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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has promised to deliver a major report this week on America's health crisis. The food available for us to eat is definitely going to be different soon. Here are some clues about what to expect that we have gleaned from quotes of HHS leaders:
"The U.S. consumes 70% of the world’s pharmaceuticals and has just 4.2% of the world’s population... Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to advertise products in the U.S. This is forbidden in Europe. They get a tax deduction to advertise products that people can’t afford but the government pays for." - HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Junior (RFK)
"70% of the money the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spends is on chronic illnesses and we aren’t getting our money’s worth." - CMS Director Dr. Marty Makary
"Since 2012 we have seen no increase in life expectancy in America." - Dr. Jay Battacharya, National Institute of Health Director
"129 million Americans have a chronic disease. Five of 10 deaths in the U.S. are strongly associated with major chronic diseases." - Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director
"When my uncle was President, the chronic disease rate in America was 3%. Now it’s around 60%. Childhood diabetes was practically unknown then; now 38% of American teens are diabetic or pre diabetic. In 1970 one in 10,000 had autism; now it’s one in 31. In California, it's one in every 20, one in every 10.5 boys." - RFK
"During Covid, we were told to 'Trust the experts.' 'Trust the experts' is not a function of science or democracy. It is a function of totalitarianism and religion." - RFK
"The food pyramid is one of the most flawed pieces of misinformation in the history of medicine." - Makary
Deals of the day
• Today is Oak Park's first farmers market of the year, in the parking lot at 3901 Ingersoll Ave., Des Moines. Others will be June 9, Sept. 8 and Oct. 13. 4-7 p.m.
• The Continental, (407 E. Fifth St.) offers a Monday special double smash burger and shoestring fries - $12.
• Bad Dog Burgers include three 1/3 pound patties, 6 pieces of bacon, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion - for $10.95 on Mondays. At Kathy’s East 14th Street Tavern (3418 East 14th St., Des Moines).
• Jethro's in Altoona and West Des Moines has a Monday mac and cheese special called hog wild this week.
• Angry Goldfish (2301 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines) has specials on chicken Parmesan and lasagna today, $11.50 with garlic bread and salad.
• Eastside Eddie’s (3517 E. 26th St., Des Moines) Monday special is a burger with domestic beer, soft drink or well drink for $10. Those are good, generously sized burgers, too.
• Centro (1003 Locust St., Des Moines) offers half-price pizza and Peronis on Monday.
• Who's on First (810 E. First St., Ankeny) has steak night on Monday, and it's an 8-ounce filet with salad, mashed potatoes and beans for $22.95
• Pelican Post (265 50th St., West Des Moines) has a special today on hot beef sandwiches, $10.95 until 4 p.m.
• Tito’s Lounge (3916 Urbandale Drive, Urbandale) offers all-you-can-eat wings Mondays.
• Monday brings prime rib specials to both Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Ave., Des Moines) and Christopher's (2816 Beaver Ave., Des Moines).
• Johnny's Hall of Fame (302 Court Ave., Des Moines) has $12 burger baskets on Mondays and Fridays.
• Urban Cellars (640 S. 50th St., West Des Moines) offers $60 wine dinners for two on Mondays including two entrees with soup or salad, a dessert and a bottle on wine.
• Club 2000 (422 Indianola Road) has a burger basket with fries deal Mondays for $9.
• Red Lobster's Monday special is lobster & shrimp scampi with a side for $20.
• Paula's (524 Elm St., Valley Junction) has a Monday special homemade tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich for $12.50.
• Destination Grille (2491 E. First St., Grimes) has a Monday steak night special, sirloins and truffle fries for $18.
• Price Chopper delis offer two-piece, bone-in fried chicken dinners, with two sides and a roll, for $6 on Mondays.
• Fareway has deals this week on $5 whole watermelons, 3-pound bags of mandarin oranges at $3.88 and boneless pork ribeyes at four for $5.
— Jim Duncan, jd91446@aol.com | 
