what you do for work, and who you surround yourself are 3 of the most important decisions you will ever make in your life.
Appreciate everything — good or not so good
One step at a time will make a prosperous journey.
Love = service to others and putting others before self.
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Speak boldly and clearly.
As your depths get lower, your gratitude must get higher.
Truth is the currency for humans. Belief is the currency for God.
Flow is a river we enter, not a mountain we climb.
Your thoughts are the projector of your life through which your eyes play the tape.
The only time achieving comes before believing is in the dictionary.
Opportunities lie within the rubble of uncertainty and discomfort.
The obstacle is the way.
Conflict delayed is conflict multiplied.
Positive momentum compounds positively.
Enthusiasm is contagious.
Pray. Without ceasing.
Stand firm in your beliefs.
Work for the change you want to see - in yourself, then in others.
Business: The better the foundation you build, the higher likelihood to effectively scale.
Focus: do less, to do more.
Patience: “You can’t hurt anything by going slower, but you can blow it up by going to fast.” (Dad)
The best woman to chase is one who’s heart is so close to God that only a man who is chasing God can find her.
Quotes + More Quotes
"He who learns the most, earns the most." — Les Brown
"Control your impulses, don't let your impulses control you." — AJD III
“I will never let the wick of curiosity die within me because if I do, my light will forever be gone.” — AJD III
A Few Favorite Links
What a monumental shift in 2024 and in history.
So much has politically happened in the past month, it is amazing to watch unfold.
A most significant and timely interview about the toxic food system in America.
Good lessons for daily life application.
Question For You
When evaluating a situation, ask yourself: does this situation call for force or release?
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