Clearly, crime and anti-social behavior arise from a complex set of social, economic, and environmental factors. But what if a big part of the solution to our increasing social strife, exploding rates of depression, mental illness, ADHD, bullying, violence, crime, and our overflowing criminal justice system is fixing our broken food system?
If these foods perpetuate a cycle of poverty, food insecurity, poor brain development, mental illness, violence, homicide, and suicide, what should be the implications of regulating these products?
Smoking kills far fewer people than food (7 million vs. 11 million a year), yet it is highly regulated—high taxes, no advertising, severe restrictions on where you can smoke and who can buy cigarettes.
Should the same be done for food? Should we regulate the ultra-processed food that is driving a greater loss in quality of life, productivity, and direct and indirect costs from mental illness than any other disease, including obesity and type 2 diabetes?
I say yes.
In my new book, Food Fix, I outline practical solutions to some of our biggest problems driven by bad food, including how we can fix our personal health and the health of our communities, youth, schools, and more.
If you’re a parent, a teacher, a caregiver, a community leader, or just someone who is fed up with our broken food and health care systems, I’d like to ask you to join me on this mission.
Let’s fix the problem by addressing the cause of these terrible injustices.
Please consider pre-ordering my new book, Food Fix, and help me save our health, our economy, our communities, and our planet.