Women, especially mothers, want to make America healthy again, says Alex Clark, a conservative podcaster and self-proclaimed “health and wellness girl.”
during monday American Health and Nutrition Roundtable In a speech hosted by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Clark expressed his feelings to mothers concerned about the rising incidence of physical and mental illness in their children. made an appeal.
I'm not paranoid like many other women who worry about their fertility and life expectancy. We are simply trying to minimize exposure to carcinogens for ourselves and our future children.
“To reiterate the war on mothers in this country, today virtually everything that children eat and drink is served on plastic plates, plastic bottles, or in plastic containers with plastic utensils. “You will be able to eat it,” Clark implored the audience.
“Human breast milk currently contains thousands of microplastics. If you want formula, you can't find it without inflammatory seed oils or soy, unless parents order and buy it from Europe. Does this seem overwhelming to you? This is what American mothers deal with every day.
plastic planet
Are microplastics in the bloodstream really a cause for alarm? According to Harvard Medical School, research in cell cultures, marine wildlife, and animal models shows that microplastics can cause oxidative damage, DNA damage, changes in gene activity, and blockage. have been shown to pose a known risk of developing cancer. harvard medical journal. And yes, microplastics have been detected in human breast milk and in meconium, an infant's first stool.
the Atlantic Ocean is already fired The roundtable is being held as a “Woo-Woo Caucus,” and many women on both sides of the aisle appear to be sensitive to the issue. The popular mainstream podcast, The Skinny Confidential, recently hosted a segment where Clark detailed her health journey.
The infertility crisis affects many women. Chemicals found in plastics, such as bisphenol A, can impair fertility, a study published in July found. science direct. And once a woman becomes a mother, she probably doesn't want to unknowingly poison her child if she can help it.
Tupperware does not
My mother was ahead of her time and ran a primarily organic household. I was crunchier than her, so I ditched the plastic Tupperware and replaced it with glass and stainless steel Tupperware. I'm not paranoid like many other women who worry about their fertility and life expectancy. We are simply trying to minimize exposure to carcinogens for ourselves and our future children.
After Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared childhood disease issues a shared policy priority with the Trump campaign, independent-minded women who sympathized with the issue were also encouraged to see more of the ingredients in the products we consume. We invited them to join us in advocating for greater transparency of chemical additives in the world.
Jillian Michaels, a nutritionist and fitness coach who previously starred on reality TV show The Biggest Loser, also gave an impassioned speech at Johnson's event.
“I don't know about you, but I've seen friends injecting themselves with fertility drugs every day in hopes of conceiving,” she said. “My friends were up at dawn to receive radiation treatment where a lump was found in their chest.”
At a slight deviation from free market orthodoxy, I lament that the United States, like the European Union, has not banned ingredients known as endocrine disruptors, or compounds that interfere with the normal functioning of the endocrine system. These include the antibacterial ingredient triclosan, the five types of parabens commonly found in lotions and hair care products, and phthalates, often found in perfumes.
deep into the skin
But without government intervention at the EU level, the U.S. beauty market has adapted to the demand for cleaner products. Well-known brands such as Procter & Gamble now explicitly advertise that their products are formulated without the aforementioned toxins. Sephora now has an entire suite of “clean” beauty products with special green labels to guide consumers' choices. And it seems that women like him too. Kosas clean makeup brand generated There's a lot of buzz on TikTok, with #Kosas garnering over 200 million views.
But scrounging for hours for clean alternatives is a luxury some women can afford. Organic produce generally means produced without the use of synthetic growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, or biotechnology. expensive. All this requires women to be careful to find products that do not put their health or their children's health at risk.
Of course, there is a point at which the crunchy boom goes off the rails. There's a reason we wear sunscreen and pasteurize our milk. But we can see that many women are taking a renewed interest in what they're consuming, at least judging by their social media reels.
Maybe there's something in the water.
