Nope, not a cure. Just what the doctor suggested - flat ginger ale, then dry toast, then bananas and plain rice. A variation of the BRAT diet.
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Is annual bonus time coming soon? 
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ours was ginger ale, dry toast and a scrambled egg. Spaced out by 15 minutes -1 hour, depending on the timing of the last “event”. With 6 kids in the house, it could get messy.
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HAH. Yeah, that’s a nope.
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Title/tenor of this thread seems to be straddling MAHA.
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I desperately needed a laugh today, so thx for that 
PS: You’ll absolutely love this article, then.
Have you ever considered creating a Substack newsletter?
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For what purpose?
To publish your musings.
Eh 
That’s a very calm way to describe what some people seem to believe in this thread
MAHA is a response to the systemic issues some of us discuss. I’m not anti-drug but that is one of the many self-management discourses (along with weight) that comes out of a country that works aggressively to eradicate the support for public health (scientific research and its funding; public healthcare; education; public travel infrastructure and that beyond infrastructure for motorists) whilst privatising those options. This results in desperate attempts to manage the self without cost (deadly) and the kind of moralising that occurs around those who fail to take proper measures (so much of this around diet, weight, and disability).
MAHA is a terrifying solution to this, especially as it upholds the very systems of profit and self-regulation that are destroying public health initiatives, support, infrastructure… and well, just public health. Goop (Gwyneth Paltrow’s outfit) is another, although it also has a legacy in the forms of alternatives made because women have largely been written out of public health–> we are not in the data, there are fewer studies made on issues directly affecting us, etc. I’m also reminded of a friend who demanded better education in PNG after a measles outbreak there because of an anti-vax attitude. What she missed was that the discourse around the vaccination (as a tool of colonisers to take control– broadly and roughly stated) was the bigger issue and had profound connection to what colonisation of their territory has involved. Although I’m taking another colonising example here: How does one approach a population with a history of being genocided for land and tell them: No, these are the good blankets? It’s not an education issue, but another one.
I’ve gone a bit off, but the argument stands: these beliefs come out of material circumstances but are different response and different kinds of calls to action. Or bluntly: there is a core of truth that exists for conspiracy theories to take hold and proliferate. It’s worth being mindful of them.
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I’m not seeing any MAHA credos or conspiracy theories being touted in this entire thread, thus my amusement at the suggestion.
I had no idea you were such a fan of my posts 
Pinky promise you’ll be the first to know if I ever change my mind! Free subscription, too 
Until then you’ll just have to continue following my musings here.
MAHA has a couple of things right like elimination of UPF and additives like dyes. But the rest is a lot of junk science, misinformation and unscientific mumbo jumbo. As the saying goes, even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
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The most ardent MAHA advocates and spokespeople are also privileged to have choices. So many of the people with the worst outcomes of their diet aren’t just people addicted to salt and fat (though we know your palate can create that addiction). They are often going to what is most accessible, what they can afford, etc. I’m a big believer in bringing back home ec classes in school - real practical life and home skills that everyone needs to learn. Bring back some basic cooking skills, so even if you are in a place where you don’t get the most options for good healthy foods, try to use what you can get as best as you can.
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Now that I read what I’ve written I realized it’s might be political so I should delete.
I’ll post it here
It’s a good thing you mention privilege. This thread seems as good an occasion as any to perhaps remind ourselves of just how privileged a bunch we are.
Not only being able to seemingly piss away endless hours on an online food forum — while (presumably) holding down & even working FT jobs, enjoying early retirement, or being independently wealthy — but to discuss Michelin star restaurant experiences, First Class meals on planes, long-distance travel literally just to dine elsewhere, and how & where to source only the freshest, most precious, never farm-raised-only-wild, never-caged-only-pasture-raised etc. etc. etc. ingredients for our fabulous meals ad nauseam.
The majority of folks neither have the leisure nor financial resources to do so, and are probably grateful for any food they can put on the table to feed themselves and their loved ones on a regular basis.
Let’s not forget that we are but a tiny sliver of the population — indeed one lucky fucking sliver… if only to feel better about ourselves for a moment, bc that’s gotta count for something, amirite? 
#hoppingofmysoapboxnow #gettingdizzy
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Completely agree, cooking is a skill that you can use your whole life. After I left HS they started something called life skills class which was really home ec classes. A younger sister took the class. I think the name change was aimed at boys but it also shifted focus from women cooking for a family to skills everyone needs as a grown up. If kids could learn to prepare a decent breakfast, make a sack lunch and cook 3 -5 basic main meals while learning about basic nutrition, that would be a huge win in my book. Given the general new awareness of food and food culture, now would be a good time.
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Not sure I heard any maha bell’s going off. Speaking only for me I’m grateful for the medical and scientific breakthroughs we’ve made that have helped people with medical issues have better lives. But I’m also aware of and bothered by the fact that distinct industries operate without any concern for long term impact on our physical and mental health but are extremely willing to bounce us around so that the can each charge us to fix the damage of what their colleagues’ prior efforts had caused. Case in point modeling and fashion creates a lot of self hate in women and girls who ca never achieve the size zero waif look. Cue the diet, cosmetics, and plastic surgery industries to help out. Case in point. Make unhealthy food choices the cheapest and most prevalent option out there especially for people in quality food desserts or with little time perhaps working multiple jobs. Cue weight loss medications to fix the naturally occurring consequences of obesity and weight related maladies. All this is more beneficial to those industries than providing health alternatives and real opportunity to participate in attaining those. Is that maha? I don’t think so.
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