Category: The Future of Food

IRS Cracks Down on Deductions for Healthy Food, Exercise as Childhood Chronic Disease Epidemic Explodes

March 19, 2024

For the first time in history, the IRS is weighing in on “the degree to which doctors should be recommending 
 food and exercise” to their patients, said health advocate Calley Means.

In an appearance on the “RFK Jr Podcast,” Means discussed a March 6 IRS “reminder” warning that people who use health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) will no longer be able to deduct “nutrition, wellness and general health” expenses — even if a doctor provides a note recommending them — unless they are “related to a targeted diagnosis-specific activity or treatment.”

Gym memberships can count as a medical expense only if recommended by a doctor for the sole purpose of treating an injury or a specific medical condition like obesity or hypertension, according to The Washington Post, which reported on the IRS alert.

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Ultra-processed food linked to 32 harmful effects to health, review finds | Health | The Guardian

Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest review of its kind.

The findings from the first comprehensive umbrella review of evidence come amid rapidly rising global consumption of UPF such as cereals, protein bars, fizzy drinks, ready meals and fast food.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/28/ultra-processed-food-32-harmful-effects-health-review

PEELING BACK THE TRUTH ON APEEL

Sept 2023

As new CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen takes the helm of the agency, the topic of ‘chestfeeding’ has hit the media as guidelines from the CDC now recommend off-label use of drugs to enable men to breastfeed.

[CMMT: When I was pregnant & lactating my doctor would not allow me to take so much as an aspirin without his direct consent!]

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